Vocational (specialist) training and recertification providers and accreditation standards
It is the Council’s role to ensure that the quality of training and education programmes offered by medical colleges is of a high standard.
Information on Council accredited medical college and accreditation standards can be found here.
Council accredits the following vocational medical training and recertification providers:
- New Zealand-based vocational medical training providers
- Australasian vocational medical training providers (jointly assessed with the Australian Medical Council)
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It is Council’s role to accredit and monitor specialist training providers and to promote medical education training in New Zealand. Council assesses New Zealand-based vocational medical training and recertification providers against these standards.
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The Council and the Australian Medical Council (AMC) work together on accrediting the vocational medical training programmes offered by Australasian (joint Australian and New Zealand) vocational providers.