Fit for Purpose and for Practice: Advice to the Minister of Health on the Issues Concerning Medical Workforce in New Zealand
Date of Publication: May 2006
Final report and advice to the Minister of Health from the Medical Reference Group, sub-committee of the Health Workforce Advisory Committee. Some of the report’s critical recommendations include:
- nationally focused strategic workforce planning
- increasing the number of medical students
- encouraging more medical students from rural backgrounds
- postgraduate years 1 and 2 clinical attachments to include training with community-based health care and disability community-based care
- ideas on improving recruitment and retention of New Zealand-trained doctors
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- Health Workforce Advisory Committee's commentary to the Minister of Health on the Fit for Purpose and for Practice report (Word, 44 kB)
Health Workforce Advisory Committee's commentary to the Minister of Health on the Fit for Purpose and for Practice report (PDF, 86 kB)
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