A provisionally registered medical, dental or allied health professional:-
- Shall be available at the hospital at all time and carry out interns duties as assigned by the supervisor
- Shall abide by hospital or training centres rules of work as well as adhere to the code of professional Ethics and Conduct of his profession
- Shall clerk patients and perform relevant investigations as the case may be
- Shall present cases concisely, coherently and competently in any appropriate forum prescribed by the training facility
- Shall prepare various medical reports
- Shall write accurate and informative case summaries
- Shall document and regularly up date patients notes
- Shall guiding patients and relatives with regards to diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
- Shall participate in continuing professional development activities
- Shall participate in triaging patients
- Shall comply with any other directives or requirements issued by the Council or the respective internship centre
The intern shall not:-
- During the period of training, engage in any trade or private practice, whether full or part time
- Take any paid job in any hospital other than a facility to which he is posted to practice
- Sign papers for insurance claims, police forms, cremations, death certificate or any other legal document except with a prior permission of the Senior Practitioner
- By way of omission endanger patient life or delay assistance when required
- Leave the patients who are in the middle of treatment procedure without a proper handing over to other personnel for treatment continuation and go off duty
