Vocational (specialist) training and recertification providers and accreditation standards
It is the Council’s role to ensure that the quality of training and education programmes offered by medical colleges is of a high standard. Council regularly assess training providers against its robust accreditation standards.
Information on Council accredited medical college and accreditation standards can be found here.
Council accredits the following vocational medical training and recertification providers:
- New Zealand-based vocational medical training providers
- Australasian vocational medical training providers (jointly assessed with the Australian Medical Council)
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It is Council’s role to accredit and monitor specialist training providers and to promote medical education training in New Zealand. Council assesses New Zealand-based vocational medical training and recertification providers against these standards.
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The Council and the Australian Medical Council (AMC) work together on accrediting the vocational medical training programmes offered by Australasian (joint Australian and New Zealand) vocational providers.