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

A Acute Care
Professionalism
The GP will demonstrate the ability to:
• maintain the skills needed for acute care appropriate
to the practice type and location
• ensure they have an appropriate support network in
place for their own self-care; doctors providing this type
of care should engage in mentoring or supervision
• place patient safety as the priority, recognising their
limitations and seeking help or advice appropriately
• realise it is an ethical obligation to provide emergency
first aid care in any situation, whether on or off duty
until necessary help services arrive
• show willingness and have the ability to lead and work
as part of a team to provide the best overall patient care
• participate in acute care provision and/or ensure this
is in place for patients enrolled in their care.
• maintain staff, equipment and premises suitable to
provide acute care, negotiating with funders (health
board, local trust etc), as necessary, and facilitating
training opportunities for the primary care team
Scholarship
The GP will demonstrate the ability to:
• maintain the necessary skills needed for acute care
appropriate to the practice type and location
• show a willingness to teach and support the primary
care team in acute care.
Context of General Practice
The GP will demonstrate the ability to:
• develop and maintain a good working relationship with
local base hospital acute services, ambulance services,
mental health services, police and other individuals or
agencies involved in acute care, such as the fire service
• audit significant events and deal with them appropriately
• be aware of developments in IT to facilitate the best
care when patient’s records are not available, for
example Care Insight
• ensure systems are in place to allow for reasonable
acute care requirements and ‘business as usual’
scheduling for the practice population.
• delegate to other team members who might have
more skills or knowledge, such as nursing colleagues,
mental health staff and paramedics
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Curriculum for General Practice