FPM trainee toolkit

We hold two annual courses for FPM trainees.

• Orientation to Pain Medicine course is held in Melbourne a few weeks into the training year
• Advanced Clinical Skills Course is held in Sydney, usually during the second quarter of the year. 

The Centralised Trainee Tutorial Program is held weekly from February to October on a Wednesday afternoon from 4.00 – 5.00 AEDT via zoom. Content is matched to learning outcomes in the curriculum and sessions are recorded and uploaded into the learning management system for revision.

Within the Learn@ANZCA platform, the following resources have been developed to support your learning.

FPM Trainee Support Resources

Resources include:

• Relevant library guides
• ePortfolio user guides
• Assessment rubrics for the workplace-based feedback tools
• Pain orientated physical examination videos
• Pain orientated sensory testing guidelines
• Clinical formulation in pain medicine guidelines
• Fellowship exam and long case resources
• Scholar role support resources

FPM Essential Topic Areas

These study guides focus on integrating the Pain Medicine Roles in Practice with the clinical skills and knowledge of the nine essential topic areas and target a set of learning outcomes from the curriculum.

These resources contribute to the acquisition of some learning outcomes from the curriculum. They do not represent either the complete set of competencies for the topic area, or even all you need to know about the learning objectives targeted. The essential topic areas study guides act as a starting point for each topic area and are used in conjunction with private study and discussion forums to help you build proficiency in an area.

Other resources in Learn@ANZCA

Pain medicine trainees are encouraged to enrol for access to the following resources in Learn@ANZCA.  

• FPM Trainee Tutorials
• Scholar role support activities
• Clinical audit samples – trainees can elect to complete a clinical audit to achieve their scholar role requirement
• Examination of patients who present with pain issues
• Cultural safety modules 1, 2 3

FPM trainees maintain an ePortfolio of assessments and clinical experiences that tracks their progression through the FPM training program. The following resources have been developed to assist trainees:

• ePortfolio video guides: Instructional guides on how to submit assessments and record clinical experiences to the ePortfolio. These guides are found by searching for and enrolling in the ‘FPM Trainee Support Resources’ course in Learn @ ANZCA. 
• ePortfolio user guide (trainees)
• ePortfolio FAQs

All trainees are encouraged to have a mentor during their training and through their early fellowship. The faculty offers a mentoring program to assist with the professional development of trainees. Mentoring is a voluntary relationship, typically between an experienced physician and a more junior colleague. It enables the current and next generations of pain physicians to meet and share ideas, thoughts and experiences.

• Doctors’ health and wellbeing
• Professional Documents
• FPM Events