Urgent Care Bootcamp Tickets 2024
College cancellation policy applies.
Urgent Bite 221 – Overseas medication
When you need help with identifying medications from overseas visitors, you can always call your local pharmacist, or you could try this website.
Urgent Bite 220 – Helping in an emergency
As medical professionals, we must know our legal and moral obligations to help in case of emergency.
Urgent Bite 219 – Music to help you focus, sleep and relax
Certain music can help improve your concentration, help you relax and improve your sleep.
Director of Professional Development report for June 2024
Welcome to the first Director of Professional Development (DPD) update in our newly structured newsletter. As DPD one of my main roles is to oversee the ongoing recertification programme and to encourage good quality CPD. CPD can be viewed as an unnecessary imposition on hard-working clinicians so I wanted to use this first newsletter to…
General Manager’s report for June 2024
As General Manager my focus is on strategy, stakeholder engagement and oversight of the administrative aspects of the College, including support to the committees. I will share information from all those areas.OfficeAs you know, Claire left the College, and we are waiting for her replacement to arrive in post. Kushani arrives on 24 June as…
Chair’s report to the members June 2024
Governance review In line with our current strategy the Executive Committee has initiated a full review of the College’s governance structure. An external consulting company has been engaged to complete the initial review. The intention is to ensure that our governance and operational structures are fit for the College’s role and purpose, effective, efficient, and…
Health Pathways Community training event
Clinical assessment with Māori whānau. For more information click here. (The College is not responsible for external links).
Education committee report June 2024
The Education committee with 7 members is the largest of the College’s committees. The committee and DCT David Sorrell meet every 2-3 months as required via zoom and communicate regularly by email. This year Palm Kamolpanus has joined the committee as the new convenor of the Registrar subcommittee. The committee wishes to thank outgoing convenor…
Urgent Bite 218 – Thinking about cold and flu remedies
Cold and flu remedies containing pseudoephedrine are now a class C drug in New Zealand and available from pharmacies.