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Clinical Training Agency Post Entry Clinical Training Programmes

Date of publication: July 2000

The Clinical Training Agency provides funding for Post Entry Clinical Training programmes.

These programmes are:
  • Vocational: rather than academic or research based.
  • Clinical: clinically based, with a substantial clinical component where employment in a clinical setting is integral for completion of the qualification.
  • Post-Entry: occurs after entry to a health profession, so that a person is eligible to practise in a particular occupation.
  • Formal Programme: formally enrolled in a training programme which leads to a recognised qualification.
  • Six Months: the formal training programme is to be equivalent to a minimum of 6 full time months in length.
  • Nationally Recognised: recognised by the profession and/or health sector and meeting a national health service skill requirement rather than a local employer need.

The following specifications describe the training funded by the CTA in detail. These are not curriculum documents, rather they are intended as a minimum guideline for training providers. All parts of the specification are auditable.

The process to develop a specification is:

1. A training programme or area is identified.

2. Specification drafted and consulted upon by the sector.

3. Specification finalised.




Document availability

This publication is not available in hard copy. It is only available on this website in PDF format below.

CTA Purchasing Intentions Plan – 2001 Training Year

CTA Purchasing Plan 2001.pdf(PDF, 83 Kb)

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The specifications are also unavailable in hard copy. They are only available on this website in PDF format below.

Personal Health

1/B1 Anaesthesia
1B1 Anaesthesia.pdf(PDF, 25 kB)



1/B2 Anaesthetic Technicians
1B2 Anaesthetic Technicians.pdf(PDF, 28 kB)



1/B3 Child & Family Health Nursing
1B3 Child & Family Health Nursing.pdf(PDF, 33 kB)



1/B4 Emergency Medicine
1B4 Emergency Medicine.pdf(PDF, 37 kB)



1/B5 General Practice
1B5 General Practice.pdf(PDF, 30 kB)



1/B6 Intensive Care
1B6 Intensive Care.pdf(PDF, 27 kB)



1/B7 Internal Medicine and Paediatrics – Basic Physician Training
1B7 Internal Medicine & Paediatrics - Basic.pdf(PDF, 34 kB)



1/B8 Internal Medicine and Paediatrics – Advanced Physician Training
1B8 Internal Medicine & Paediatrics - Advanced.pdf(PDF, 37 kB)



1/B9 Master of Dental Surgery
1B9 Master of Dental Surgery.pdf(PDF, 38 kB)



1/B10 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
1B10 Obstetrics and Gynaecology.pdf(PDF, 40 kB)



1/B11 Pathology
1B11 Pathology.pdf(PDF, 31 kB)



1/B12 Pharmacy Internship
1B12 Pharmacy Internship.pdf(PDF, 20 kB)



1/B13 Postgraduate Diploma in Child Health/Paediatrics
1B13 PGDip in Child Health or Paediatrics.pdf(PDF, 28 kB)



1/B14 Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry
1B14 PGDip in Clinical Dentistry.pdf(PDF, 24 kB)



1/B15 Postgraduate Diploma in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
1B15 PGDip in Obstetrics & Gynaecology.pdf(PDF, 29 kB)



1/B16 Probationary Registration Year (First Year House Surgeons)
1B16 Probationary Registration Year.pdf(PDF, 24 kB)



1/B18 Radiology
1B18 Radiology.pdf(PDF, 29 kB)



1/B19 Radiation Oncology
1B19 Radiation Oncology.pdf(PDF, 26 kB)



1/B20 Sonography
1B20 Sonography.pdf(PDF, 24 kB)



1/B21 Surgery – Basic
1B21 Surgery - Basic.pdf(PDF, 23 kB)



1/B22 Surgery – Advanced
1B22 Surgery - Advanced.pdf(PDF, 26 kB)



1/B25 Palliative Care Nursing – Advanced
1B25 Palliative Care Nursing - Advanced.pdf(PDF, 147 kB)



1/B26 Radiation Therapy
1B26 Radiation Therapy.pdf(PDF, 109 kB)



Rural Health

1/B23 Rural Primary Health Care
1B23 Rural Primary Health Care .pdf(PDF, 26 kB)



Disability Support Services

1/B24 Autism
1B24 Autism.pdf(PDF, 39 kB)



Mental Health

2/B1 Child & Youth Mental Health
2B1 Child & Youth Mental Health.pdf(PDF, 25 kB)



2/B2 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
2B2 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.pdf(PDF, 22 kB)



2/B3 Dual Diagnosis
2B3 Dual Diagnosis.pdf(PDF, 25 kB)



2/B4 Forensic Mental Health Care
2B4 Forensic Mental Health Care.pdf(PDF, 27 kB)



2/B5 New Graduate Mental Health Nursing
2B5 New Graduate Mental Health Nursing.pdf(PDF, 25 kB)



2/B6 Advanced Mental Health Nursing
2B6 Advanced Mental Health Nursing.pdf(PDF, 29 kB)



2/B7 Psychiatry
2B7 Psychiatry.pdf(PDF, 96 kB)



University of Otago Addendum

Addendum/B2 Diploma in Mental Health
AB2 Diploma in Mental Health.pdf(PDF, 21 kB)



Addendum/B3 Musculoskeletal Medicine
AB3 Musculoskeletal Medicine.pdf(PDF, 21 kB)

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