The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

ACC

Accident Compensation Corporation

ACLS

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

ACRRM

Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine

Aiming for Excellence

A measurement tool for practice teams to identify the quality of care offered to patients.

APC

Annual Practising Certificate as issued by the Medical Council of New Zealand.

APLS

Advanced Paediatric Life Support

Attachment

The placement of a funded registrar in a teaching practice for the purposes of training.

ANZCA

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

BAB

Branch Advisory Board

BMJ

British Medical Journal

BOS

Board of Studies

BPPQ

Better Practice Patient Questionnaire

CME

Continuing Medical Education

College

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

Collegial Relationship

The HPCA Act 2003 requires doctors not vocationally registered to form a collegial relationship with a vocationally registered doctor.

CORE

Certificate of Resuscitation and Emergency Care

Cornerstone

The College’s Practice Accreditation Programme

CPD

Continuing Professional Development

CQI

Continuous Quality Improvement

CTA

Clinical Training Agency

DHB

District Health Board

DISQ

Doctors Interpersonal Skills Questionnaire

Education Administration Manager

Means the person employed by the College to manage the administration of the general practitioner education programme.

EIP

Experiential Interim Pathway

EMST

Emergency Management of Severe Trauma

FACEM

Fellow of the Australian College of Emergency Medicine

Fellowship

Fellowship (the recognised postgraduate qualification for general practitioners in New Zealand), is awarded after successful completion of the two stages of the General Practice Education Programme.

GP

General Practitioner. A general practitioner is an appropriately qualified medical graduate who has particular knowledge and skills to provide personal, family, whanau and community-oriented, comprehensive primary care. A GPs care continues over time, is anticipatory as well as responsive, and is not limited by the age, sex, race, religion, or social circumstances of patients, nor by their physical or mental states.

GPEP

General Practice Education Programme

GPEP Clinical Leader

The general practitioner employed by the College to manage the clinical aspects of the Programme.

GPEP1

General Practice Education Programme – Stage 1. This is the entry point on the Pathway to Fellowship.

GPEP2

General Practice Education Programme – Stage 2.

Stage 2 is undertaken after successful completion of GPEP 1 and Primex.

GPNZ

General Practice New Zealand

Group Manager Education

The person employed by the College to lead the College’s education programme.

HDC

Health & Disability Commission

Health Information

Any information about an identifiable person’s health and the treatment that he/she is receiving or has received, including that person’s medical records.

HealthPAC

HealthPAC is a division of the Ministry of Health. Its role is payment and administration of agreements, health provider funding, process provider claims, provide data, administer compliance and provide patient eligibility administration.

HIPC

Health Information Privacy Code

HPCA Act

Health Practitioners Competency Assurance Act 2003

HQSC

Health Quality and Safety Commission

HWNZ

Health Workforce New Zealand

IFHC

Integrated Family Health Centre

JPHC

The Journal of Primary Health Care

Locum

Doctor who works on a temporary contract basis for a doctor who is away from the practice.

MAS

Medical Assurance Society of NZ

MCNZ

Medical Council of New Zealand (the regulatory body for all medical practitioners in New Zealand).

Medical Educator

A general practitioner employed by the College to deliver the programme in the regions.

MoH

Ministry of Health

MOPS

Maintenance of Professional Standards – assists general practitioners to maintain their vocational registration by meeting part of the recertification requirements of the Medical Council of NZ.

MPS

Medical Protection Society

NCNZ

Nursing Council of New Zealand

Nominal Base Location

Usually the place where the day release seminars are held.

NZGG

New Zealand Guidelines Group

NZMA

New Zealand Medical Association

NZNO

New Zealand Nurses Organisation

NZRGPN

New Zealand Rural General Practice Network

Personal Information

Is any information about an identifiable person.

PDP

Professional Development Plan

PGRGPEP

The College’s Postgraduate Rural General Practice Education Programme, funded by the Ministry of Health under the auspices of the Clinical Training Agency. The Programme offers three-month rural general practice runs to postgraduate year two and year three (PGY2/3) house surgeons and rural hospital doctors.

PHARMAC

Pharmaceutical Management Agency

PHCN

Primary Health Care Network

PHO

Primary Health Organisation

PMS

Practice Management System

PRIME

Primary Response in Medical Emergencies

Primex

Primary Membership Examination. This examination is undertaken after completion of GPEP1. Registrars become Members of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (MRNZCGP) (use of the title expires after 5 years if GPEP2 has not been completed.

Professional Liability

All doctors are responsible for professional decisions they make and may be liable in case of errors. Current Medical Indemnity Protection is highly advisable.

Programme (the)

General Practice Education Programme.

Programme Administrator

The person employed by the College to administer the programme.

RACGP

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

RACP

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

RACS

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Regional Co-ordinator

A person employed by the College to assist with programme administration at regional level.

Registrar

Term used for doctors undertaking GPEP1.

Registrar (employed)

A medical practitioner who entered into a contractual relationship with an approved practice prior to applying for a position on the Programme or is employed by a DHB taking part in a DHB training programme.

Registrar (funded)

A medical practitioner who is appointed by the College as a registrar in the Programme and who receives a training bursary funded by the Clinical Training Agency.

RMO

Resident Medical Officer

RNZCGP

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

RPR

Regular Practice Review

Rural Practice

Practices which are scored 35 and above on the rural ranking scale.

Rural trainees

Those trainees on the PGRGPEP

Scope of Practice

Refers to what a health practitioner is authorised to perform under section 21 of the HPCA Act, subject to any conditions imposed by the authority responsible for the registration of the profession. The list of health services that forms the part of the profession is described under section 11 of the HPCA Act.

SEM

Significant Event Management

Seminar Programme

Regular seminar/learning sessions which take place away from the teaching practice as part of the Programme.

SIG

Special Interest Group

Teacher

A general practitioner contracted by the College as a teacher in the Programme to teach and supervise funded registrars in the teaching practice.

Teaching Practice

Means a general practice to which a funded registrar is attached under the supervision of a teacher.

Tumuaki Maori (GPEP Maori Director)

The person employed by the College to assist and support Maori registrars and GP teachers.

VR

Vocationally Registered