HRH Global Resource Center - New Zealand

New Zealand: Primary Health Organization (PHO) Performance Program

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:25:09 +0000

This report outlines and evaluates a pay-for-performance program designed to strengthen the role of primary health organizations to focus on population health and health inequality programs, and to address problems of service access and lack of coordination between providers. [adapted from introduction]

Method for Developing Standardised Interactive Education for Complex Clinical Guidelines

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:53:52 +0000

The aim of this study was to transform the Clinical Practice Guideline for Perinatal Mortality into an education workshop to develop quality standardised interactive education acceptable to participants for learning skills in collaborative interprofessional care. [adapted from abstract]

Destination of Pacific Island Health Professional Graduates from a New Zealand University

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:29:42 +0000

The authors undertook a survey of both resident and non-resident graduates of Pacific ethnicity from health professional undergraduate courses at the University of Otago in New Zealand to examine the retention of these graduates in Pacific communities and factors influencing their choices of destination. [from author]

Does the Positive Influence of an Undergraduate Rural Placement Persist into Postgraduate Years?

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:04:14 +0000

The purpose of this study was to test whether or not the effects of a seven week rural undergraduate placement for medical students (which showed positive influence on student attitudes to rural health and their intention to practise in a rural settings) persisted into postgraduate years. [adapted from abstract]

Clinical Capabilities of Graduates of an Outcomes Based Integrated Medical Program

Thu, 03 May 2012 18:40:47 +0000

This study aimed to evaluate perceived and assessed clinical capabilities of recent graduates of an outcomes-based integrated medical program and compare to benchmarks from traditional content-based or process-based programs. [from abstract]

Is Health Workforce Sustainability in Australia and New Zealand a Realistic Goal?

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:40:40 +0000

This paper assesses what health workforce sustainability might mean for Australia and New Zealand, given the policy direction set out in the World Health Organization draft code on international recruitment of health workers. [from abstract]

Feeling Connected: Technology and the Support of Clinical Teachers in Distant Locations

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:39:39 +0000

This paper discusses a key finding arising from a qualitative research project which explored the provision of educational support to clinical teachers who were at least 100 kilometres distant from a university medical school. [from abstract]

Sharing After Hours Care in Rural New Zealand Community: a Service Utilization Survey

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:58:36 +0000

This article reports on an initiative in a rural New Zealand community to meet the need for after hours care. First contact for patients is with a community nursing team operating from the local health centre, complemented by on-call advice from GPs and GP clinics twice daily at weekends. The article reports on the demand for after hours services generated by a geographically defined community in New Zealand. [from introduction]

Desired Attributes of New Graduate Nurses as Identified by the Rural Community

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:23:37 +0000

Preparing nurse graduates for practice is challenging because of the diversity of skills expected of them. The objective of this study is to identify the attributes a rural community expect in new graduate nurses in order for them to provide quality care. [from abstract]

Health Workforce and International Migration: Can New Zealand Compete?

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:24:02 +0000

This paper examines health workforce and migration policies in New Zealand, with a special focus on the international recruitment of doctors and nurses. [from abstract]