title: Educating registrars in your practice.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Postgraduate general practice training is an apprenticeship of learning to be a general practitioner by working as a general practitioner under supervision. During this apprenticeship, registrars learn the art, craft and ethics of their vocation, and how to apply clinical knowledge and skills in different contexts.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article summarises how registrars learn, and the role of general practice supervisors and training practices in supporting their education.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  General practice supervisors form educational alliances with registrars that provide the foundation for deep and broad learning. Overseeing patient safety requires supervisors to respond to registrars' queries and monitor them proactively. Registrars learn best in practices that include them in all their work and share their expertise. Specific issues raised by teams of part-time super-visors, and by rural and remote practice, are discussed. Finally, teaching practices are recommended to seek and implement feedback from registrars.
authors.affiliation: BM MMedSc FRACGP FACRRM DCH DRCOG DFFP GCTEd, Supervisor Research and Development Adviser, General Practice Education and Training, Canberra, ACT.
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wearne
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Jeremy A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D000068156:Formative Feedback; D058006:General Practice / Q000193:education*; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D019035:Rural Health Services; D013337:Students, Medical