Curriculum standards
Entrustable Professional Activities
LG2: Team leadership
Team leadership
Lead and work collaboratively with a team of health professionals
This activity requires the ability to:
- prioritise workload
- manage multiple concurrent tasks
- articulate individual responsibilities, expertise, and accountability of team members
- acquire and apply leadership techniques in daily practice
- collaborate with teams across multiple health care settings
- act as a role model
- conduct case conferences
Professional practice framework domain
Medical expertise
Ready to perform without supervision
Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision
The trainee will:
- synthesise information with other disciplines and health care professionals to develop optimal, goal-centred plans for patients
- promote and rationalise evidence-based care to meet the needs of patients or populations
- take measures to minimise clinical risk
- apply clinical competence and skills by effectively supporting team members
Requires some supervision
Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity
The trainee may:
- demonstrate adequate knowledge of health care issues by interpreting complex information
- assess the spectrum of problems to be addressed
- provide coordinated and quality health care for populations or patients as a member of a multidisciplinary team
- recognise the limits of personal expertise, and involve other health professionals as needed
Communication
Ready to perform without supervision
Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision
The trainee will:
- role model a transparent and supportive consultative style by engaging patients, families, carers, relevant professionals, and/or the public in shared decision making
- work with patients, families, carers, and other health professionals to resolve conflict that may arise when planning and aligning goals
- lead challenging conversations competently and sensitively, such as breaking bad news and providing feedback to colleagues
Requires some supervision
Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity
The trainee may:
- communicate appropriately with colleagues
- communicate appropriately with patients, families, carers, and/or the public
- respect the roles of team members
Teaching and learning
Ready to perform without supervision
Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision
The trainee will:
- promote commitment to high-quality teaching within the team and with learners who are attached to the team
- role model openness to continuous learning, and commitment to professional developmental practices
Requires some supervision
Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity
The trainee may:
- demonstrate basic skills in facilitating colleagues’ learning
- accept feedback constructively, and change behaviour in response
Cultural safety
Ready to perform without supervision
Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision
The trainee will:
- demonstrate culturally safe relationships with colleagues and patients, including ongoing listening, learning, and seeking to improve
- promote and advocate for respect for culture and diversity
- identify and attempt to address barriers to health care, including unconscious bias, discrimination, and systemic racism
Requires some supervision
Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity
The trainee may:
- demonstrate awareness of cultural diversity and unconscious bias
- work effectively and respectfully with people from different cultural backgrounds
Ethics and professional behaviour
Ready to perform without supervision
Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision
The trainee will:
- demonstrate the ability to effectively manage own workload, and prioritise concurrent tasks
- promote a team culture of shared accountability for decisions and outcomes
- encourage open discussions of ethical and clinical concerns
- respect differences of multidisciplinary team members
- effectively consult with stakeholders, achieving a balance of alternative views
- acknowledge personal conflicts of interest and unconscious bias
- act collaboratively to resolve behavioural incidents and conflicts such as harassment and bullying
- promote and role model high standards of ethical and professional practice
Requires some supervision
Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity
The trainee may:
- support ethical principles in clinical decision making
- maintain standards of medical practice by recognising the health interests of patients or populations as primary responsibilities
- respect the roles and expertise of other health professionals
- work effectively as a member of a team
- promote team values of honesty, discipline, and commitment to continuous improvement
- demonstrate understanding of the negative impact of workplace conflict
Judgement and decision making
Ready to perform without supervision
Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision
The trainee will:
- make appropriate decisions when faced with multiple and conflicting perspectives
- contribute effectively to shared decision making with teams and patients
- contribute medical input to organisational decision making
- apply judicious and cost-effective use of health resources to practice
- recognise limits of practice
Requires some supervision
Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity
The trainee may:
- consult team members or senior staff when faced with multiple conflicting perspectives
- review new health care interventions and resources
- interpret appropriate data and evidence for decision making
Leadership, management, and teamwork
Ready to perform without supervision
Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision
The trainee will:
- promote collaboration with team members in delivering patient care or population advice
- apply effective leadership and followership skills in clinical and professional practice
- initiate, actively participate in and, where appropriate, lead multidisciplinary team meetings
- ensure all members of the team are accountable for their individual practice
- promote and advocate for improved wellbeing of colleagues and other health professionals
- check in with, and support, colleagues
- work within the appropriate structural systems to support colleagues in difficulty while maintaining patient safety
- role model prioritising personal health, safety, and wellbeing
Requires some supervision
Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity
The trainee may:
- understand the range of personal and other team members’ skills, expertise, and roles
- acknowledge and respect the contribution of all health professionals involved in patient care
- participate effectively and appropriately in multidisciplinary teams
- seek out and respect the perspectives of multidisciplinary team members when making decisions
Health policy, systems, and advocacy
Ready to perform without supervision
Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision
The trainee will:
- advocate for the resources and support for health care teams to achieve improved and equitable health care
- influence the development of organisational policies and procedures to optimise health outcomes
Requires some supervision
Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity
The trainee may:
- demonstrate awareness of organisational policies and procedures