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GPSA Podcast
by General Practice Supervision Australia
Welcome to the GPSA Podcast, hosted by GP Supervision Australia.
Episodes
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The Registrar Interview: What To Ask, What To Share & How To Stand Out - Dr Candice Baker and Leonie Chamberlain
GPSA's Chair Dr Candice Baker and COO Leonie Chamberlain guide you through the key things you need to know before interview day, including questions to ask, important issues that should be addressed during the interview, and how to present your practice to attract prospective registrars.
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Supporting Wellbeing in GP Supervision: Looking After Yourself and Your Registrar - Dr Shaun Prentice and Dr Julie McClellan
In this podcast we discuss the importance of self-care for both you and your registrar. You will learn about why self-care is important, key threats to your wellbeing, and several practical strategies you can use with yourself and your registrar to support self-care. Resources RACGP Wellbeing Hub...
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Teaching GP Registrars to Manage Complexity - Dr Sonya Morrisey
This podcast focuses on the practical role of the GP supervisor in helping registrars develop the skills and confidence to manage complexity effectively. GPSA Teaching Plan Complexity in general practice
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Movember Men in Mind: Engaging men in general practice
This podcast explores how general practice can better engage men in their health care. Movember shares evidence-informed, strengths-based strategies from its soon-to-be-released e-CPD program, Men in Mind Primary Care, designed to support GPs in recognising and responding to men’s health needs. A...
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NTCER Update - Dr Candice Baker and Leonie Chamberlain
This podcast talks through the new NTCER agreement and what it means for you and your practice. It covers What is changing for full time and part time registrars When it goes into effect Highlights employment contract templates, available on the GPSA website The NTCER can also be referred to as a...
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Setting boundaries when delivering good general practice care - Angela Mason
Professionalism and appropriate boundaries are foundational to safe, effective general practice. Maintaining clear boundaries protects patients, supports clinical objectivity, and safeguards practitioners from ethical and legal risk. GP supervisors play a critical role in modelling these…
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Professionalism in general practice: hard to define, important to teach - Dr James Best and Dr Simon Morgan
Professionalism is a core element of the 'complete GP'. In this podcast we use scenario-based approach to develop supervisor skills in teaching what can not be found in the textbooks. Resources GPSA Guide: Teaching Professionalism in General Practice GPSA Scenario App Medical Code of Conduct...
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Best practice GP supervision – a guided tour of GPSA resources - Dr Simon Morgan
This podcast discusses the GPSA’s education and supervision resources. Click here to view a list of the resources mentioned in the webinar.
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Transition to general practice: the "General Practice Survival Kit" - Dr Simon Morgan and Dr Justin Coleman
This podcast episode unpacks the General Practice Survival Kit, offering a clear guide to both the physical tools and the professional mindset every new registrar needs. We move beyond the literal contents of the kit to discuss the practical strategies required to navigate the unique hurdles of...
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Closing the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health disparity - Dr Karen Nicholls
This podcast assists GP supervisors to understand the difference between the Close the Gap campaign and the similarly named but distinct Closing the Gap initiative, as well as highlighting key resources that doctors can direct their patients to. Resources mentioned can be access via joining the...
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Early Identification of the Registrar in Difficulty - Dr Simon Morgan
This podcast supports GP supervisors to recognise the potential causes of registrar difficulties, identify early signs of concern, and implement timely, appropriate strategies to address these issues.
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Making the most of in-practice teaching: tailoring learning for GP registrars - Dr Simon Morgan and Dr Justin Coleman
High quality in-practice teaching is a cornerstone of effective supervision in general practice training. This podcast explores how supervisors can identify and respond to their registrars’ individual learning needs, ensuring that their teaching is targeted, engaging, and aligned with the...
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“I am not a pot plant” – best practice supervision of medical students in general practice - Dr Simon Morgan and Olivia Putland
This podcast explores the enablers and best practice strategies for integrating medical students into the general practice environment – in ways that balance learning with practice efficiency and clinical workload. We consider practical approaches to creating a positive learning environment,...
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Get Ahead of the Game: Nail Your Practice Placement Interviews - Leonie Chamberlain and Jen Flakemore
This podcast gives you practical strategies to make your practice stand out and unpacks the new Federal Government GP Training incentives starting in Semester 1, 2026 – and what they mean for both practices and registrars.
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Teaching Your Registrar to Deliver Effective Preventive Health Care - Dr Justin Coleman and Dr Simon Morgan
Doctors Justin Coleman and Simon Morgan discuss how to teach registrars the science and art of using screening tests and preventive health interventions. GPSA Teaching Plan: Preventive Health And Screening
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Women's Health: LARC, EMA and the AusCAPPS Network - Professor Danielle Mazza AM, Dr Nadia Lusis and Dr Romey Giles
In Australia, 40% of pregnancies are unintended. Uptake of reliable and cost-effective long-acting reversible contraception, such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants, is lower in Australia compared to similarly developed countries, and early medical abortion can be difficult to access.…
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Supporting the International Medical Graduate (IMG) GP Registrar - Dr Snya Chadha and Dr Simon Morgan
It is widely recognised that international medical graduates (IMG) can face multiple potential challenges in navigating GP training. Supervisors therefore need a thorough understanding of the range of cultural, communication and other issues facing IMG registrars. This podcast aims to assist GP...
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Teaching the Business of Being a GP - Leonie Chamberlain
In this podcast we provide a comprehensive framework to help you ensure that your registrars possess the basic business knowledge required as they transition from an employee model to self-employment in general practice.
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Orientation to GP Supervision Everything you need to know about becoming a GP Supervisor
In 2024, we partnered with women GPs to design resources and programs to support and encourage more women to step into GP supervision roles - helping grow the next generation of GP supervisors. In this podcast hear from a diverse panel of women - including aspiring, novice and experienced GP...
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The Role of General Practice in Supporting Child Mental Health - Dr Tim Jones and Matthew Burn
This webinar encourages supervisors to reflect on their own knowledge, confidence and skills in working with families to support child mental health. It also discusses transferable skills that can be applied when working with children and families to better support child mental health. GPSA...
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How to Teach a Procedural Skill - Dr Coralie Endean and Dr Ben Abbot
This podcast will help hone your supervision skills to be an effective and skilled procedural skill supervisor.
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Navigating bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment in the general practice workplace
Our new guide Navigating bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment in the general practice workplace has been developed by GPSA in collaboration with an expert in the field of upward bullying, Maureen Kyne. This podcast gives you the opportunity to benefit directly from Maureen's profound...
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Video-consultation review for teaching and learning - the state of play - Gail Wang
The use of video-recorded consultations in general practice training is a highly valuable educational tool. By reviewing their real-life consultations, registrars can engage in reflective practice and genuinely self-assess their consultation, communication and reasoning skills. Furthermore,...
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Rational test ordering - helping your registrar find the 'sweet spot' - Dr Simon Morgan
Investigations play a critical role in the diagnosis, monitoring and screening for disease in general practice. And the use of such tests is increasing both in Australia and internationally. While some of this increase is appropriate, a growing body of evidence suggests that non-rational testing…
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ACRRM Training and Supervision Update - Dr Coralie Endean, Dr Greg Gladman and Isabel Broderick
This podcast provides the latest updates on training and supervision and streamlined processes. Including a sneak peek at the ACRRM sponsored “Supervisor Summits” for 2025.
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Minimising Diagnostic Error - Strategies to Support Your Registrar - Dr Simon Morgan
This podcast uses a clinical case study to explore the causes of diagnostic error and discuss practical and teachable strategies to minimise diagnostic error in clinical practice.
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The Start of the Training Term - Tips and Resources to Make the Road Less Bumpy - Dr Simon Morgan and Dr Jess Wrigley
This podcast discusses a range of practical tips and resources that the GP supervisor can use to help their new registrar safely and smoothly settle into the practice at the commencement of training.
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Clinical Yarning - Dr Karen Nicholls
This podcast outlines the components of clinical yarning and discusses other components of communication and how to utilize them during a consultation.
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Empowering Neurodivergent Registrars - Dr Katie Williamson
This podcast explores how to identify neurodiversity in registrars, whether formally diagnosed or not, and develop strategies to support them to thrive intheir role.
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Effective use of HealthPathways in clinical practice and GP training - Dr Lucinda Whiteley, Dr Justine Lancaster, Dr Martina Gleeson and Dr Aaron Kennedy
This podcast explores why HealthPathways is recommended as a key training tool as well as point of care guidance for GPs. HealthPathways is an online manual used by clinicians to help make assessment, management, and specialist request decisions for over 600 conditions. Click here to access...
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Ten Tips for becoming a Time Lord - Dr Andrew Knight and Dr Tony Lembke
Have you noticed that some doctors rarely run late and yet seem to meet their patients’ needs. This podcast explores and shares tips for bending the space time continuum… GPSA Teaching Plan Time Management
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Registrar contracts and payroll tips
GPSA's admin update for AGPT training in 2025
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Part 2 Behaviour change approaches for smoking cessation in general practice - Dr Eileen Cole & Dr Sacha Filia
This podcast uses the topic of smoking cessation to explore the current understanding of motivational interviewing. It focuses on practical strategies for teaching registrars about approaches for providing brief advice to all patients who smoke.
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Getting the low-down about The National Terms and Conditions for the Employment of Registrars
This podcast presented by GPSA Chair Dr Srishti Dutta, CEO Carla Taylor and COO Leonie Chamberlain outlines the changes for 2025 in the new NTCER. View the slides with notes here
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Maximising the educational value of the ECTV - Dr Murray Ludington and Dr Simon Morgan
This podcast aims to support the GP supervisor to maximise the educational utility of the ECTV. It explores the process and content of the teaching visit and discusses where the supervisor can add greater educational value. Resources https://gpsa.org.au/external-clinical-teaching-visits-ectvs/
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How to give feedback the DR STABLE Way - Dr Kati Davies
This podcast delves into the practical elements of formative feedback in general practice and provides actionable strategies for implementation. It briefly explores communication, hierarchy, trust, vulnerability and relativity concepts in the feedback space. It introduces the novel mnemonic 'DR...
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Part 1 - Behaviour change approaches for smoking cessation in general practice - Dr Eileen Cole and Dr Sacha Filia
This podcast uses the topic of smoking cessation to explore the current understanding of motivational interviewing. It focuses on practical strategies for teaching registrars about approaches for providing brief advice to all patients who smoke.
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Training in Poorly Resourced Environments - Dr Pat Giddings
This podcast showcases that despite significant challenges for registrars and their families, high-quality training in poorly resourced environments is achievable. Case studies from regional, rural and remote areas, as well as Aboriginal Medical Service settings, illustrates practical examples of...
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How can GP supervisors better facilitate reflective practice in their registrars? - A/Prof Søren Prins
In this podcast we discuss experiences from Denmark on how to enhance reflection in registrars, including the presentation of a simple and feasible assessment method called Global Assessment of Reflection Ability (GAR) (Lillevang et al. BMC Medical Education (2020) 20:352). Resources: How to...
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Managing Uncertainty - Dr Gerard Ingham
This podcast broadly describes how the special skill of managing uncertainty in general practice is best learnt and taught. Click here to view the resources mentioned
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Problem Case Discussion - As Easy As PQRST - Dr Simon Morgan
This podcast broadly describes the scope of problem case discussion (PCD) as an assessment and teaching tool in GP training. It focuses on the PQRST framework as a tool for PCD, to help you maximise the educational value of this common teaching method. Click here to view the resources mentioned.
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The Not So Simple Consultation - Dr Simon Morgan and Dr Jess Wrigley
This podcast covers some of the seemingly straightforward but potentially high-risk presentations, including the driving medical and 6 week baby check. It will take a particular focus on early registrars' unknown unknown learning needs, with tips and discussion on how to guide them to address…
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Helping Your Registrar Manage Challenging Patients - Part 2 - Dr Tim Chappell and Dr Simon Morgan
This podcast part 2 explores the factors contributing to challenging patient behaviour and introduce a framework to ‘classify’ the challenging patient. It also introduces generic ways in which the supervisor can support their registrar. View resources here...
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Helping Your Registrar Manage Challenging Patients - Part 1 - Dr Tim Chappell and Dr Simon Morgan
This podcast explores the factors contributing to challenging patient behaviour and introduce a framework to ‘classify’ the challenging patient. It also introduces generic ways in which the supervisor can support their registrar.
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Supporting Your Registrar To Practice Evidence Based Medicine - Dr Skye Boughen and Dr Justin Coleman
Supervisors play an important role in helping registrars to apply EBM skills in practice. This podcast explores key principles and challenges of EBM, what registrars need to learn, and suggest practical strategies for supporting your registrar to apply EBM skills in your practice. Access the...
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Teaching and Learning Priorities in the First Weeks of General Practice - Dr Simon Morgan and Dr Jess Wrigley
This podcast is the third in the mini-series aimed to help supervisors support new GP registrars at the start of their community training. It will address some of the priority learning needs of GP registrars and how supervisors can best support them. If you would like to access the resources...
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Clinical supervision – keeping your registrar safe and supported - Dr Gerard Ingham and Dr Simon Morgan
This podcast is a 'how to' primer for GP supervisors on some of the key elements of clinical supervision - direct observation, random case analysis, and case discussion. View resources https://community.gpsa.org.au/topics/2025/media_center/folder/ec35d61f-1916-4fd3-b107-0700aad4c882
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How ACRRM is working for you in 2024
This podcast presented by ACRRM's General Manager of Education Services, Kyra Moss; Training and Engagement Manager, Isabel Broderick; and Fellowship Manager, David York provides information on the key changes made at ACRRM and updates on placements and processes.
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Alone: General Practice - Dr Duncan Howard and Dr Simon Morgan
This podcast focuses on the first weeks of general practice and how the supervisor can help the registrar 'survive' the transition from the hospital setting. The presenters discuss recent research and provide a list of recommended survival items to help registrars survive the first weeks of…
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The ABC of SEM: exploring the Single Employer Model
Single Employer Model Additional Information: The Murrumbidgee Model – Murrumbidgee Rural Generalist Training Pathway SEM Billings FAQ for Practices FAQs for Registrars
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