Learning, teaching, and assessment requirements

Overview

What do trainees need to do?
What do trainees need to do?
When do trainees need to do it?
When do trainees need to do it?
Requirements over the course of training

Entry

Entry
  • What do trainees need to do?
    What do trainees need to do? 1 training application
    When do trainees need to do it?
    When do trainees need to do it? At the start of the specialty foundation phase. 
    Due 28 February if starting at the beginning of the year and 31 August if starting mid-year.

Learning

Learning

Teaching

Teaching
  • What do trainees need to do? Nominate 1 research project supervisor
    When do trainees need to do it? Recommended to be nominated before the specialty consolidation phase.

Assessment

Assessment
  • What do trainees need to do? 1 cardiothoracic surgery progress report
    When do trainees need to do it? Before the end of Advanced Training.
  • What do trainees need to do? 1 research project
    When do trainees need to do it? Before the end of Advanced Training. Recommended submission before the transition to fellowship phase.
 
Requirements per phase

Learning

Learning
  • What do trainees need to do?
    What do trainees need to do? 1 rotation plan per rotation
    When do trainees need to do it?
    When do trainees need to do it? At the start of (or prior to starting) the rotation. Due 28 February for rotations in the first half or whole of the year and 31 August for rotations in the second half of the year.

Teaching

Teaching
  • What do trainees need to do? Nominate 2 supervisors per rotation
    When do trainees need to do it? At the start of each accredited or approved training rotation.

Assessment

Assessment
  • What do trainees need to do? 12 learning captures (reduced to 4 for 2025 only)
    When do trainees need to do it? Minimum 1 per month (for 2025 only, reduced to minimum 1 every 3 months).
  • What do trainees need to do? 4 observation captures
    When do trainees need to do it? Minimum 1 every 3 months.
  • What do trainees need to do? 2 progress reports
    When do trainees need to do it? Minimum 1 every 6 months, or 1 every 3 months if the trainee changes rotations or is on a Training Support pathway.