Posted December 24 2024
By Alasdair Spinner
The new Australian Expedited Specialist Pathway (ESP) for Psychiatry and Anaesthesia has been released!
AHPRA have confirmed the pathway for Obstetrics and Gynaecology will be released in January 2025.
So what's the deal for Consultant Psychiatrists?
Only UK CCT MRCPsych/FRCPsych Psychiatrists trained after August 2007 are eligible to apply.
Anaesthetists?
UK CCT and Ireland CSCST and Fellows of their respective college are eligible to apply.
It's important to note you do not need to have a job offer to apply for the ESP pathway for either Psychiatry or Anaesthesia.
What do we know about the supervision requirements when you actually start work in Australia?
Supervision appears to be for 6 months and will include a minimum of two Supervised practice reports completed during your period of supervised practice; one after three months of supervised practice and one at the completion of six months of supervised practice.
You will need to complete at least two other assessments to demonstrate that you are competent and safe to practise as a specialist. This includes:
• a multisource feedback assessment, and
• a minimum of one other assessment type (mini-clinical evaluation exercise (Mini-CEX), direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) or case-based discussion (CBD).
The outcomes of these assessments will be considered with your supervision reports.
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