Interviews
An interview will be required during your application process.
It’s an opportunity for 2 RACP Fellows to find out more about your qualifications, training, assessments, experience and continuing professional development (CPD). You’re not assessed or examined during the interview. Instead, we gather information and clarify gaps in your training or experience.
Interviewers prepare questions based on your application. Questions may cover these areas:
- basic or core training
- advanced or specialist training
- formative and summative assessments completed during and after training
- specialist practice
- participation in CPD
- quality assurance practices
- attainment of higher qualifications
- contributions to the field of medicine
- your readiness for specialist practice in Aotearoa NZ
- cultural competence in Māori health and the Aotearoa NZ health system
- any questions you may have about specialist practice in Aotearoa NZ
Interviews are usually conducted via Zoom and are subject to interviewer availability. They take approximately 1 hour.
After the interview
Interviewers make a recommendation on your equivalency to the Aotearoa NZ OTP Assessment Committee. Based on the recommendation, the Committee determines your equivalency and provides it to the MCNZ.
The MCNZ then:
- advises you of their final equivalency decision
- lists the requirements you must complete
- includes a copy of the RACP recommendation
If MCNZ determine you’re not equivalent, they decline your application and advise you of other options for gaining registration.