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Prevocational Medical Education Support (Junior Doctor Support)

Queensland Medical Education and Training (QMET) has recently been established as the state-wide body for strategy, innovation and coordination of medical education and training activities within Queensland Health.

QMET supports its junior doctors through:

• Funding and ongoing support of Medical Education Units within Queensland Health hospitals. All Medical Education Units are staffed by a medical education officer and a director of clinical training who oversee the junior doctor education and training program and the intern year. They also provide a pastoral care role whereby junior doctors are encouraged to adopt a balanced work/life attitude and to seek support from their term supervisor as necessary;
• Junior doctors (specifically interns) are required to attend compulsory weekly resident training in all Queensland teaching hospitals as part of the Postgraduate Medical Council of Queensland (PMCQ) accreditation requirements. This training is hospital specific and is based on needs as determined by the Medical Education Unit at each hospital and aligns with the Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors;
• All interns attend a compulsory one week orientation which includes Advanced Life Support (ALS) training;
• All junior doctors attend a CRuSE course as preparation for their rural rotation;
  Queensland Health has a fatigue management policy which applies to all junior doctors;
• New models of training such as More Learning for Interns in Emergency (MoLIE) and More Interns in Medicine (MiMi) that offer protected training time away from the floor;
  An Employee Assistance Program for any work-related or personal issues;
• Funding to the Patient Safety Centre to develop Patient Safety Modules aimed at junior doctors; and
• Working with the Medical Schools Liaison Committee on the implementation of a number of vertical integration projects.

For more information email: ClinEdQ_QMET@health.qld.gov.au

QMET Menu

Introduction
Education Forums / Programs
 - Specialist Training Education Forum (STEF) 
 - Teaching on the Run (TOTR)
 - Professional Development for Registrars (PDRP)
E-Learning
 - Moodle Pilot & SAIMET Collaboration
Prevocational
 - Prevocational Medical Education Support
 - MoLIE: More Learning for Interns in Emergency
 - MIMI: Multi-disciplinary Internal Medicine for Interns
Vocational
 - Basic Physician Pathway
 - Advanced General Physician Training
 - ICU Training Pathway
Medical Education Career
 - MEOs and DCTs Professional Development Scheme
 - Medical Education Registrars
Recent Publications
 - RMO Handbook (PDF1.21MB)
 - RMO Handbook (WordDoc1.37MB)

Last Updated: 08 December 2010
Last Reviewed: 08 December 2010

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