Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato offers:
- excellent senior and junior teaching staff
- protected training time
- a wide range of tertiary and secondary specialties and community-based placements for prevocational doctors
- research library
- clinical skills training facilities including simulation training (external link)
- well-connected networks with academic, research, learning and professional institutions, including close links with Auckland University's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
- active programme by Waikato Postgraduate Medicine Incorporated to advance medical education, quality assurance and research in Waikato
- advanced cardiovascular life support/resuscitation courses
- a forum for RMO education, welfare, or administration issues through the Wellbeing and Innovations RMO Educational Development group.
Prevocational training
Prevocational training
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato offers well-structured and well-planned post-graduate training for PGY1, NZREX/IMG doctors, PGY2 and senior house officers (SHOs).
This training programme was commended by the New Zealand Medical Council during its latest accreditation review (August 2017).
Orientation
- Comprehensive orientation, annually reviewed and improved using intern feedback.
- Orientation manual that includes formal education programmes for PGY1 and PGY2/SHOs for the year, and other important workplace information.
Supervision
- Effective clinical supervision by clinical supervisors with a passion for teaching and clinical supervision.
- All PGY1 and PGY2 doctors have educational supervision with nominated prevocational educational supervisors.
PGY1 teaching programme
- Provides protected formal education course teaching time weekly — 3 hours of protected training time weekly to attend teaching sessions (Tuesday 1:30pm to 2:30pm) or skill-based sessions (1.5 to 2 hours) held at the clinical skills training centre.
- Uses senior doctors or advanced trainees who are all experts or advanced practitioners in their fields to present teaching topics. These informal sessions are often case-based and interactive with wide-ranging topics that have an emphasis on a practical approach to caring for patients with various conditions.
- Supports the development of an e-portfolio of clinical and professional development.
PGY2/Senior house doctors teaching programme
- A comprehensive, generalist teaching programme designed to develop the new doctor to be ready to start work as a trainee in a chosen field.
- Self-directed learning.
- Protected formal education course teaching time — 3 to 4 hours of protected time each week to attend teaching sessions (Wednesday 1:30pm to 2:30pm) or skill-based sessions (1.5 to 2 hours) held at the clinical skills training centre.
- Community-based clinical attachments, which is a requirement for the PGY2 doctor in order to achieve general registration (without endorsement).
Clinical attachments
We offer clinical attachments in tertiary, secondary and community-based services, providing a wide range of learning opportunities during PGY1 and PGY2 training to help you decide on your career in the field of medicine.
Vocational training
Vocational training
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waikato offers career counselling for year 3 and 4 house officers and non-training registrars to help you grow your career and professional knowledge.
We offer:
- multiple vocational training programmes in alliance with medical colleges in Australasia
- supervision by clinical supervisors
- the opportunity for involvement in audit and research activities
- further academic activities through the Auckland University Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and clinical skills training centre.
Senior medical officers
Senior medical officers
We offer:
- scholar and leadership opportunities — clinical leader, clinical supervisor and departmental education roles
- self-directed CPD programme augmented by local department educational activities such as journal clubs and case presentations
- involvement in international, national, regional and government policy and programme initiatives.