A Bite of Christmas – The Ice Cream Headache
You might encounter an Ice Cream Headache over Christmas.
Urgent Care Bootcamp 2024
The 2024 Urgent Care Bootcamp conference will be held at the Rydges Hotel in Wellington on September 14th and 15th.
Post Graduate Qualification in Point of Care Ultrasound and Echo for Clinicians – survey
The University of Auckland is scoping the feasibility of developing a Post Graduate Qualification in Point of Care Ultrasound and Echo for Clinicians. They believe that this would be of interest to a wide range of clinicians in acute care settings, including urgent care. Please take 2 minutes to complete the following survey to help…
Urgent Care factsheet
We have updated the one-page summary of Urgent Care in New Zealand using the data collected from clinics this year. This summary provides a snapshot of how urgent care contributes to primary health delivery in New Zealand.
Policy review
Several policies are up for review. They are listed below along with some proposed minor changes. If you have comments about any of these, please email policy@rnzcuc.org.nz. Clinical practice visit policy. This policy is very out of date, and will be rewritten in the current College document format. At a previous ExC meeting, the ExC…
Members curriculum consultation
Over the past year RNZCUC has been reviewing the College’s curriculum, and we now wish to gain your feedback on a section of our draft document. Any proposed changes will not be implemented until 2025. The CanMEDs physician competency framework has been utilised with permission of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Canada), with new graduate…
Urgent Bite 200 – CARM
We should be reporting suspected medication-induced anaphylaxis to CARM. Likewise, remember to report cases of ACE-induced angioedema.
Urgent Bite 199 – What is AUVP?
Words change but conditions stay the same.