Another medical school? How to build New Zealand’s future

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Another medical school? How to build New Zealand’s future

Jonathan Simon
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The curriculum of a Waikato medical school would need to be adapted towards the creation of community-based physicians, says distinguished RNZCGP fellow Jonathan Simon [Image: Jamesthethomas5 on Unsplash]

As New Zealand debates the future of medical education, Jonathan Simon argues for a reimagined approach focused on community care, digital transformation and equipping GPs for a transformed health landscape

“If you always do as you always did, you will always get what you always got.” For the past 10 years, there has been discussion about creating a th