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Date Updated: 2025-06-16

Are supervisors a requirement for FSP?

Yes, all applicants are required to submit supervisor details during their application for Fellowship Support Program (FSP) and RACGP will verify if the supervisor is eligible.

What will a supervisor do?

At the beginning, you will be in charge of creating the following plans with your FSP registrar:

Supervision Plan – indicates when, who, and how to call for supervision or help
Teaching Plan – the educational supervision where supervisors teach the registrar through case discussions, direct observation case analysis, and more
Education activities – You should give feedback based on the registrar’s educational activities
Progressive assessment and workplace-based assessment – You must also help the registrars in the assessment reports when they need to complete the Early Assessment for Safety and Learning (EASL) and Workplace-Based Assessment (WBA).
End of term report – Every 6 months, you complete an end of term report on the FSP portal. This covers the overall performance of your registrar throughout the term, and include feedback on their progress.

Please note that the education and training period will be for 24 months, but the supervision and teaching plan should and will change as the registrar progresses in the program, initially it should cover their first term. Also, a full-time registrar should have training in general practice with at least 27 hours of scheduled face-to-face patient consultations, spread over a minimum of 4 days in a 38-hour work week.

Then, for the rest of the program, you will need to provide clinical supervision and educational supervision. Here’s what it looks like:

First 2 weeks – You will need to be accessible 100% of the time that the FSP registrar is working to oversee every consultation. Basically, if your FSP registrar needs to work for at least 38 hrs per week, then you have to supervise them for at least 38 hrs per week. This can be through observing consultation/s, reviewing the patient with the registrar before they leave, or checking the registrar’s notes and discussing cases as needed. You will also meet 1 hour per day to complete the early assessment of safety and learning (EASL).

FSP Year 1 (GPT1 and 2): You will need to be available 80% of the time while a specialist GP (not accredited) can supervise the other 20%. You will also need to teach the registrar for 1 hour per fortnight.

FSP Year 2 (GPT3 and 4): You will need to be available 50% of the time while a specialist GP (not accredited) can supervise the other 50%. You will also need to teach the registrar for 1 hour per month

Note: You are always responsible for the registrar. If you’re unavailable, a specialist GP (even if not accredited) may provide support. If you will be away for more than 2 weeks, you should let the RACGP FSP team know.

Am I eligible to be a supervisor?

To be eligible as a FSP supervisor, you must:

Recognised as a specialist GP by AHPRA
Have AHPRA registration without any imposed restrictions or conditions (Note: If you’re the approved supervisor under the registrar’s AHPRA medical registration, you must also be the FSP supervisor for the registrar.)
Have 4 years of experience in comprehensive general practice, with 2 of those years as a Specialist GP (i.e. after achieving Fellowship and/or achieving specialist registration)
Can accommodate and supervise the registrar on-site in the FSP
Currently working in comprehensive general practice and in the nominated training site
An RACGP accredited supervisor or will undergo accreditation
Will not be training more than a total of 3 GPs-in-training on an RACGP training program (AGPT and/or FSP)

Note: The training site and supervisor details on registrar’s AHPRA registration must match the nominated supervisor and training site on the FSP application.

If you have current supervisor accreditation then you may be considered for FSP supervision roles, specifically:

Approved supervisor – accredited to train AGPT and/or FSP registrars
Provisionally approved – not accredited to train AGPT and/or FSP registrars but an existing AHPRA supervisor with an FRACGP (Note: RACGP will review your eligibility and work with you through the accreditation process, but keep in mind that this is on a case-by-case basis.

Please note that you will also need to provide your Full Name, RACGP ID, Practice information, Medical registration number, Fellowship details, Phone number, and Email address to RACGP. They will also make sure that you work at one of your registrar’s nominated FSP practice/s.

What is the process for supervisor accreditation?

To be accredited as a supervisor you need to:

Complete the Foundations of GP Supervision Program (Modules 1-7)
Complete the RACGP Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Awareness module.
Complete a 30-minute supervisor interview with an RACGP Medical Educator*

Once you have signed the supervisor agreement, the online modules will be accessible to you. You have 90 days to complete the modules from the start of the supervision, but RACGP suggests that you finish it before your FSP supervision accreditation interview.

You can access the online learning modules by logging into the RACGP website and viewing your “My Account” section.

What happens after the completion of the modules and interview?

You’ll be granted an accreditation status (full, conditional, or not to progress). Also, you’ll receive a certificate of accreditation valid for 3 years from your start date as a supervisor.

How much can I get for supervision payments?

You will be paid $150 plus GST per hour for each FSP registrar, due to educational supervision or in-practice education, and receive $150 plus GST and super per end of term report submitted. If you have more than one registrars, you’ll be remunerated for each report, per registrar.

RACGP will pay you monthly for your educational supervision, but if you don’t follow the codes and principles, it could also slow down the payment process.

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