Prevocational training providers and accreditation standards
It is the Council’s role to monitor and promote medical education and training in New Zealand. To ensure that its standards are met for medical education and training, the Council accredits training and recertification providers.
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
Standards and definitions
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This standard outlines what training providers need to do in order to be accredited to provide prevocational medical training to interns.
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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.
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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 clinical attachment is an educational experience in a Council-accredited clinical attachment led by a specialist (vocationally-registered doctor) 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.