New Zealand Registration in 8 weeks

[lisa0000]

Thanks fyzio for that, i find it hard to understand how you can prove your competence without the use of case studies? was there any suggestions made about how to get round this? thanks
lisa

[Laura01]

thats a bloody pain since i've just spent ages doing one for each msk,cvp and neuro. i thought they were a great way to encompass all of the components of each competency. also for showing your clinical reasoning and soap notes etc. a bit hard to get written consent when one of your patients is a quadraplegic!

[Fyzzio]

Oh, come on guys. Get a grip.

Have you ever had any teaching in regards to Ethics???
You are not permitted by law to disclose ANY information about patients. That's it.
Written consent can be given by the patient or by a patient representative. Who's got POA? Who is next of kin?

And as to other ways of proving competencies: you can always make up case scanarios, or get copies of your performance appraisals, reflective practice sheets, SWOT analysis', documentation audits, peer reviews, and whatever it is that you do .... The Physioboard's application guide document has even got reflection sheets in it, which you could use.
Bottom of the page: The Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand > Registration - Overseas Qualified Physiotherapists

You'll be fine. Don't get too uptight about it!!!
Good luck,
Fyzzio

[james_physio_365]

Hi guys i need a little bit of advice.

After finally getting my reg through last week my next mission to obtain a visa. Does anyone have any tips on what visa to go for, how much and what time scales it may take to get?

Cheers in advance