Library resource guides: SIMG resources: Clinical practice assessment (CPA)

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CPA links

SIMG clinical practice assessment (CPA) period
The clinical practice assessment (CPA) period is the period of clinical practice an SIMG must complete during their individual program.

Australia

CPA report for SIMGs (Anaesthesia)
Clinical practice assessment report for specialist international medical graduates (SIMG).
CPA report for SIMGs (Pain Medicine)
Clinical practice assessment report for specialist international medical graduates (SIMG)

New Zealand (Aotearoa)

MCNZ: SIMGs working under supervision (policies and reports)
All international medical graduates (IMGs) registered in a provisional general, provisional vocational and special purpose scope of practice must be supervised. This is to support their practice while they become familiar with the New Zealand health system and the expected standard of medical practice.
MCNZ supervisor reports: Providing supervision reports online (NZ)
Supervisors of New Zealand-based SIMGs under supervision submit their three-monthly supervision reports to the MCNZ via an online portal. These reports must also be downloaded and sent to the ANZCA SIMG coordinator for ANZCA approval.
ANZCA CPA report for SIMGs
All ANZCA SIMGs must use the ANZCA CPA forms for the final CPA report, as it clarifies the FTE of the applicant.
- anaesthesia
- pain medicine

Anaesthesia SIMGs resource support

Anaesthesia training resources to support the individual clinical fundamentals (CFs) and specialised study units (SSUs) can be found on the Anaesthesia Training Resources guide.

Pain Medicine SIMGs resource support

Pain medicine training resources to support the individual Essential Topic Areas (ETAs) can be found on the Pain Medicine Training Resources guide.

SIMG performance assessment (PA)

The SIMG performance assessment (SIMG PA) is a component of the individual program. The PA assesses the professional performance of the SIMG against a standard that would be reasonably expected of a specialist anaesthetist/pain medicine physician who has been trained in Australia or New Zealand.

The SIMG PA usually occurs in the final three calendar months of the clinical practice assessment period (CPA) period.

Multisource feedback (MSF)

All SIMGs must complete a MSF during their clinical practice assessment (CPA) period. Those SIMGs who complete a PA will complete a MSF during the SIMG performance assessment (PA). This will satisfy the MSF requirement.

Those SIMGs who do not complete a PA must complete an MSF which aligns with the MSF described in the ANZCA and FPM CPD program.

MSF links

ANZCA and FPM CPD Program: Multi-source feedback (anaesthesia) - guideline
This guideline assists anaesthetists, facilitators and feedback responders to complete the multi-source feedback (anaesthesia) activity.

CPD Value: This activity contributes to the completion of one practice evaluation activity directly relevant to the participant’s own practice. Completion of the activity requires a facilitator to collate data from the forms and provide feedback to the participant.

SIMG forms

Clinical practice assessment period (CPA) forms
Applications for approval of a position, PD variation form, supervisor forms, reports and return-to-practice forms.

CPA report for SIMGs (Anaesthesia)
Clinical practice assessment report for specialist international medical graduates (SIMG).
CPA report for SIMGs (Pain Medicine)
Clinical practice assessment report for specialist international medical graduates (SIMG)

Learn@ANZCA

Learn@ANZCA (formerly Networks) is the college's learning management system. The system contains numerous courses and resources which will be of interest to trainees and fellows.

Note: Some resources located in Learn@ANZCA require that you first register before accessing.

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Learn@ANZCA resources

Cultural safety: First Australians (1) [Learn@ANZCA]
This is the first course in the suite of four courses developed to support RACS SIMGs, trainees and fellows on their journey to providing culturally safe environments for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

Each course is designed to be completed sequentially over a longer period of time. The content is broken into separate modules which will take around 30 minutes to complete.

Cultural safety: First Australians (2) [Learn@ANZCA]
This is the second course in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety eLearning framework. This course has been developed to support RACS IMGs, Trainees and Fellows on their journey to contributing to a more culturally safe healthcare environment.

This course builds on the learning of the Cultural safety: First Australians (1) course.

Cultural safety: First Australians (3) [Learn@ANZCA]
This is the third course in the suite of four courses developed to support Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Specialist International Medical Graduates (SIMGs), trainees and fellows on their journey to providing culturally safe environments for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

This course builds on the learning of the Cultural safety: First Australians (1) and (2) courses.

Additional cultural safety resources can be found on the Indigenous health guide.