Prevocational General Practice Placements Program

NCGPT is delighted to be involved with the PGPPP (Prevocational General Practice Placement Program) which offers hospital-based junior doctors the opportunity to undertake supervised general practice placements as part of one of their hospital rotations. Junior doctors in their PGY1 to PGY3 years can now include a General Practice term through PGPPP.

The PGPPP aims to:

• build junior doctor confidence, exposure and interest in working in outer metropolitan and regional areas through supervised general practice placements
• increase understanding of the integration between primary and secondary health care by junior doctors
• provide an experience that may encourage junior doctors to take up general practice as a career.

This is an excellent educational opportunity for junior doctors considering general practice or for those seeking to further their understanding of community primary care in preparation for a specialist career.

The PGPPP Term

Practices participating in this program are all teaching practices accredited by the RACGP. It is likely that there will be at least one GP Registrar working in the practice at the same time. Junior Doctors will consult patients independently, with access to onsite supervision from senior GPs. Education will be tailored specifically to your individual needs and delivered via in-practice teaching, hospital tutorials and GP Registrar training days. During the term, you will remain an employee of your hospital and continue to be paid and accrue leave entitlements in the usual way. JMOs in IMET Network 9 (Prince of Wales Hospital) can undertake a rotation in Goonellabah (Lismore) while Network 13 (Westmead Hospital) JMOs can complete a term in Toormina (Coffs Harbour).

In 2010 these placements are available only for PGY2 and PGY3 doctors with NCGPT

You can contact Bruce Barling, Program Manager, for further detail

Download the PGPPP Ready Reckoner 2010

Vertical Integration - Debbie Kors

The vertical integration of teaching within general practice involving medical students, prevocational doctors and GP registrars is increasingly becoming a feature in Australia as the number of graduates from medical schools grows significantly over the next few years. This is expected to create a need for more training positions for prevocational doctors within general practices.  Dr Debbie Kors, a Port Macquarie GP and Medical Educator with NCGPT, explores this topic in her paper Vertical Integration in Teaching and Learning Within General Practice: a review of the literature