11.4 Codesign of a learning conversations model between medical supervisors and trainees
Tracks
Crown Ballroom 3C
Friday, October 24, 2025 |
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Crown Ballroom 3C |
Details
Format: Practical workshop (60-minute)
Speaker
A/Prof Brendan Carrigan
Medical Lead Year 3 Griffith Longlook
Rural Medical Education Australia
Codesign of a learning conversations model between medical supervisors and trainees
1:00 PM - 2:05 PMAbstract Overview
This interactive workshop invites participants to share their knowledge and experience of rural generalist workplace learning conversations between supervisors and trainees. Often framed as trainee “handover,” a learning conversation is a dialogue where medical trainees present a patient assessment and plan ongoing patient care with supervisors. Various frameworks have been described in the ambulatory and primary care setting to guide learning conversations; however our research demonstrates they are not consistently applied in the rural generalist setting. The workshop forms part of ACRRM ERG funded research investigating learning conversations in rural generalist workplace learning. A new framework developed through observational, focus group and survey data of rural generalists in hospital workplaces will be presented. Through facilitated small group discussion participants will share experiences, opinions and perspectives on learning conversations in rural generalist clinical practice. By attending participants will be consenting to audio recording of discussions which be later transcribed, deidentified and analysed to refine the model. Participants will gain insights into facilitating learning conversations and help shape a model for rural generalist clinical education.
Biography
Associate Professor Brendan Carrigan is a rural generalist clinician and medical educator passionate about delivering evidence-based medical education in rural settings. He leads the Griffith University Year 3 Longlook Program, a rural longitudinal integrated clerkship supporting 28 students across the Darling Downs, Southeast, and Southwest Queensland.
Clinically, he works as a General Practitioner Obstetrician in Dalby and as a GP with a special interest in Colposcopy across regional hospitals. He represents Queensland on the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) Council and serves on the Steering Committee for the Living Evidence in Australian Pregnancy and Postpartum Guidelines and the General Practice Alliance Queensland.
A/Prof Carrigan’s research focuses on the role of connectivity in the retention and support of rural medical trainees, learning conversations in supervision, and the value of rural longitudinal integrated clerkships.
