Overview
As an FPM supervisor of training (SOT), you play a vital role in the training, assessment, and pastoral care of your trainees and should have a broad understanding of - and experience in - faculty activities. The role of supervisors is both challenging and rewarding.
Supervisors enhance the effectiveness of teaching programs, facilitate effective training for future specialist pain medicine physicians and improve their teaching and administrative skills and those of others. Supervisors also act as a source of knowledge, co-ordinate learning experiences and aim to improve evaluation and feedback to trainees.
Below you will find resources to support you in your role as you guide trainees through the training program.
Where to find your resources
You can access most Supervisor of Training resources through Learn@ANZCA. To give you a full overview of what is on offer, the ANZCA library has a dedicated SOT hub, with a clear, categorised breakdown of educator resources.
Head to SOT support hub for resources that help you with:
- Training roles and responsibilities.
- Understanding the training requirements.
- Managing and supervising trainees.
- Welfare and mentoring.
- Communication, management and professionalism.
- Fundamentals of feedback.
- Intercultural competency.
You will require your college ID to access these resources*
Anaesthesia learning resources applicable to FPM trainees
- Curriculum teaching and learning support – exam preparation resources.
- Scholar role support resources.
Exam resources
You can find exam support resources in the ANZCA Library SOT hub and download the long case assessment marking criteria.
2026 FPM Supervisor of Training workshop schedule
Orientation to training year and new MCQ exam format with FPM education officers and Dr Robin Park.
Elevate how you educate: Setting the conditions for high impact learning with Kristi Mungure.
Assessment update: Scholar role with Dr Supriya Chowdhury.
Elevate how you educate: maximizing a day in clinic with Kristi Mungure.
Assessment update: Scholar role, communication survey report and developing a communication strategy with Dr Andrew Huang and Dr Supriya Chowdhury.
Neurodiversity with Dr Emily Farrell.
2027 training program changes and Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) with Juliette Whittington, Janet McConville and Carl Jones.
Essential topic areas
The ETA online learning section provides a suite of resources that support and complement the FPM curriculum. These resources help trainees apply pain medicine roles in practice alongside the clinical skills and knowledge covered across the nine essential topic areas. Each resource targets specific learning outcomes within the curriculum.
The resources support some, but not all, curriculum learning outcomes. Each of the nine essential topic areas includes a self-paced online learning module, a case study with supporting resources, and a short self-assessed quiz.
Monitoring trainees' progression
As a Supervisor of Training, you must keep copies of all in-training assessments and workplace-based progressive feedback forms completed under your supervision. Trainees are responsible for ensuring they upload all relevant documentation to their FPM trainee ePortfolio and submit it at the required time.
If a trainee you are supervising transfers to your unit from another training unit, review their previous feedback during orientation to help set appropriate learning goals and support their progression.
Trainees can provide you with a copy of their training profile on request. You can also contact us to request a copy.
Support
Our FPM education officers can provide guidance and support around the training program and professional development related to the SOT role. The education officers represents SOTs on faculty committees and coordinates activities for SOTs.
Find an FPM supervisor of training
View a complete list of all FPM supervisors of training at our FPM accredited training sites.
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The Faculty of Pain Medicine offers a specialist training program for doctors to become pain medicine physicians, a Procedures Endorsement Program, and online training for health care providers wishing to upskill in pain management.
We've accredited more than 40 multidisciplinary pain management units (training units) in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Singapore to provide approved pain medicine training.
Our pain medicine training program is a two-year post-specialist qualification that leads to fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists with the post nominals FFPMANZCA.