✨ Medical Scopes of Practice
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 8 29 JANUARY 2010
Medical administration
Administration or management utilising the medical and clinical knowledge, skill, and judgement of a registered medical practitioner, and capable of affecting the health and safety of the public or any person. This may include administering or managing a hospital or other health service, or developing health operational policy, or planning or purchasing health services. Medical administration does not involve diagnosing or treating patients. Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (FRACMA)
Musculoskeletal medicine
The diagnosis and treatment (or referral) of patients with neuro-musculoskeletal dysfunction, disorders and diseases, most of whom present with acute or chronic pain problems. Certificate of Accreditation in Musculoskeletal Medicine from the New Zealand Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine (CAMM)
Neurosurgery
The diagnosis and treatment (operative and non-operative) of patients with disorders of the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous system including their supportive structures and blood supply. This includes the skull, brain, meninges, spinal cord, spine, and pituitary gland. It also includes the management of traumatic, neoplastic, infective, congenital, and degenerative conditions of these structures and surgical pain management. Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)
Obstetrics and gynaecology
The diagnosis and management of patients in the area of reproductive health and disease, including but not limited to: women’s health issues, maternal fetal medicine, gynaecological oncology, reproductive endocrinology and infertility and urogynaecology, male sexual disorders, post and perinatal issues. It is also involved with treatment and health provision to patients in relation to contraception, reproductive health and associated primary sexual health issues, as well as primary and secondary pathology and physiology of the reproductive system and genital tract area. Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRANZCOG)
Occupational medicine
The study and practice of medicine related to the effects of work on health and health on work. It has clinical, preventive and population-based aspects. Occupational physicians practise to ensure effective prevention of, and appropriate management of people with, illness and injury due to work and industry, and the appropriate rehabilitation of people with facilitation of their return to work. Fellowship of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FAFOM) (RACP)
Ophthalmology
The diagnosis and management of patients with abnormal conditions affecting the eye and its appendages, including prevention of blindness, promotion of eye health and rehabilitation of those with visual disability. Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (FRANZCO)
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