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✨ Medical Qualifications and Registration

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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 82

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS—continued

Abbreviation

Full Title of Degree or Diploma

LMRCS

Licentiate, and Licentiate in Midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland)

LRCP

Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians

LRCP S Glasg

Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

LRFPS

Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons

MAO

Licentiate of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow)

Bachelor of Medicine

MCCM(NZ)

Member of the New Zealand College of Community Medicine

MCh

Master of Surgery, University of Wales

MChir Orth

Master of Orthopaedic Surgery

MClinSc

Master of Clinical Science, University of Western Ontario

Doctor of Medicine

MD(Anaes)

Doctor of Medicine (Anaesthesiology), All India Institute of Medical Sciences

MFARCS

Member of the Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

MFCM

Member of the Faculty of Community Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom

MFGP(SA)

Member of the Faculty of General Practice of the College of Medicine of South Africa

MFOM

Member of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London

MFPHM

Member of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom

MGenMed

Master's Degree in General Medicine, University of Zimbabwe

MGO

Master of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of Melbourne

MHB

Master of Human Biology, University of Auckland

MMed(Anaes)

Master of Medicine (Anaesthetics), University of Stellenbosch

MMed Melbourne

Master of Medicine (Anaesthetics), University of Melbourne

MMed(Ophth)

Master of Medicine (Ophthalmology), University of Cape Town

MMed(Paed)

Master of Medicine (Paediatrics), University of Cape Town

MMed(Path)

Master of Medicine (Pathology), University of Cape Town

MMed(RadD)

Master of Medicine (Radiodiagnosis), University of Cape Town

MMed(RadD)

Master of Medicine (Diagnostic Radiology), University of the Orange Free State

MMed Sydney

Master of Medicine, University of Sydney

MMed(Thoracic Surgery)

Master of Medicine (Thoracic Surgery), University of Cape Town

MMSA

Master of Medical Science, University of Auckland or Otago

MPH

Master in Midwifery of the Society of Apothecaries (London)

MPH

Master in Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University or University of Washington

MPH

Master of Public Health, University of Hawaii or Loma Linda University

MRad(D)

Master of Radiology (Radio-diagnosis)

MRad(T)

Master of Radiology (Radio-therapy)

MRACOG

Member of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

MRACP

Member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

MRANZCP

Member of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

MRCGP

Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners

MRCOG

Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

MRCP, RCPS Glasg

Physician Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

MRCPath

Member of the Royal College of Pathologists

MRCPsych

Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

MRCS

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons

MRNZCGP

Member of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

MRNZCOG

Member of the Royal New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists

Master of Surgery, University of Iowa

MSc

Master of Science (in a subject appropriate to the practise of medicine at the discretion of Council)

MSc

Master of Science, University of Auckland, Edinburgh or London (in Social Medicine)

MSc(AvMed)

Master of Science (Aviation Medicine), Ohio State University

PhD

Doctor of Philosophy (in a subject appropriate to the practice of medicine at the discretion of Council)

THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND

THE Medical Council of New Zealand, a body corporate, is established under the provisions of the Medical Practitioners Act 1968, and has powers and functions relating to the registration and control of medical practitioners.

The Medical Register

The Medical Register contains the names, qualifications, and addresses of all persons who are registered as medical practitioners or who are conditionally registered as at 30 June of the year to which the register relates.

It does not contain entries relating to persons who have been granted either provisional or temporary certificates issued under the provisions of the Act.

Conditional Registration

A person who is conditionally registered may practise as a medical practitioner only in a hospital or institution approved by the Council.

Registration as a Medical Practitioner

A person who is registered as a medical practitioner (fully registered) may practise free of the restrictions placed a the person who is conditionally registered.

House Officer Service

Every person who is conditionally registered and who wishes to become registered as a medical practitioner must satisfy the Council that he or she has completed at least 12 months’ service as a house officer in a resident medical capacity in a hospital or institution approved by the Council for the purpose and that he or she has acquired experience of a kind approved by the Council or has otherwise acquired comparable experience.

Such approved experience must be not less than 12 months and include six months in medicine or its branches and six months in surgery or its branches. Experience in appointments which involve duties which are both medical and surgical may be claimed as half in medicine and half in surgery. Experience comparable to the foregoing may be accepted by the Council. Applicants wishing to rely on comparable experience must set out in writing full details of previous activities which are relevant to the application.

Provisional Certificate

Pending consideration of an application for registration by the Council a provisional certificate may be issued. This certificate entitles the person to whom the certificate relates to practise as a medical practitioner subject to any endorsement as to the extent to which the applicant may practise.

Temporary Certificate

A certificate which shall entitle a person to practise as a medical practitioner may be issued to applicants for such a certificate who are visiting New Zealand for the purposes of giving postgraduate

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🏥 List of Abbreviations for Medical Degrees and Diplomas (continued from previous page)

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