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Mō TorohiaAbout Torohia

Mō TorohiaAbout Torohia

Torohia is Aotearoa New Zealand’s annual national Medical Training Survey led by Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa | Medical Council of New Zealand. It gives doctors an opportunity to provide feedback about their training experiences.

In 2025, Torohia surveyed doctors in accredited prevocational and vocational training programmes across Aotearoa New Zealand. In 2026, Torohia expanded to include doctors registered in the general scope, who are not enrolled in accredited medical training.

Modelled on the successful Australian Medical Training Survey (MTS), Torohia is designed to gather information from doctors relating to medical education and training, including workplace culture, clinical experiences, supervision, wellbeing, training opportunities and future career intentions.

Responses are anonymous and confidential, and findings will be published ensuring that doctors cannot be identified by the data presented. Over time, survey results will provide a national picture of training experiences by region, specialty and training site, and highlight areas where improvements have been made based on earlier findings.

Survey results will be published each year, and will be used to:

Better understand the experience

of doctors in the medical training environment

Support continuous improvement

For training providers and employers

Inform accreditation processes

That are run by Te Kaunihera Rata o Aotearoa | Medical Council of New Zealand (Council) and the Australian Medical Council (AMC).

The name Torohia means ‘exploring, scouting out, reaching out’, which is what this survey sets out to do — exploring the training environment, identifying strengths, and highlighting areas for improvement.

Torohia is a tool for change. By listening to and acting on doctors’ experiences, we can create safer and more supportive medical training — and strengthen protection of the health and safety of the public.

Development of Torohia

Torohia was developed in partnership between the Council and a wide range of stakeholders including representatives of participating doctors, prevocational medical training providers and specialist medical colleges.

We are particularly grateful to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the Medical Board of Australia (MBA) for their generosity in sharing their experience and the Medical Training Survey (MTS) questions.

An independent research agency, Perceptive, manages the delivery of the survey online, and the analysis and reporting of the data collected.

Stakeholders who contributed to the development:

  • Participating doctors
  • Te Kāhui Whakamana Tiriti (Council’s expert Māori advisory group)
  • Whakawaha (Council’s consumer advisory group)
  • Prevocational medical training providers (Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Districts)
  • Council of Medical Colleges and the specialist medical colleges
  • Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora senior management
  • Medical Schools: University of Auckland and University of Otago
  • BPAC
  • Ahpra and MBA (responsible for the Australian MTS)
  • Many other organisations and individuals have also provided valuable input.