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

Long-term Conditions
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Clinical Expertise
The GP will demonstrate the ability to:
• identify, assess and manage risk factors for key
long-term conditions
• familiarise themselves with and where appropriate apply
Te Whare Tapa Wha and its role with the patient and
their whānau
• consider different aspects of managing long-term
conditions with different age groups
• recognise the aspects of disability that impact on
everyday life
• promote and enable self-management and patient
responsibility
• recognise the complexities of polypharmacy and aim
to minimise the use of medications, as appropriate
• apply their knowledge and use of screening
programmes and early detection tools
• recognise, understand and manage key clinical
presentations.
• recognise mental health aspects of long-term
conditions and provide appropriate support
Professionalism
The GP will demonstrate the ability to:
• recognise and enable patient autonomy
• develop skills in maintaining self-care while managing
long-term and often difficult conditions
• promote self-management strategies to the patient,
such as the Flinders model
• engage in policy decisions to improve inter-professional
communication and funding initiatives and allocations.
• advocate for the patient as they negotiate the health
system
This curriculum statement links with:
• End-of-life Care - Page 55
• Older People - Page 111
• Oncology - Page 115
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