Curriculum standards

Ready to perform without supervision

Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision

The trainee will:

• communicate openly, listen, and take patients’ concerns seriously, giving them adequate opportunity to ask questions
• provide information to patients to enable them to make fully informed decisions from various diagnostic, therapeutic, and management options
• communicate clearly, effectively, respectfully, and promptly with other health professionals involved in patients’ care
• incorporate appropriate LGBTQIA+ safe language, including gender affirming language

Requires some supervision

Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity

The trainee may:

• anticipate, read, and respond to verbal and nonverbal cues
• demonstrate active listening skills
• communicate patients’ situations to colleagues, including senior clinicians

Ready to perform without supervision

Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision

The trainee will:

• demonstrate safety skills, including infection control, adverse event reporting, and effective clinical handover
• recognise and effectively deal with aggressive and violent patient behaviours through appropriate training
• obtain informed consent before undertaking any investigation or providing treatment (except in an emergency)
• ensure patients are informed of any risks and/or side effects associated with any part of proposed management plans

Requires some supervision

Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity

The trainee may:

• perform hand hygiene, and take infection control precautions at appropriate moments

Ready to perform without supervision

Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision

The trainee will:

• set defined objectives for clinical teaching encounters, and solicit feedback on mutually agreed goals
• regularly reflect upon and self-evaluate professional development
• obtain informed consent before involving patients in teaching activities
• turn clinical activities into an opportunity to teach, appropriate to the setting
• recognise advancements in both scientific and managerial fields that could impact the provision of diagnostic microbiology services
• practice and teach the principles of diagnostic stewardship, including selecting investigations and interventions that will minimise the number of invasive procedures patients require

Requires some supervision

Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity

The trainee may:

• set unclear goals and objectives for self-learning
• self-reflect infrequently
• deliver teaching considering learners’ level of training

Ready to perform without supervision

Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision

The trainee will:

• search for, find, compile, analyse, interpret, and evaluate research for evidence for informing best clinical practice
• appraise existing and new literature critically
• appraise new interventions, chemotherapeutic agents, and devices critically

Requires some supervision

Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity

The trainee may:

• refer to guidelines and medical literature to assist in clinical assessments when required
• recognise the limitations of evidence and the challenges of applying research in daily practice

Ready to perform without supervision

Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision

The trainee will:

• conduct a culturally appropriate and holistic consultation for patients of all ethnic backgrounds, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Māori

Requires some supervision

Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity

The trainee may:

• display respect for patients’ cultures, and attentiveness to social determinants of health
• be cognisant of at least the most prevalent cultures in society, and display an appreciation of their sensitivities
• appropriately access interpretive or culturally focused services

Ready to perform without supervision

Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision

The trainee will:

• demonstrate professional values, including compassion, empathy, respect for diversity, integrity, honesty, and partnership to all patients
• hold information about patients in confidence, unless the release of information is required by law or public interest
• assess patients’ capacity for decision making, involving a proxy decision maker appropriately

Requires some supervision

Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity

The trainee may:

• demonstrate professional conduct, honesty, and integrity
• consider patients’ decision-making capacity
• identify patients’ preferences regarding management and the role of families in decision making

Ready to perform without supervision

Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision

The trainee will:

• apply knowledge and experience to identify patients’ problems, making logical, rational decisions, and acting to achieve positive outcomes for patients
• use a holistic approach to health considering comorbidity, uncertainty, and risk
• use the best available evidence for the most effective therapies and interventions to ensure quality care
• consider cost-effectiveness of therapeutic methods when planning and executing treatment plans

Requires some supervision

Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity

The trainee may:

• demonstrate clinical reasoning by gathering focused information relevant to patients’ care
• recognise personal limitations and seek help in an appropriate way when required

Ready to perform without supervision

Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision

The trainee will:

• work effectively as a member of multidisciplinary teams to achieve the best health outcomes for patients
• demonstrate awareness of colleagues in difficulty, and work within the appropriate structural systems to support them while maintaining patient safety
• liaise effectively with other health care providers and non-clinicians, including administrators, diagnostic service providers, and public health officials

Requires some supervision

Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity

The trainee may:

• share relevant information with members of the healthcare team

Ready to perform without supervision

Expected behaviours of a trainee who can routinely perform this activity without needing supervision

The trainee will:

• participate in health promotion, disease prevention and control, screening, and reporting notifiable diseases
• aim to achieve the optimal cost-effective patient care to allow maximum benefit from the available resources

Requires some supervision

Possible behaviours of a trainee who needs some supervision to perform this activity

The trainee may:

• identify and navigate components of the healthcare system relevant to patients’ care
• identify and access relevant community resources to support patients’ care