Our Program - Trainers

Under the Australian General Practice Training program (AGPT), WentWest is accredited to train Australia's future General Practitioners in western Sydney. WentWest administers the three-year full-time AGPT course, which commences after the intern year. After completing the AGPT program and passing the FRACGP examination, a GP is qualified to practise unsupervised in any non-procedural general practice in Australia.

After spending time in hospital, registrars are placed in general practices under supervision of a GP trainer. These consist of six-monthly attachments over a period of two years. One of these attachments will be in a rural area and one will be in an outer metropolitan practice. Towards the end of training the registrar sits the examination for FRACGP.

During the training, as the trainer you are responsible for supervising and teaching the registrar across the whole range of General Practice. This is done with the support of an experienced Medical Education team at WentWest, who run release workshops for the registrars and upskilling sessions for the trainers, as well as being available for more informal support and advice regarding registrar teaching.

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Education Integration Project – 1st Cluster Meeting

As part of the Education Integration Project, Supervisors are invited to the 1st Cluster Meetings outlined below:

Blacktown, 31st January, Tuesday 6.30pm – 9.00pm Chifley Hotel, Eastern Creek - Flyer

Hills/Hawkesbury, 1st February, Wednesday 6.30pm – 9.00pm Crowne Plaza Norwest - Flyer

Blue Mountains, 08th February, Wednesday 6.30pm – 9.00pm Faulconbridge Chinese Restaurant - Flyer

Parramatta, 15th February, Wednesday 6.30pm – 9.00pm Clarion on the Park - Flyer

Nepean, 21st February, Tuesday 6.30pm – 9.00pm The Ming Chinese Restaurant, Penrith Panthers - Flyer

During the meeting, we will discuss how to formulate the education module with priority given to areas of greatest community health needs. We will also look into the methodology of delivering the monthly educational meetings to participants at all levels. For more information contact Jade on (02) 8811 7155 or email jade.chang@wentwest.com.au

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