Editing General practitioner (section)

=== New Zealand ===
In New Zealand, most GPs work in clinics and health centres<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.careers.govt.nz/jobs/health/general-practitioner/about-the-job |title=General Practitioner: About the job |publisher=Careers New Zealand |date=5 November 2013 |access-date=3 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009111434/http://www.careers.govt.nz/jobs/health/general-practitioner/about-the-job |archive-date=9 October 2014 }}</ref> usually as part of a [[Primary Health Organisation]] (PHO). These are funded at a population level, based on the characteristics of a practice's enrolled population (referred to as capitation-based funding). Fee-for-service arrangements still exist with other funders such as [[Accident Compensation Corporation]] (ACC) and Ministry of Social Development (MSD), as well as receiving co-payments from patients to top-up the capitation-based funding.

The basic medical degree in New Zealand is the MBChB degree (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery), which has traditionally been attained after completion of an undergraduate five or six-year course. In NZ new graduates must complete the GPEP (General Practice Education Program) Stages I and II in order to be granted the title Fellowship of the [[Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners]] (FRNZCGP), which includes the PRIMEX assessment and further CME and Peer group learning sessions as directed by the RNZCGP.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gpep.co.nz/gpep/ |title=GPEP - General Practice Education Training Programme |publisher=The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners |access-date=31 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605051839/http://www.gpep.co.nz/gpep/ |archive-date=5 June 2014 }}</ref> Holders of the award of FRNZCGP may apply for specialist recognition with the New Zealand Medical Council (MCNZ), after which they are considered specialists in General Practice by the council and the community.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mcnz.org.nz/get-registered/scopes-of-practice/vocational-registration/types-of-vocational-scope/general-practice/ |title=General practice |publisher=Medical Council of New Zealand |access-date=31 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531143204/https://www.mcnz.org.nz/get-registered/scopes-of-practice/vocational-registration/types-of-vocational-scope/general-practice/ |archive-date=31 May 2014 }}</ref> In 2009 the NZ Government increased the number of places available on the state-funded programme for GP training.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10546968 |title=State GP training overtakes user-pay scheme |last=Johnston |first=Martin |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=8 December 2008 |access-date=3 June 2014}}</ref>

There is a shortage of GPs in rural areas and increasingly outer metropolitan areas of large cities, which has led to the use of overseas trained doctors (international medical graduates (IMGs)).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skerrett |first1=Angie |title='Concerning trend': Study shows further decline in rural doctor numbers |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2019/05/concerning-trend-study-shows-further-decline-in-rural-doctor-numbers.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514035504/https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2019/05/concerning-trend-study-shows-further-decline-in-rural-doctor-numbers.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 May 2019 |access-date=30 March 2020 |work=Newshub}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Trigger |first1=Sophie |title=GP registrars choose city training as under-doctored regions flounder |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/113826263/gp-registrars-choose-city-training-as-underdoctored-regions-flounder |access-date=30 March 2020 |date=2 July 2019}}</ref>