CPD program-level requirements in Aotearoa New Zealand

The College provides a range of tools and resources to help you navigate the CPD requirements relating to cultural safety, health inequities, professionalism and ethical practice in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Cultural safety standards

The Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) requires doctors to meet cultural safety standards.

Cultural safety focuses on the patient and provides space for patients to be involved in decision-making about their own care, and contribute to the achievement of positive health outcomes and experiences.

– Medical Council of New Zealand

Program-level requirements

Program-level requirements are activities that facilitate professional development across the breadth of medical practice, including those relating to cultural safety. Engagement in these activities should include opportunities for reflection on your own biases and attitudes, to help you understand how these can impact patient care.

There are no specific numbers of hours that should be allocated to activities relating to cultural safety; however, it’s recommended that you:

consider some of these activities in your professional development plan (PDP)

use this information during your annual conversation to reflect and discuss your goals for the next CPD cycle

Please note that from 1st January 2024:

you will be able to track hours spent on these activities from your CPD portal dashboard

program-level requirements will also be mandatory for Board and Council members, committee chairs and training supervisors

RANZCOG commitment to equitable healthcare

The College is committed to a sustainable and diverse O&G workforce that can meet future hauora wāhine needs and will strengthen relationships with Māori organisations to support health equity for wāhine.

Please follow the link below to learn more about our Māori strategy and action plan.

Framework in development

The College is currently developing a CPD Cultural Framework to align with the Cultural Safety Training Plan for Vocation Medicine.

Please note that more information will be made available as this project progresses.


Professionalism and ethical practice

As much as possible, RANZCOG CPD program participants in Aotearoa New Zealand should engage in activities that enhance professionalism and ethical practice.

All participants are strongly encouraged to include these activities in their professional development plan (PDP) for this current cycle.

On completing your reflection, it may be helpful to consider the following questions:

Did the activity demonstrate professionalism and ethics?

If not, how could this be achieved in future activities?

What professionalism and ethics elements have you learned through undertaking the activity?

Please note that you should also include these considerations in your structured annual conversation for each CPD cycle.


How can I meet these CPD requirements?

It may be helpful to consider:

engaging in the activities listed in this section (under Cultural safety and health inequity, Professionalism and ethical practice and Training modules and courses)

accessing the RANZCOG tools and resources in the section below, to help you record your CPD hours

Please note that the College will continue adding to the below lists, in consultation with organisations, healthcare professionals and other individuals.

Cultural safety and health inequity

Consider the following questions when updating your professional development plan (PDP):

When adding an activity

What cultural safety and health equity elements are embedded into the activity?

When reflecting of an activity

Did the activity demonstrate cultural safety and health equity elements?

If not, how could this be achieved in future activities?

What cultural safety and health equity elements have you learned through undertaking the activity?

Seek feedback from your patients, their families and communities to review your performance and measure outcomes — this could include patient satisfaction surveys, practice staff surveys, etc.

Review the following resources:

Complete other cultural safety programs, activities and reading through your employer, or as self-directed learning.

Professionalism and ethical practice

Seek feedback from your patients, their families and communities to review your level of professionalism and ethics — this could include patient satisfaction surveys, practice staff surveys, etc.

Undertake a multi-source feedback (MSF) using the following survey tool:

Please note that this is an approved RANZCOG CPD activity, which allows you to record 18 CPD hours under the Outcome Measures (OM) domain, and 17 hours under the Performance Review (PR) domain. The College will receive notification when you complete an MSF and will update the number of logged CPD hours in your portal accordingly.

Review the following resources:

Complete other professionalism and ethics programs, activities and reading through your employer, or as self-directed learning.

View the following webinars:

Gender Inclusion

Facing Adversity, Finding Connection

Hear from senior colleagues about managing adverse outcomes and potential fears going forward if informal channels of support are gone.

For access to a recording of this webinar, please contact: wellbeing@ranzcog.edu.au

Training modules and courses

Complete the following training modules/courses (as relevant):

Clinical Education Training (CET)
A program for FRANZCOG trainees, Fellows and members interested in becoming clinical educators, or those already involved in training/teaching.
Training Supervisor Workshop
A compulsory program for those who are supervising trainees in the FRANZCOG, Certificate and Associate Training Program (Procedural) and Associate Training Program (Advanced Procedural).


RANZCOG tools and resources

Please consider the following tools and resources to help record your CPD hours:

Annual conversation form — to reflect on your development needs, goals and intentions, including those relating to professionalism and ethics.

Professional reading template — to record details of your reading and viewing activities (including review of the resources and webinars listed above)

Self-evaluation and reflection tool — to reflect on your learnings from cultural safety, professionalism and ethics activities, including implications for your current practice, and any intended follow-up, changes or improvements.

Integrate CPD portal — to record and track your cultural safety, professionalism and ethics activities (as part of your wider CPD program)


Updated
21 March 2024

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