✨ Medical Scopes of Practice
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 141 — 21 NOVEMBER 2014
Dermatology
The study, research and diagnosis of disorders, diseases, cancers, cosmetic, ageing and physiological conditions of the skin, fat, hair, nails and oral and genital membranes, and the management of these by different investigations and therapies, including but not limited to dermatohistopathology, topical and systemic medications, dermatologic cosmetic surgery, phototherapy, laser therapy, superficial radiotherapy, photodynamic therapy and other therapies that become available.
Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
Diagnostic and interventional radiology
The diagnosis and treatment of patients utilising imaging modalities including general radiography, angiography, fluoroscopy, mammography, ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine and bone densitometry.
Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (FRANZCR)
Emergency medicine
A field of practice based on the knowledge and skills required for the prevention, diagnosis and management of acute and urgent aspects of illness and injury affecting patients of all age groups with a full spectrum of undifferentiated physical and behavioural disorders. It further encompasses an understanding of the development of pre-hospital and in-hospital emergency medical systems and the skills necessary for this development.
Fellowship of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM)
Family planning/reproductive health
The treatment of, and health provision to, patients in relation to contraception, reproductive health and associated primary sexual health issues.
Diploma in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Dip SRH)
General practice
An academic and scientific discipline with its own educational content, research, evidence base and clinical activity, and a clinical specialty orientated to primary care. It is personal, family, and community orientated comprehensive primary care that includes diagnosis, continues over time, and is anticipatory as well as responsive.
Fellowship of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (FRNZCGP)
General surgery
A broadly based specialty which includes the diagnosis and treatment (operative and non-operative) of patients with disorders of: colon and rectum, upper gastro-intestinal organs, breasts, endocrine organs, skin and subcutaneous structures, blood vessels including varicose veins and the head and neck region. It also includes the early and ongoing management of trauma.
Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)
Intensive care medicine
The diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute, severe and life-threatening disorders of vital systems whether medical, surgical or obstetric in origin and whether adult or paediatric.
Fellowship of the Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FJFICM ANZCA)
Diploma of Fellowship of the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (FCICM)
Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
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🏥 Health & Social Welfare21 November 2014
Medical Council, Scopes of Practice, Qualifications, Medical Practitioners, Registration Requirements, Dermatology, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Planning, General Practice, General Surgery, Intensive Care Medicine