Over the last 18 months, the College has been revising the recertification programme in line with the new MCNZ guidelines that all Colleges must meet. We presented the initial plans at a webinar back in September, which some of you were able to attend. We have had some enquiries following the RNZCGP announcing the rollout of their programme so we would like to give you a rough road map of our College plans.
As you know, this year Te Rā Haumaru Tūroro o Aotearoa | Aotearoa Patient Safety Day will be celebrated on 17 November 2020.
The day is coordinated by the Health Quality & Safety Commission, with support from ACC and PHARMAC, and promoted throughout the health sector. The theme is Getting through together | Whāia e tātou te pae tawhiti.
The report Choosing Wisely means Choosing Equity recommends a number of changes to make the Choosing Wisely campaign more effective for Māori.
On November 5th 2020, all codeine-containing products in New Zealand will require a prescription.
We talk with Dr Dinesh Deonarain about a new and innovative role he has just started. He explains how the job was created and how it should lead to an improvement in the delivery of Urgent Care.
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A useful provocative test when examining a patient with metatarsalgia.
If you are looking for an analogue way to keep track of your life tasks, it is worth having a look at the Bullet Journal method.
The Medical Council of New Zealand, in partnership with Te Ohu Rata O Aotearoa (Te ORA), has recently released an independent report outlining findings of the current state of cultural safety and health equity delivered by doctors practising in Aotearoa New Zealand and experienced by patients and whānau.
Paracetamol is in the news again. There is a question of limiting paracetamol sales. So let us review the treatment of paracetamol ingestion. Technically it is easy to manage if you know the exact dose and time of ingestion. Kids are a little different and you have to estimate maximum possible ingestion. Beware of delayed presentation, beware of multiple ingestions. Blood tests are important if you are not sure. the cost of getting this wrong is literally life and death. Community management can be challenging is you need blood tests to confirm lack of toxicity. Easy in the ED. Should we limit the size of paracetamol sales to below 10gm? What do you think?