Tasmanian Rural Generalist Pathway governance structure

The Collaborative

The purpose of this group is to enhance engagement, identify gaps and opportunities to collaborate; with an aim to embed a consistent approach to delivering rural generalist training in Tasmania and create a smooth pathway for participants on the Tasmanian Rural Generalist Pathway.

The Collaborative is representative of all stakeholders and works through a number of smaller action groups to address specific issues relevant to the functioning of the TRGP. The Collaborative includes:

• Centre for Antarctic, Remote & Maritime Medicine
• Department of Health
• General Practice Training Tasmania
• HR Plus Tasmania
• Postgraduate Medical Council of Tasmania
• Registrar Rep
• Remote Vocational Training Scheme
• Rural Doctors Association Tasmania
• RUSTICA - The National Rural Health Student Network (a University of Tasmania rural health club)
• Tasmanian Health Service
• The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
• The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
• University of Tasmania - College of Health & Medicine
• University of Tasmania - Rural Clinical School

TRGP governance structure

Explanatory notes of infographic

The Tasmanian Rural Generalist Pathway - Coordination Unit (TRGP-CU) undertook a governance review and consulted with key stakeholders to establish a governance structure that would meet the needs of the Tasmanian Rural Generalist Pathway (TRGP) in response to implementation of national policies such as the National Rural Generalist Pathway and the establishment of Coordination Units.

Purpose

The purpose of the Collaborative is to ensure organisations involved with the TRGP work together to provide a consistent and coordinated approach across the six years of post-graduate rural generalist training and post fellowship support.

The Collaborative will work together (with each member organisation working within the scope of their own organisation's roles and objectives) with the TRGP-CU to identify gaps in program delivery that may be able to be filled through TRGP-CU activity and/or by working collectively with members of the Collaborative.

Role and function

The role and function of the Collaborative is designed to support how organisations are already operating and to support collaboration. It recognises the TRGP is not owned and operated by any one stakeholder but has been established and operates through a range of stakeholders that play various roles and who are accountable for different elements of the TRGP.

Organisational relationships

The Centre for Antarctic, Remote and Maritime Medicine (CARMM) Council is the stewardship body that maintains a strategic overview of the TRGP and provides guidance as required to the TRGP-CU.

The Collaborative is representative of all stakeholders and works through a number of smaller action groups to address specific issues relevant to the functioning of the TRGP. The action groups communicate their outcomes and recommendations to the TRGP-CU to inform current or future TRGP priorities.

The TRGP-CU facilitates lines of communication within the Collaborative as well as being the conduit for sharing information across the CARMM-TRGP-Collaborative network. The TRGP-CU identifies and prioritises tasks for the Collaborative to undertake. The TRGP-CU seeks advice from the CARMM Council as necessary.

Acronyms

• ACRRM - Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
• CARMM - Centre for Antarctic, Remote and Maritime Medicine
• DoH - Department of Health
• GPTT - General Practice Training Tasmania
• HR+ - Health Recruitment Plus
• NRGP - National Rural Generalist Pathway
• PMCT - Postgraduate Medical Council of Tasmania
• RACGP - Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
• RCS - Rural Clinical School
• RDAT - Rural Doctors Association of Tasmania
• RJDTIF - Rural Junior Doctor Training Innovation Fund
• RUSTICA - The Tasmanian National Rural Health Student Network
• RVTS - Remote Vocational Training Scheme
• THS - Tasmanian Health Service
• TRGP - Tasmanian Rural Generalist Pathway
• TRGP-CU - Tasmanian Rural Generalist Pathway - Coordination Unit
• UTAS - University of Tasmania
• WG - Working Group

Stakeholder engagement summary

We are committed to working flexibly with stakeholders on key projects to support rural generalist trainees, the Tasmanian Rural Generalist Pathway and the National Rural Generalist Pathway.

We have outlined our Stakeholder Engagement Plan in the TRGP stakeholder engagement summary.

Find more information about the Tasmanian Rural Generalist Pathway