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Control participants needed for MRI study on mild Traumatic Brain Injury


We have received information on a study into traumatic brain injury. Eleanor Krol and others are researching into traumatic brain injury. They are looking for control participants with normal brains to be studied and are wondering if you could display a flier looking for control participants in your waiting rooms. They will be paid a nominal sum to undergo MRI in Auckland at Auckland Medical School. Obviously, participants would have to come from Auckland. Click here for more details.
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Blogs, quizzes, and podcasts

Tramadol, tramadon't so what do we do? Everything

Tramadol, tramadon't so what do we do? Everything is awesome but every action has a reaction. https://rebelem.com/tramadol-or-tramadont/Tramadol or Tramadont - REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine BlogBecause of Tramadol's multiple mechanisms of action, potential drug-drug interactions, and lowering of the seizure threshold, the safety of tramadol has been brought to question.
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The Seymour fracture

The Seymour fracture.
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Boots on Everest - Episode 3 - Part 3

Dr Dinesh Deonarain is a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care who is in Nepal on assignment. He is volunteering for the Himalayan Rescue Association as one of the Everest ER base camp doctors for the 2019 climbing season. This blog follows his experiences in the high alpine of the Everest region.
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Abdominal pain quiz

Episode 9 - Bees, Knees, Squeeze and Wee(s)

Welcome to Episode 9 of the official podcast of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care. Today I am joined by Dr Dave Sorrell to look back at recent Urgent Bites regarding Segond fractures, the Simmonds/Thompson test and using Antibiotics for UTI in the Elderly. We also look at an interesting case of sub tarsal foreign body, talk about why kids are swallowing more foreign bodies than they used to and we talk about how the Junior Doctor Strikes affect Urgent Care. We are then joined by Dr Afrax Adams to look at some college news including the upcoming Urgent Care Boot Camp.
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CME interview - Professor Tony Attwood - Autism awareness in Urgent Care

Welcome to a CME specialist interview. Today we speak with Professor Tony Attwood who is the adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia and has 40 years experience as a Clinical Psychologist specialising in Autism and in particular Aspergers Syndrome.
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Shorecare Weekend Locum shifts available

Shorecare Weekend Locum shifts available at Smales Farm Takapuna and Northcross Clinics on Auckland's North Shore
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Westgate Medical Centre – UC Fellows or registrars

Westgate Medical Centre has weekend urgent care shifts available for experienced Urgent Care Doctors, either Fellows or Senior Registrars.
Best rates paid, according to experience.
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