Prevocational training providers and accreditation standards
It is the Council’s role to ensure that the quality of training programmes offered by providers of prevocational medical training is of a high standard. Information on accredited prevocational training providers and the Council’s accreditation standards can be found here.
Prevocational training providers and accreditation standards
Council accredits districts of Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand to provide prevocational medical training and education to PGY1 and PGY2 doctors.
Prevocational training providers are assessed against the Accreditation standards for training providers and Accreditation standards for clinical attachments. The Policy on the accreditation of prevocational medical training providers provides more information about this process.
Prevocational medical training accreditation reports
Guidance
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This guide sets out the information required of accredited training providers who are preparing for an accreditation site visit. This guide should be read alongside the self-assessment for training providers to apply for accreditation for prevocational medical training.
Standards and definitions
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These standards identify the basic elements that must exist in all accredited prevocational intern training programmes. Providers of prevocational training programmes must demonstrate they meet these accreditation standards.
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PGY1 and PGY2 interns can only practise medicine in accredited clinical attachments. This document outlines the standards clinical attachments must meet to be accredited. These standards should be considered alongside the accreditation standards for training providers.
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This document sets out Council’s policy in regards to accrediting training providers of prevocational medical training (training providers) and their clinical attachments. It outlines the components of the accreditation assessment.
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A community-based attachment is an educational experience in an accredited clinical attachment in a community-focused service in which the intern is engaged in caring for the patient and managing their illness in the context of their family and community.