Supervised practice framework - for medical practitioners

Registration

If you are an international medical graduate (IMG) with limited or provisional registration go to the Supervised practice for IMGs guidelines page or Supervision page for information about your supervision requirements.

If you are a Specialist International Medical Graduate on the Expedited Specialist pathway, see the resources listed below.

If you are an intern go to the Interns page or Guidelines, resources and tools on intern training page for information about your supervision requirements.

If you are a vocational (specialist) trainee go to your specialist medical college for information about your supervision requirements.

National Boards and Ahpra have developed the Supervised practice framework (the framework) to create a responsive and risk-based approach to supervised practice across the National Scheme.

Supervised practice reassures the community, National Boards and Ahpra that a registered health practitioner whose practice is being supervised (the supervisee) is safe and competent to practise and is not putting the public at risk.

The framework has been developed to:

give guidance when supervised practice is required to meet registration requirements, conditions or undertakings
set out core components that support high-quality, safe and effective supervised practice
support consistent processes and decision making within Ahpra
help supervisees and supervisors better understand what is expected of them
be clearer, relevant and user-friendly.

The framework outlines the principles which underpin supervised practice, the levels of supervised practice and the National Boards’ expectations of supervisees, supervisors and employers. It also explains Ahpra and the Boards’ compliance processes and gives guidance on how to effectively comply with supervised practice requirements.

The framework does not apply to medical practitioners who are: international medical graduates on limited or provisional registration; practitioners completing their intern year; or vocational trainees.

The framework does apply to specialist IMGs on the Expedited Specialist pathway.

Read the framework.

Resources to help you

This following information has been developed to help you understand and apply the framework.

Document	PDF	Accessible format	Date of effect
Supervised practice plan SPPA -00 * Please ensure you download this form to your computer first, then fill it using Adobe Acrobat / Reader.	PDF (615 KB)		29 March 2023
Supervised practice plan – Section G: Supervised practice goals and activities	Word version (177 KB)		21 October 2024
Supervised practice report template * Please ensure you download this form to your computer first, then fill it using Adobe Acrobat / Reader.	PDF (1.06MB)		29 March 2023
Orientation report – OREP-30	PDF (165 KB)		21 October 2024
Template - Plan for professional development and re-entry to practice		Word version (126 KB,DOC)	July 2012

Change in circumstances

Proposed changes to an approved supervised practice arrangement should be submitted to the Board for approval in writing and may require completion of a new Supervised practice plan.

If you are completing supervised practice following a complaint (notification) and are seeking a change to the approved supervised practice arrangement you may be required to make an application for a review of the conditions or undertakings. More information is available on the Ahpra website.