Urgent Bite 288 – The Jahss Manoeuvre
The Jahss Manoeuvre is a technique used for reducing metacarpal neck fractures with unacceptable molar angulation.
Ode to Urgent Care – Christmas Eve 2025
This is a re-upload of the poem released last Christmas Eve. The message still stands, so it warrents another listen this year.
Thank you to all the staff working in urgent care clinics over the holidays.
Urgent Bite 287 – Andrographis Paniculata as a cause of angioedema
In this month’s prescriber update there are a couple of interesting pieces on causes of anaphylaxis and angioedema, including a supplement that many may use after indulging at Christmas.
UCPEX Written and OSCE 2025
This year’s UCPEX written exam was held at the Ellerslie Racecourse and Events Centre on the 21st of November. OSCE was held the day after, at the Manukau SuperClinic on the 22nd of November. Both exams went as smoothly as ever. The College was able to get the results for both the written exam and the…
Urgent Care Doctors – Napier Urgent Care
Our mission is to provide accessible, high-quality urgent and after-hours health care for our community. We are looking for a passionate clinician’s to join us in providing clinical excellence and strengthen our commitment to evidence-based, patient-centred care in alignment with our core values of collaboration, collegiality, communication and continuous improvement. This is an exciting opportunity…
Bootcamp and Fellowship ceremony 2026
Save the Date Mark your calendars for September 18th – 20th, 2026. We are thrilled to share the first of our updates letting you know about the 2026 Boot Camp and Fellowship Ceremony. This isn’t just another annual gathering; We are also celebrating the 25th anniversary of the vocational scope of urgent care, planning an…
Patient Clinic Feedback: Collated Multi-source Feedback Responses
In 2024, 19 Urgent Care Clinics across the country sent the College the results of their clinic-patient feedback surveys. These results have now been collated, summarised and a new set of standardised survey questions have been developed. In total, there were 1,490 patient responses to these survey questions. However, each clinic has their own set…
Registrar Subcommitte Update December 2025
The Registrar Subcommittee is looking for new members! Are you interested in improving the Registrar experience at RNZCUC? Want to become more involved in clinical education or clinical governance? This is your opportunity! The Registrar Subcommittee are looking for some new members! Send an expression of interest and a copy of your CV to regsc@rnzcuc.org.nz. You can…
DPD update December 2025
This update includes information about the Essential Knowledge Quiz and where to find it. 2021 saw all Colleges introduce revised recertification programmes, in line with recommendations from the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ). One of the new components in our programme brought about by these recommendations was the Essential Knowledge Quiz (EKQ). The EKQ…
Education Committee Report December 2025
Tēnā koutou. Please read some updates on the post-2024 training programme, the POPHLTH701 paper in 2026 and the Research Option. Congratulations to those who have just completed the written UCPEX and the OSCE. We hope you are enjoying a much-deserved break. The Education Committee has largely focused on changes that are likely to occur with…