MOPS

Maintenance Of Professional Standards

The purpose of the MOPS programme is to assist general practitioners to demonstrate:

• the maintenance of their professional standards
• their commitment to quality improvement in the care of their patients, and
• their commitment to lifelong learning

It assists them to:

• maintain their registration within the vocational scope of general practice by meeting part of the recertification requirements of the Medical Council of New Zealand, and
• meet their obligations under the Health Practitioners Competency Assurance Act (2003).

In Summary

• MOPS runs in a three-year cycle (triennium).
• A minimum of 150 credits is required over the full three years. For people joining in year two the requirement is 100 credits and in year three, 50 credits.
• Credits are obtained from different categories of activity
  •   Continuous Quality Improvement
  •   Continuing Medical Education
  •   Peer Review Activities
  •   Additional Professional Development Activities

• There are no annual minimums. Participants decide on the combination and timing of activities that make up the minimum totals over the triennium.
• Participants must participate in an RNZCGP endorsed resuscitation course to at least NZRC Level 5.