AUGUST 2013 - New Zealand Doctor

RNZCGP Review of the delivery of general practice vocational training August 2013ATTACHMENT TO A VOCATIONAL SCOPERegistrars who complete a PGGP placement in PGY2 or PGY3 can count this time towards their timein traditional general practice in GPEP. This would continue.To enhance MCNZ’s objective of attaching training doctors to vocational scopes, interns whoundertake a PGGP placement could be offered provisional membership of the College, allowing themto have input and support from the proposed DHB GPEP supervisor, and be engaged in generalpractice earlier in their career.Option 11.3: Develop a new generalist focused PGY placement programmeThe College would supplement, or replace, the current PGGP programme with a generalised primarycare-focused placement programme, with general practices being the ‘home’ of the placement,although not necessarily delivering all aspects of training in the practice setting. Relationships wouldbe built with other community-based health care providers to deliver the required experience andteaching for the intern. This would introduce interns to the concepts of ‘whole of patient care’ andworking within teams across different areas of care.Development of such a programme would require source funding, curriculum development, training,agreement with DHBs regarding employment, the establishment of an e-portfolio and increasedadministrative support.44