Who are our members?
"We are the first point of contact for health care. We are medical detectives, and a supportive ear, and use our training to identify and treat conditions that are sometimes invisible to the naked eye." President Dr Samantha Murton.
Membership with The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners or Division of Rural Hospital Medicine provides access to education, resources, advocacy and engagement opportunities to support you through every stage of your medical practice.
You automatically become a member when you join our programmes of study towards Fellowship. Membership is also available to vocationally registered GPs and Rural Hospital Medicine doctors wanting to participate in the College’s CPD programme.
Overseas trained doctors can study with us to become New Zealand specialist GPs or Rural Hospital Doctors.
All our members must abide by the College Rules, the College Members Code of Conduct and everyone pays a membership fee which provides many benefits.