GP training has been turned upside down, here’s how we need help

Dr Rajdeep Ubeja

The landscape of GP registrar training is going through its own upheavals, due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Fellowship exams are on hold for at least six months and the mass shift to telehealth consults means that the logistics of supervision will change radically.

Dr Rajdeep Ubeja, a registrar in Sydney, says the RACGP has responded, increasing flexibility of requirements faced by trainees.

But as he says below, there are still major issues — not least access to sick leave — that need addressing.