Probity and Honesty for Healthcare Professionals
Course Description
Probity and Honesty for Healthcare Professionals (New Zealand) is a CPD course designed to help practitioners understand why honesty and integrity are at the heart of safe healthcare practice.
Regulators — including the Medical Council (MCNZ), Nursing Council (NCNZ), Pharmacy Council, Dental Council, and HPCA authorities — consistently emphasise that dishonesty and probity breaches are often treated more seriously than clinical errors. Issues such as falsifying records, misleading billing, failing to declare conflicts of interest, or concealing mistakes undermine trust and can lead to fitness-to-practise (FtP) proceedings.
This course explains what probity means in the New Zealand context, how regulators assess honesty, and provides practical tools for evidencing probity through reflection, remediation, and daily professional practice.
Course Content
Course Objectives
Course Objectives
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Section 1: Introduction — Why Probity and Honesty Matter in New Zealand Healthcare
1.1 Why Probity and Honesty Matter for Patients
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1.2 Why Probity and Honesty Matter for Regulators
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1.3 Why Probity and Honesty Matter for the Profession
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1.4 Probity Beyond Compliance
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1.5 Reflective Quiz
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Section 2: Defining Probity — Honesty, Integrity, and Transparency
2.1 What is Probity?
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2.2 Honesty
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2.3 Integrity
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2.4 Transparency
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2.5 Probity Beyond the Clinical Setting
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2.6 Why Probity Matters More Than Perfection
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2.7 Reflective Quiz
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Section 3: Regulator Perspectives — MCNZ, NCNZ, Pharmacy Council, Dental Council, HPCA Authorities
3.1 Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ)
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3.2 Nursing Council of New Zealand (NCNZ)
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3.3 Pharmacy Council of New Zealand
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3.4 Dental Council of New Zealand
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3.5 HPCA Authorities (Allied Health Professions)
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3.6 Shared Regulator Themes
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3.7 Reflective Quiz
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Section 4: Common Probity Issues — Records, Billing, Conflicts of Interest, and Candour
4.1 Records and Documentation
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4.2 Billing and Financial Probity
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4.3 Conflicts of Interest
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4.4 Candour — Being Honest About Mistakes
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4.5 Why These Issues Are So Serious
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4.6 Strategies to Avoid Probity Lapses
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4.7 Reflective Quiz
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Section 5: Weak vs Strong Responses to Probity Concerns
5.1 Characteristics of Weak Responses
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5.2 Characteristics of Strong Responses
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5.3 Case Comparison — Medicine (Job Applications)
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5.4 Case Comparison — Nursing (Documentation)
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5.5 Case Comparison — Dentistry (Financial Integrity)
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5.6 Case Comparison — Allied Health (CPD Misrepresentation)
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5.7 Why Strong Responses Persuade Regulators
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5.8 Reflective Quiz
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Section 6: Case Studies — Probity Breaches and Lessons Learned in New Zealand
6.1 Medicine — Dishonesty in Job Applications
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6.2 Nursing — Dishonest Documentation
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6.3 Pharmacy — Falsification of Records
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6.4 Dentistry — Financial Misrepresentation
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6.5 Allied Health — Misrepresentation of CPD
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6.6 Shared Lessons Across Professions
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6.7 Reflective Quiz
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Section 7: Remediating Probity Lapses — CPD, Audits, and Supervision
7.1 Role of CPD in Probity Remediation
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7.2 Role of Audits in Probity Remediation
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7.3 Role of Supervision and Mentorship
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7.4 Patient and Colleague Feedback
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7.5 Weak vs Strong Remediation Compared
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7.6 Integrating Evidence into a Portfolio
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7.7 Reflective Quiz
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Section 8: Presenting Honesty in Portfolios and Hearings
8.1 The Role of Honesty in Portfolios
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8.2 Structuring Probity Portfolios
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8.3 Demonstrating Honesty at Hearings
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8.4 Weak vs Strong Hearing Behaviour
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8.5 Linking Honesty to Other Remediation Evidence
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8.6 Why Presentation Matters
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8.7 Practical Tips for Professionals
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8.8 Reflective Quiz
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Section 9: Embedding Probity into Daily Practice and Professional Identity
9.1 Probity as Part of Professional Identity
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9.2 Daily Habits that Reinforce Probity
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9.3 Mentorship and Role Modelling
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9.4 Building Resilience to Maintain Probity
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9.5 Probity Across a Career
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9.6 Reflective Quiz
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Section 10: Conclusion and Key Takeaways
Conclusion and Key Takeaways
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Post-Course Assessment
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