Curriculum standards

Entrustable Professional Activities

LG2: Team leadership

Learning Goal 2

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

confident
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

direction
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

confident
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

direction
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

confident
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

direction
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

confident
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

direction
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

confident
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

direction
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

confident
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

direction
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

confident
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

direction
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

confident
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

direction
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