Accreditation reports - prevocational medical training providers

Prevocational medical training

Following graduation from medical school, prevocational medical training spans two years over postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) and postgraduate year 2 (PGY2).

Training is undertaken by all graduates of accredited New Zealand and Australian medical schools as well as doctors who have passed the New Zealand Registration Examination (NZREX Clinical). Doctors undertaking PGY1 and PGY2 training are known as interns.

Requirements training providers must meet

For the Council to accredit a training provider for prevocational medical education training, over PGY1 and PGY2 it must provide:

• structures and systems which ensure interns can attain the learning outcomes of the New Zealand Curriculum Framework for Prevocational Medical Training (NZCF).
• an integrated system of education, support and supervision for interns.
• 13-week clinical attachments for interns that meet Council accreditation standards, providing clinical experience as well as high quality education and learning.

Prevocational medical training accreditation reports

Standards and definitions

• Accreditation standards for clinical attachments

  1 July 2018 (PDF, )

  This document outlines the standards clinical attachments that are completed by PGY1 and PGY2 must meet. These standards should be considered in conjunction with the accreditation standards for training providers.

• Accreditation standards for training providers

  1 December 2017 (PDF, )

  This standard outlines what training providers need to do in order to be accredited to provide prevocational medical training to interns.

• Definition of a community based attachment

  1 December 2017 (PDF, 212 KB)

  Community-based clinical attachments can take place in a wide variety of settings, including but not limited to general practice and urgent care. This may include rural and regional locations, and settings that provide experience in the provision of health care to Māori.