Curriculum standards

Ready to perform without supervision

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

The trainee will:

• support patients to have access to, and use, high-quality, easy-to-understand information about health care
• obtain informed consent before undertaking any investigation, procedure, or therapy
• assist patients’ access to their health information, as well as complaint and feedback systems
• discuss with patients any safety and quality concerns they have relating to their care
• implement organisations’ open disclosure policy
• engage consumers in quality improvement activities

Requires some supervision

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

The trainee may:

• demonstrate awareness of the evidence for consumer engagement and its contribution to quality improvement in health care
• apply knowledge of 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 during escalation and between transitions of care
• participate in organisational quality and safety activities, including morbidity and mortality reviews, antimicrobial stewardship, review of clinical guidelines / action plans and protocols, root cause analysis, and clinical incident reviews
• use clinical audits and registries of data on patients’ experiences and outcomes, and learn 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 an understanding of a systematic approach to improving the quality and safety of health care
• 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

Ready to perform without supervision

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

The trainee will:

• translate quality improvement approaches and methods into practice
• supervise and manage the performance of junior colleagues in the delivery of safe, high-quality 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
• participate in professional training in quality and safety to ensure a contemporary approach to safety system strategies

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
• participate in clinical research that aims to improve patient outcomes, where applicable

Requires some supervision

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

The trainee may:

• understand 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
• demonstrate an understanding of the limitations of evidence and the challenges of applying research in daily practice
• present critical analysis of relevant literature at departmental journal club meetings

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
• apply frameworks and policies related to improving health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Māori peoples

Requires some supervision

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

The trainee may:

• communicate in a manner that is appropriate to patients’ language and cultural needs
• demonstrate commitment to improving cultural safety in your practice

Ready to perform without supervision

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

The trainee will:

• contribute to developing an organisational culture that enables and prioritises patients’ safety and quality of care
• demonstrate professional values, including compassion, empathy, respect for diversity, integrity, honesty, and partnership to all patients and health professionals

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
• consider patients’ (including young people’s) / carers’ capacity for decision making and consent, involving a proxy decision maker appropriately

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’ care management

Ready to perform without supervision

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

The trainee will:

• support multidisciplinary team activities to minimise risk of harm, and promote multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary education programs
• actively involve clinical pharmacists in the medication-use process

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 that 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:

• support the development, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of governance processes
• maintain a dialogue with service managers about issues that affect patient care
• help shape an organisational culture that prioritises safety and quality through openness, honesty, learning, and quality improvement
• contribute to the development of policies and protocols designed to protect patients and enhance health care (including health promotion policies and protocols), such as the development of resources and interventions to support smoking and vaping cessation for young people and carers in hospital and in the community

Requires some supervision

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

The trainee may:

• contribute and adhere to relevant organisational policies and procedures