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Cheat Sheet for IMGs

Requirements of the AMC, MBA and AHPRA for international medical graduates (IMGs) can be confusing. 

This information offers you a quick guide, and the processes NH have in place to assist you.

Supervision

Support is provided through the supervision structure for IMGs at Northern Health:

  1. You have an allocated AHPRA Principal supervisor. The role of the Principal supervisor is to:
    • finalise and sign off your WRIG-30
    • provide oversight of your supervision requirement as per AHPRA guidelines
    • assist with queries related to your supervision. If you don’t know the name of your Principal Supervisor Email Kai Cooper or call Kai Cooper on 8405 8045.
  2. Frequently Asked Questions: Medical Board of Australia.
  3. Visit the NH Health Medical Education channel and click on the ROVERs, Unit Handbooks and Term Descriptions team here. You can find the name of your Term Supervisor in the Term Descriptions. The Term supervisor provides day to day clinical supervision and completes your assessments. You should meet with your term supervisor early in your term to discuss specific clinical learning needs and goals for your term. Please note the Term supervisor must not complete WRIG 30 forms. This is because WRIG 30 forms are used to make judgement on your progression to registration and the nuances and complexities are beats addressed by your Principal supervisor.

Feedback & Assessment

Refer to the ‘Mid & End of Term Assessments’ tab for up to date information as there has been some confusion related to the National Curriculum Framework. Refer also the IMG Cheat sheet located in the last blue box above. 

IMGs on limited or provisional registration must comply with AMC/APHRA supervision and assessment requirements of their registration pathway in the first instance.

  1. WRIG 30 or ORIG must be submitted to APHRA at the end of 3 months.

2. Collect mid and end of term assessments for every rotation. This can be EITHER End of term assessments forms completed by the Term supervisor OR WRIG 30 forms completed by the Principal supervisor. The End of term assessment forms can be used by the Principal supervisor to complete the WRIG 30 or to show evidence of successful completion of your terms when applying for general registration .

3. At the end of 12 months you need to apply for either renewal or general registration and WRIG 30 forms completed for the year need to be submitted to APHRA together with a letter of support from the Junior Medical Workforce Unit. Contact the Junior Medical Workforce Unit via email or call Kai Cooper on 8405 8045 for the letter of support. Also ensure to complete any end of term assessments with your term supervisor, and then make an appointment with your principle supervisor to finalise and get any WRIG forms signed off before forwarding to APHRA. Ensure that all dates are accurate, and that the boxes are INITIALLED, not ticked or crossed.

4. Keep a copy of all of your WRIG-30s for future need i.e. you will need for application to General Practice Training program.

 

Orientation report

An orientation report must be completed at the end of your first three months of practice in Australia. The form is found on the above link, complete it with your term supervisor and it will be finalised with your principal supervisor as above.

We strongly recommend that you access the PMCV orientation manual (18th edition 2019) and participate in Hitting The Ground Running (HTGR) workshops for orientation. The PMCV website is a useful resource for workshops etc., click here for more.

Applying for general registration

When applying for general registration you will  need to:

    1. Arrange an appointment to discuss your application with your principal supervisor
    2. Provide evidence of successful completion of all your terms and time requirements in the form of your WRIG -30 assessments that are signed off by your principal supervisor
    3. Obtain a letter of support from the junior medical workforce unit
    4. You must know your commencement date at Northern Health, as well as the date of completion of your provisional registration.

 

Useful resources and websites

For a list of Term Supervisors – click here and search for your term.

http://www.amc.org.au/

http://www.pmcv.com.au/img

http://www.medicalboard.gov.au/Registration/International-Medical-Graduates.aspx

https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/health-workforce/working-in-health/international-health-professional-victoria

 

Useful contacts

Kai Cooper, IMG Affairs Coordinator 

Georgina.E.VanDerVliet@nh.org.au, IMG Supervisor 

Alison.Giles@nh.org.au, IMG Supervisor