Member Information

 
CME Calendar of Events 

 
Member Benefits

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Locum placement

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Recruitment

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Advocacy

GSB Supplycorp Buying Power
Members have access to the buying power of GSB Supplycorp (formerly Government Stores Board) to purchase a vast variety of goods - every thing from vehicles to stationery.

Continuous Medical Education (CME)
The Northern Rural General Practice Consortium (NRGPC) as an accredited CME provider, providing an ongoing CME calendar of education.

CME involves activities designed to enhance General Practitioners knowledge, skills, attitude and judgment so as to improve the healthcare that they provide for patients.

General Practitioners are accredited 2 credits per hour of training through the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP). Practice Nurse’s are provided with a certificate of attendance from the NRGPC

The learning strategy involves:

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Identification of actual learning needs.

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Learning needs being addressed in the most time and cost effective manner.

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The knowledge obtained being based on the best available evidence.

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New knowledge being applied to produce improvement in the clinical setting.

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A number of General Practitioners and Practice Nurses will be selected to receive sponsorship from the NRGPC to attend one of the below listed Conferences which are held outside the Northland region.
1. NZNO Practice Nurse Conference
2. Combined Rural General Practice Network /NZNO Conference 
3. NZ Royal College of General Practitioners Conference
4. New Zealand Medical Association Conference

 Northland Regional CME Calendar  2010
Approved by the RNZCGP as a Registered CME provider for MOPS & AVE

Month 

Kaitaia

Bay of Islands

Dargaville

Wellsford

Feb 25th 
Effects of Smoking on Fetus & Obesity in Pregnancy Prof. Leslie McCowan
8th 
Haemochromatosis 
Dr D. Wei
  Radiology John Politi

Mar

4th 
Drug & Alcohol
Keith O'Donnell
3rd 
Drug & Alcohol M. Sabin

16th 
Palliative Care S. Broax

30th 
Emergency Senarios
Michael McGirvan

 

 

April

Diabetes 
Dr Shane Cross

Smoking Cessation
Mark Wallace-Bell

Smoking Cessation

Mark Wallace-Bell

 

Diabetes Dr Shane Cross

Dr Scott Davidson

 

12th 
Paeds ENT

May

8-9th
Omapere Conference
8-9th
Omapere Conference
8-9th
Omapere Conference
8-9th
Omapere Conference

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July

       

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Dec

       

 


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Northern Rural General Practice Consortium Inc.
PO Box 57 · 158b Kerikeri Road · Kerikeri · Bay of Islands · New Zealand
Ph +64 9 407 3561 · Fax +64 9 407 3571 · Email
ruralgps@xtra.co.nz