Introduction to Māori health

The College has endorsed an online course from Taikura that offers an introduction to Māori health Taikura offer a 4-hour online introductory course to Māori health, created by Dr Elana Curtis, that has been endorsed as a CPD activity. The introductory course offers the following learning objectives: Explore your understandings of traditional and contemporary Māori…

Goodfellow Symposium 2026

Registrations for the Goodfellow Symposium 2026 are now open. It will be on the weekend of March 21 and 22, 2025. For the urgent care stream, we have some fantastic talks. Dr Paul Huggan, Infectious disease specialist, will be presenting on sepsis and the new national sepsis pathways. Dr Craig Ellis, Emergency Specialist and Deputy…

Urgent Care Doctor Position

Accident and HealthCare in Tauranga are looking for an Urgent Care Doctor or GP with Urgent Care experience to join their friendly practice. Established in 1996, Accident and HealthCare is the only Urgent Care accredited clinic in Tauranga. The clinic is open from 8am to 8pm every day and has no registered or enrolled patients,…

DPD update October 2025

For this month’s newsletter, I wish to share a brief review of the Virtual Bootcamp, held on September 13, 2025. History The first Bootcamp was held at the Cordis Hotel in 2019 as a one-day in-person event. The intention was to provide fast-paced, urgent care updates delivered by urgent care clinicians, hence the theme of…

Health New Zealand: Free Library Resources

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Library and Knowledge Services are excited to launch the free library resources for the Primary Care community. What is available? 24/7 access to high-quality resources, including: BMJ Best Practice Cochrane Library ProQuest Health Premium Collection – medical, nursing, allied health, psychology, public health databases, and eBooks Oxford Journals…

Education Committee Report October 2025

Changes to Textbooks in 2026 The textbooks provided to all registrars have been reviewed. The review was based on mapping the content to the required learning objectives from the Curriculum and feedback received from registrars via the Registrar subcommittee. Based on this review, the recommended textbook list has undergone significant changes. The process for how…