Coronavirus panic: Face masks sell out, but do they work?
Face masks and hand sanitisers sell out in Auckland.
2019 Novel Coronavirus (Wuhan) at St Emlyn’s
An update on the new virus. Hot off the press.
Journal of Urgent Care Medicine
Our official journal the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine has a new editor, Dr Joshua Russell, FAAEM, FACEP. You may know Joshua from UC-RAP, Hippo Education, and @ucpracticetips.
He’s looking for original research to help JUCM achieve PubMed citation status.
CME interview – Sepsis – with Dr Paul Huggan
Think Sepsis. We talk with Dr Paul Huggan of the Sepsis Trust of New Zealand about Sepsis, what it is, and how we can identify it earlier in Urgent Care.
Urgent Bite 53 – Compassion in Medicine
Good self care and compassion can make us better doctors.
Australian bushfire smoke a timely reminder to check
The sky on Sunday night in Auckland was a eerie colour. The smoke from the bushfires in Australia had affected us and so with this comes acute respiratory cases. I know we have had a few at our clinic and it has already reached the news media. What has your experince been?https://www.nzherald.co….Morenzherald.co.nz Australian bushfire smoke…
Health Quality & Safety Commission co-design training project
The HQSC is about to commence a project on developing co-design within the Primary Care Sector. The intention is to foster collaboration between local primary care teams to build capability in co-design, raise awareness of patient & consumer engagement, increase knowledge of service design methods, and apply these principles to a project of choice. The focus of this work will be achieving equity in health outcomes.
Urgent Bite 52 – Cellulitis Mimics – with Dr Amanda Oakley
What mimics cellulitis? We ask Dr Amanda Oakley, Consultant Dermatologist, Adjunct Associate Professor at Auckland University and founder of Dermnet.
Urgent Bite 51 – A few simple tips from twitter
Twitter is a great source of little tips and tricks. Today we look at four tweets that convey practice changing information or simple little things to improve your quality of life, all in less than 280 characters.
An update from the GM
What to expect in 2020:
• Annual Survey
• Branch accreditation
• Update to Urgent Care Course
• Revised recertification programme
• Appoint a new Director of Professional Development
• One additional administration staff member
• Appointing the new Executive Committee
• An increase in the membership fee
For more information on these, click on the ‘read more’ button below.