Consultation: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
This consultation is now closed. Thank you to those who provided submissions. We are currently reviewing the submissions we received and will publish any updates here.
Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa | the Medical Council of New Zealand (the Council) is considering making changes to the advanced life support (ACLS) requirement for interns in the Provisional General scope of practice (postgraduate year 1, or PGY1) interns.
Currently, PGY1 interns must hold a current ACLS certification at the New Zealand Resuscitation Council (NZRC) CORE Advanced level, less than 12 months old, to progress to PGY2 and obtain General scope registration.
In response to feedback we have received from prevocational training providers (the districts of Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand), we are revisiting this requirement and have developed three options for consultation.
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Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa | the Medical Council of New Zealand (the Council) is considering making changes to the advanced life support (ACLS) requirement for interns in the Provisional General scope of practice (postgraduate year 1, or PGY1) interns.
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Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa | the Medical Council of New Zealand (the Council) considers it important that all interns have the knowledge and skills to manage and supervise resuscitation events and therefore we have a longstanding requirement that interns hold New Zealand Resuscitation Council (NZRC) CORE Advanced certification.