** Please note this information is not relevant for the commencement of the 2023 Training Year**
PROCESS:
- A minimum of 5 PBAs per rotation must be accepted by the surgical supervisor
- Trainees must complete all the MANDATORY PBAs for their level of training to progress
- In order for a PBA to be accepted as one on the 5 for a given term it has to be completed to a level appropriate for the level of competence of a given trainee as determined by the surgical supervisor or trainer. For example, a Novice trainee can initiate a Mandatory Novice PBA for an Elective Tracheostomy and achieve a level 2 summary result, this PBA would be would then be accepted for the rotation but will not count towards the trainee’s competency progression. For the trainee to progress to the Intermediate Level they would need to complete ALL the Mandatory NOVICE PBAs to a Level 4. An Intermediate trainee is then required to complete all the Mandatory Intermediate PBAs to a Level 4 to progress to the Competent level.
A Competent Trainee is required to complete all Mandatory PBA’s to a Level 4 to complete the PBA Assessment Criteria.
- Please refer to the Assessment Guidelines for details
Pre-2018 PBA Acceptance Criteria
If a trainee progressed to the next competency level at the beginning of 2018 the assumption is that the trainee has “completed" the PBAs appropriate for that previous level. For example, if a trainee moved from a novice to intermediate level then the assumption is that the trainee has “completed" the PBAs appropriate for the novice level. Trainees are encouraged though to complete all the PBA's.
As of the Board meeting in March 2019, Level 4 Definition for all PBAs was amended (removed could deal with complications that arose)
As of the Board meeting in August 2019 the Level 4 definition was amended for all PBAs to - perform the procedure independently and the following PBAs mandatory requirements were revised:
- Head & Neck – Competent Hemithyroidectomy is now optional = O
- Paediatric Novice - Oesophagoscopy is now optional = O
- Paediatric Intermediate Oesophagoscopy and Foreign Body Removal is now optional = O
- Otology - the Mastoidectomy procedure either Canal Wall Up or Canal Wall down will count as the Mandatory PBA.
As of the Board meeting in November 2019 the following PBA has been amended
- Paediatric - Competent Bronchoscopy with removal of foreign body = O
2020 Updates
- All PBAs have been condensed to 2 pages and are now Interactive.
2021 Updates
- Review of all Mandatory PBA's
- Removal of Optional - Intermediate - Emergency Procedures - Sphenopalatine ligation
- Mandatory Competent Canalplasty has been updated to Canalplasty - Tympanoplasty combined approach