Who must be supervised

The Council’s handbook Orientation, Induction and Supervision for International Medical Graduates – Best practice guidelines for employers and supervisors of international medical graduates  sets out the roles and responsibilities of international medical graduates (IMGs) coming to work in New Zealand, and their employers and supervisors.

Part A of the handbook discusses orientation and induction processes, from preparation and recruitment through to starting work and following up in subsequent months.

Part B deals with supervision requirements for international medical graduates, who gain registration to work in New Zealand.

Orientation is an introduction and overview to medical practice in New Zealand.

Induction is the familiarisation of systems and processes of the worksite and the individual service of departments.

Please click here to access the Orientation and Induction Checklist. 

Supervision means the monitoring of, and reporting on, the performance of a medical practitioner by a professional peer. The following doctors must be supervised:

Provisional general (excluding interns), provisional vocational and special purpose - all doctors registered within these scopes of practice must work under supervision.
 
For information on Council's requirements for supervision please read our publication Council's handbook (pdf).

Interns (new and NZREX graduates) - will have a nominated intern supervisor for the first 12 months working in New Zealand.

The Council handbook Education, training and supervision for interns (pdf)describes the Council's requirements for interns. It includes guidelines for the doctors and all individuals involved in their induction and training.

Run Evaluations for Interns

At the end of each run please use the Run Evaluation (interns) RP7 (pdf) to provide feedback to your employer. The information is confidential and will be used for continuous improvement.

Changing
supervisor or employer?

If you are working under supervision and you need to change your employer or supervisor, you must apply for a new APC using one of the following forms. For doctors registered within:

• provisional general scope, use the - Application to change APC conditions COS1  (pdf)
• provisional vocational scope, use the - Application to change APC conditions COS2  (pdf)
• special purpose scope, use the - Application to change APC conditions COS7 (pdf)

Progressing to general or
vocational
scope

When you have completed all of the supervision requirements, use one of the following forms to apply for a general or vocational scope.

• Application for vocational scope - ex-provisional COS5 (pdf)
• Application for general scope - ex-provisional COS4 (pdf)
• Application for general scope following internship (interns and NZREX grads COS3 (pdf)

Note: If you are registered within a provisional general scope and participating in the RNZCGP advanced vocational education (AVE) programme, contact your registration administrator or email registration@mcnz.org.nz for advice.

Further
information

For further information about supervision, please click here.