Curriculum standards

Ready to perform without supervision

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

The trainee will:

• assist patients’ access to their health information, as well as complaint and feedback systems
• discuss with patients and health care professionals any safety and quality concerns
• implement the organisation’s open disclosure policy

Requires some supervision

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

The trainee may:

• recognise contribution of consumer engagement to quality improvement in health care
• recognise how health literacy might affect the way patients or populations gain access to, understand, and use health information

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
• participate in organisational quality and safety activities, including:
  • clinical incident reviews
  • corrective and preventive action plans
  • morbidity and mortality reviews
  • root cause analyses
• participate in systems for surveillance and monitoring of adverse events and near misses, including reporting such events
• ensure that identified opportunities for improvement are raised and reported appropriately
• use clinical audits and registries of data on patients’ experiences and outcomes, learnings from incidents, and complaints to improve health care

Requires some supervision

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

The trainee may:

• demonstrate awareness of a systematic approach to improving the quality and safety of health care

Ready to perform without supervision

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

The trainee will:

• participate in professional training in quality and safety
• supervise and manage the performance of junior colleagues in the delivery of high-quality, safe care

Requires some supervision

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

The trainee may:

• work within organisational quality and safety systems for the delivery of clinical care
• use opportunities to learn about safety and quality theory and systems

Ready to perform without supervision

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

The trainee will:

• ensure that any protocol for human research is approved by a human research ethics committee, in accordance with the national statement on ethical conduct in human research

Requires some supervision

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

The trainee may:

• recognise that patient participation in research is voluntary and based on an appropriate understanding about the purpose, methods, demands, risks, and potential benefits of the research

Ready to perform without supervision

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

The trainee will:

• undertake professional development opportunities that address the impact of cultural bias on health outcomes

Requires some supervision

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

The trainee may:

• communicate effectively with patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds

Ready to perform without supervision

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

The trainee will:

• align improvement goals with the priorities of the organisation and/or the community
• contribute to developing a culture that enables and prioritises patients’ safety and quality of care

Requires some supervision

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

The trainee may:

• comply with professional regulatory requirements and codes of conduct

Ready to perform without supervision

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

The trainee will:

• use decision-making support tools, such as guidelines, protocols, pathways, and reminders
• analyse and evaluate current care processes to improve health care

Requires some supervision

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

The trainee may:

• access information and advice from other health practitioners to identify, evaluate, and improve patients’ management

Ready to perform without supervision

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

The trainee will:

• formulate and implement quality improvement strategies as a collaborative effort involving all key health professionals
• support multidisciplinary team activities to lower patients’ risk of harm, and promote multidisciplinary programs of education

Requires some supervision

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

The trainee may:

• demonstrate attitudes of respect and cooperation among members of different professional teams
• partner with clinicians and managers to ensure patients receive appropriate care and information on their care

Ready to perform without supervision

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

The trainee will:

• participate in all aspects of the development, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of governance processes
• participate regularly in multidisciplinary meetings where quality and safety issues are standing agenda items
• measure, analyse, and report a set of palliative care-specific process of care and outcome clinical indicators, and a set of generic safety indicators

Requires some supervision

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

The trainee may:

• communicate with service managers about issues that affect patient care
• contribute to relevant organisational policies and procedures
• contribute to an organisational culture that prioritises safety and quality through openness, honesty, learning, and quality improvement