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After a year guiding GPSA members through the transition of GP training to RACGP and ACRRM, the team and Board of this independent peak are drawing on member input to drive opportunity and fulfillment for the GP supervision community.
“Data compiled from our 2023 National Survey echoed the burnout rates reported in RACGP’s 2023 Health of the Nation Report, which is not entirely surprising given pressures on general practice as a business model and profession cannot be uncoupled from the GP training context,” says GPSA Chair, Dr Srishti Dutta.
“But this same GPSA survey highlighted the fact that GPs who believe in the positive impact of their work are less susceptible to burnout; this is truly worth our focus as the representative body for such an important membership.”
Associate Professor Samia Toukhsati, GPSA’s Director of Research and Policy, explains that the information gleaned from the National Supervision Survey helps direct other GPSA engagement opportunities, ensuring that our resources and innovations enhance resilience and sustainability in GP supervision.
“Take our quality improvement project in GP training, aka the GPCLE tool, for example,” says A/Prof Toukhsati.
"This tool has been developed in response to, and continues to be shaped directly by, member feedback. This is a level of engagement that really speaks to a deep connection between quality and resilience for supervisors."
Dr Dutta applauds the GPCLE tool as ‘an instrument that identifies the key ingredients for quality placement experiences’.
“When we can pinpoint and benchmark quality, we start recognising our own value in future-proofing this primary care system,” says the Brisbane-based GPSA Chair.
In addition to field testing the GPCLE tool, 2024 will see GPSA calling for member participation via this year’s National Supervision Survey and a series of working groups to inform this year's review of the NTCER.
“It's quite exciting to see just how many supervisors and practice managers have taken the opportunity to contribute towards the refinement of the GPCLE tool. But ensuring GPSA's advocacy and policy positions faithfully represent all our members means that we really do need all of our members to contribute to each of our various projects,” says A/Prof Toukhsati.
GPSA’s 2024 National Supervision Survey will focus on themes of courage, fulfillment and hope by exploring the training practice team’s role in restoring the GP training pipeline.
Download full report for the 2023 National Supervision Survey
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For more information, please contact GPSA on the details below.
Associate Professor Samia Toukhsati
Director of Research and Policy, GP Supervision Australia
E [email protected]
M 0416 011 826
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