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Vickers, John

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Doctor's details

Name

Vickers, John

Status

Practising

Qualifications

MB ChB 1982 Aberd
Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
DRCOG 1989
Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, England
MRCPsych 1996
Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Royal College of Psychiatrists, England

District

Tauranga

Practising certificate

from 1 March 2017 to 28 February 2019

Conditions

None

General scope

7 December 1989

Scope of practice

General

Vocational

  • Psychiatry (30 October 1996)

Dr Vickers is required to participate in an approved recertification programme relevant to the vocational scope of Psychiatry.

Dr Vickers may work outside the stated vocational scope but must do so within a collegial relationship.

Definitions of scopes

General

A doctor who has completed the requirements of a provisional general scope will be registered within a general scope of practice.

Examples are doctors who have completed their first post-graduate year and may be in vocational training, doctors who have not started, or have chosen not to do, vocational training or doctors nearing retirement who are no longer meeting the requirements for registration within a vocational scope of practice.

The doctor must establish a professional collegial relationship with another doctor who is registered within the same or related vocational scope, and must participate in appropriate continuing professional development to maintain and improve competence and to be recertified each year.

Vocational

A doctor who has completed his or her vocational training as a consultant and has appropriate qualifications and experience can be registered within a vocational scope of practice.

A doctor registered in a vocational scope must participate in an approved continuing professional development programme to maintain competence and be recertified each year.

Psychiatry

Psychiatry is the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of persons with psychological, emotional, or cognitive problems resulting from psychiatric disorders, physical disorders or any other cause. Treatment interventions provided by psychiatrists will include biological, psychological and existential modalities. Psychiatrists also undertake supervision and consultation with other health professionals working with a broad range of issues.

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