Medical education
In this section you will find information about training for PGY1 and PGY2 doctors, guidance for clinical supervisors of IMGs, and our work evaluating regular practice review (RPR).
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All graduates of New Zealand and Australian accredited medical schools undertake prevocational medical training, also known as the intern training programme. It is also undertaken by doctors who have obtained registration based on a pass in the New Zealand Registration Examination (NZREX Clinical). Training for interns spans two years across postgraduate year 1 and postgraduate year 2.
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It is the Council’s role to accredit and monitor training providers and to promote medical education and training in New Zealand. To ensure that standards are met for medical education and training, the Council accredits training providers.
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The Council is responsible for ensuring that standards are met in the medical profession and that doctors are competent and fit to practise medicine. One of the ways Council does this is to require doctors to participate in recertification programmes. Continuing professional development (CPD) is a key component of these recertification programmes.
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The Council requires doctors to take part in regular practice review (RPR) as part of their continuing professional development. In 2014 Council commissioned the research and evaluation specialists, Malatest International, to evaluate the RPR programme, and determine whether it's working as intended and what is being achieved.