Curriculum for General Practice - The Royal New Zealand College ...
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H Health and Work<br />
Clinical Expertise<br />
<strong>The</strong> GP will demonstrate the ability to:<br />
• take an occupational history, conduct appropriate<br />
physical examination, develop a differential diagnosis<br />
and arrange appropriate investigations<br />
• describe the impact of long-term health conditions on<br />
work capacity and interventions <strong>for</strong> minimising disability<br />
• describe how to investigate a health complaint that<br />
may relate to work or environmental exposure<br />
• describe the biopsychosocial model of illness and disease<br />
and the relevance of this in assessing fitness <strong>for</strong> work<br />
• describe the utility and general principles of workplace<br />
assessment<br />
• describe common or important occupational diseases,<br />
their treatment and potential long-term impact<br />
• define the potential health effects of common and<br />
important workplace hazards<br />
• outline the various local workplaces in your region and the<br />
potential impact these might have both on health and the<br />
ability to employ staff with health issues<br />
• <strong>for</strong>mulate a framework <strong>for</strong> assessing fitness to work<br />
and developing a return-to-work plan<br />
• describe the principles of rehabilitation relating to physical,<br />
psychological, social, recreational and cultural needs.<br />
• develop and maintain up-to-date knowledge of the<br />
impact of worklessness on health<br />
Professionalism<br />
<strong>The</strong> GP will demonstrate the ability to:<br />
• reflect on the professional and personal boundary<br />
issues encountered when working in a rural community<br />
• describe the aspects of personal safety that may be<br />
required when dealing with conflict<br />
• describe ways of supporting their own occupational<br />
health and wellbeing, including that of their family/whānau<br />
• identify their own workplace risks and harms<br />
• offer appropriate advocacy when certifying with integrity<br />
and disclosing in<strong>for</strong>mation to third parties<br />
• identify when to seek advice or refer and undertake this<br />
appropriately and expediently<br />
• explain their role in relation to patients and agencies<br />
related to work<br />
• explore the role of medicine as a profession in the context<br />
of wider personal life experience and life goals.<br />
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<strong>Curriculum</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Practice</strong>
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