So far so good. But the elephant in the room, rate-limiting step in New Zealand is having enough clinical placements – the opportunity for all senior students (medical, nursing, physio etc) to work supervised one-on-one alongside experienced clinicians in multiple areas, seeing many patients and being involved in their clinical care.
No amount of high/low fidelity simulation, AI-generated cases, AI-diagnostic algorithms (all already in use) can replace this learning; the art of connecting with different people with diverse needs on their terms to develop trusting, beneficial doctor-patient, tākuta-whānau relationships is primarily learned on the job.
