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Overseas docs: Supervision falls on council, employers, colleagues

12 December 2018

Bryn Jones

Wednesday 12 December 2018, 12:00 AM

Cordelia Thomas associate commissioner, Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner

Cordelia Thomas is associate health and disability commissioner

FROM THE HDC OFFICE

A Czech doctor’s failings did not attract the immediate response they should have, and provide a lesson for all in the health sector, writes Cordelia Thomas

It is a characteristic of all complex organisations that new people who join need effective orientation and induction processes, tailored to fit the o

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References

1. Elkin K. Registration decision-making and public protection: international medical graduates in Australia and New Zealand. Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques 2015;41(S1): 162–172.

2. Medical Council of New Zealand. Orientation, Induction and Supervision for International Medical Graduates; January 2011.

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