SHPA Residency Program – Advanced Training Residency Program Approval

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Registrar Training Program Approval establishes the program specific requirements for an SHPA accredited Training Program Site to deliver a Registrar Training Program pathway. This stage of accreditation determines whether a Site’s program is suitable based on its compliance with program-specific attributes and requirements.

Program approval is required for each Registrar Training Program pathway a site intends to run.

The SHPA accreditation standards for pharmacy Residency Programs 2020 provide detail of the standards which underpin the SHPA Training Programs and should be referred to when completing this application.

Your responses and documents submitted as part of this application will be what SHPA use consider your site(s) suitability to run an SHPA Registrar Training Program. The application is comprehensive and requires a number of documents to be uploaded. You may request a list of questions from residency@shpa.org.au

By completing this application, you consent to:

the information provided in the application being used to consider your Program Approval for a Registrar Training Program
your site being listed and named by the SHPA as an applicant or approved site in SHPA communications, which may appear in both online and offline media.

Details of person completing the form

By completing this application, you acknowledge that you have the authority of the Director of Pharmacy of the Training Program site to submit this application. The Director of Pharmacy may be contacted to confirm this authority.

First name:(Required)

Last name:(Required)

Preferred title:

Workplace (name of hospital/health service):(Required)

Position:

Phone

Email address:(Required)

Are you an SHPA member?:(Required)

Yes

Member number:(Required)

Director of Pharmacy

Director of Pharmacy:(Required)

Preferred title:

In which practice area are you intending to conduct the Reg-TP? (1.1)(Required)

Each Registrar Training Program (Reg-TP) pathway must have a defined practice area, which can be generalist or specialist in scope. Specialist pathways should be aligned to the SHPA Specialty Practice Streams.

How often do you intend to conduct a Reg-TP in this practice area?(Required)

Once only (i.e. for a specific Registrar candidate)

On an ongoing basis

Staff

Have you identified or appointed a Registrar candidate for the Reg-TP pathway?(Required)

Yes

If Yes, please provide their name and details of their suitability to take part in the Reg-TP (3.1):

Prospective Registrar candidates are required to have completed an SHPA Resident Training Program (previously Foundation Residency), or obtained ANZCAP Resident status, or have equivalent experience (defined as at least 2 years post-registration experience in an environment that provides suitable broad foundation experience for the relevant Reg-TP practice area).

If you haven't yet identified or appointed an Registrar candidate, please outline how you intend to select appropriate candidates (3.1):

Provide information on the staffing structure for the Reg-TP practice area (1.2):(Required)

What is the name of your Program Leader? (2.1)(Required)

Upload their curriculum vitae (2.1):

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, Max. file size: 5 MB.

Have you identified a suitable Reg-TP Mentor? (2.2):(Required)

The Reg-TP Mentor is required to demonstrate performance at ANZCAP Registrar or Advancing – Stage II (Consolidation Level) or above with a practice area highly relevant to the proposed Reg-TP. If Advancing Practice credentialing has not been obtained, SHPA may approve the program providing the proposed mentor submits evidence demonstrating suitable experience (as assessed by SHPA). Models for the Mentor-Registrar candidate relationship are: • The Reg-TP Mentor is a senior pharmacist currently engaged in the practice area within the organisation, who will be directly supervising the Registrar candidate • If the organisation does not have a suitable senior pharmacist to lead the resident, an Reg-TP Mentor can be identified from another health network in Australia, preferably within the same state. One Reg-TP Mentor may provide support to more than one Registrar candidate if appropriate and practicable. A Reg-TP Mentor that broadly meets these requirements but has limited experience in certain areas (e.g. research) can be suitable if there is another staff member able to support the Reg-TP Mentor and Resident in this area.

Yes

If Yes, submit the proposed Reg-TP Mentor's CV and Advancing Practice credentials – OR – in the absence of credentials, provide evidence demonstrating suitable experience (see criteria):

Download criteria

Drop files here or

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, Max. file size: 5 MB, Max. files: 5.

Have you identified a suitable external mentor? If Yes, please provide the mentor’s job title and workplace (2.3):(Required)

The Registrar candidate and Training Program Site are required to nominate an external mentor, in addition to the primary pharmacist mentor stipulated above. The role of the external mentor is to provide external support and insight to the Registrar candidate’s role in their practice pathway, as well as assurance that the Registrar candidate’s performance is in line with expectations for staff in that area.

Curriculum

Provide details of how you propose to structure the Registrar candidate’s workplan to meet the accreditation requirements (1.3, 1.4):

The Registrar candidate’s workplan should align strongly with the defined practice area, with at least 18 months of the 2-year program spent in a working environment directly linked to the defined practice area.

Upload any planned timetable/provisional workplan (3.2):

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, Max. file size: 5 MB.

Upload your Training Program orientation manual (4.1):

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, Max. file size: 5 MB.

What opportunities will the Registrar candidate have in performance review/line management responsibilities? (3.3):

The Registrar candidate’s position in the site’s organisational structure should enable the Registrar candidate to line manage other staff, where possible. This may include direct line management of pharmacists of a more junior grade, or significant responsibilities for the line management of interns or technicians. Where the Registrar candidate’s position does not carry line management responsibilities for others, suitable alternatives include assisting senior staff in the department in performance management activities (if appropriate with the Registrar candidate’s role and the department’s standards), and promoting improved performance amongst team members.

Is the Registrar candidate required to complete any additional local credentialing in order to practice in this Reg-TP? (2.4):

Registrar candidates practicing in specialised areas may be required to complete local credentialing, as stipulated by the Standards of Practice for pharmacists in those areas and/or by the relevant Reg-TP Practice Area Framework.

Yes

If Yes, please provide details of the credentialing/assessment package:

For online assessment modules, please submit a viewable/downloadable version or alternatively, submit a word document with an access link.

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, Max. file size: 5 MB.

Professional development

Is your program able to facilitate participation in Training Program specific professional development activities for your Registrar candidates and Program Leaders? (4.2)

Yes

Is your site able to provide ClinCAT evaluations as part of the requirements of the Reg-TP program? (5.1)

Yes

I acknowledge that the Training Program Site will deliver a program in accordance with SHPA’s requirements as outlined in the SHPA Training Program Rules, the Reg-TP Framework (or relevant Practice Area Framework) & Evaluation and Assessment Matrix:(Required)

SHPA Residency Program Rules
Reg-TP Framework
Evaluation and Assessment Matrix

Yes

Name

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