For Clinics

International doctors play an essential role in supporting healthcare delivery across Aotearoa New Zealand. At the same time, transitioning into a new healthcare system requires thoughtful integration into the clinical team and the wider practice environment.

Clinics invest significant time supporting international doctors as they settle into their new roles. This includes introducing local systems and workflows, guiding doctors through professional expectations, and providing supervision and local induction within the practice.

The Learning Hub has been developed to support this process.

Through structured learning pathways, the platform introduces key aspects of the New Zealand health system, clinical frameworks and the cultural context of healthcare in Aotearoa. This background learning helps doctors build familiarity with the environment they are entering before and during their early months of practice.

This content has been designed in alignment with New Zealand regulatory standards, general practice expectations, cultural context, and the real-world challenges international doctors experience when transitioning into practice.

The following key areas have informed the content:

• MCNZ – Good Medical Practice and standards of competence
• RNZCGP – Curriculum and expectations of New Zealand general practice
• Te Tiriti o Waitangi and hauora Māori - Cultural safety and equity
• Transition insights – common clinical and systems challenges observed in IMGs entering NZ practice

It is designed to complement the orientation, supervision and local induction provided within each clinic. By providing consistent foundational learning, the pathways help reduce some of the administrative and educational burden on practices while supporting doctors and teams during the transition period.

The objective is simple: helping international doctors feel more confident and supported as they settle into practice.

Stronger integration supports happier, more fulfilled doctors and teams, leading to better retention and stronger healthcare communities. Stronger teams support stronger communities.

Access for clinics

Clinics may provide Learning Hub access to international doctors joining their practice.

For doctors placed through Good Together, access to the Learning Hub is included as part of the recruitment support package. Doctors will automatically receive their Learning Hub login details from Good Together.

If you would like to learn more about how the Learning Hub can support doctors within your clinic, please contact the Good Together team.