Curriculum for General Practice - The Royal New Zealand College ...

Core competencies
Fellows of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners are able to:
• contribute to the management functions of health services,
including human resources, employment, business and
clinical governance
• demonstrate an awareness of the advantages of full
engagement of all members of the primary care team
• use information management skills to manage patient data
efficiently and ethically
• use every opportunity to appropriately share knowledge
and skills gained through their own experience and training
• reconcile differences in access to health services
according to rurality, socioeconomic and cultural
determinants, as relevant
• reconcile the needs of the individual general practitioner
and practice with the needs of the wider health economy
• recognise that for the best patient outcome there must
be a team approach to primary care with the general
practitioner in a leading role, working respectfully and
co-operatively with other professionals and disciplines
• reflect on the health needs of the community in which they
work and develop innovative strategies to meet these
needs, recognising the integral part that primary care has
to play.
Further competencies
As further experience in general practice is gained, Fellows of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners
are able to:
• develop skills in strategic planning and use them to
develop and improve health services and promote
general practice
• assess and lead further development of the practice as a
business, meeting the needs of staff, patients and the
wider community
• appraise and evaluate the need for proposed change,
and develop skills to implement these changes
• apply a range of business, information, practice and
employment management strategies appropriate to the
general practice context.
• advocate for ongoing opportunities for all team members
to operate at the top of their scope while continuously
extending their skill levels
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