Pisa syndrome is rare, but identifiable in urgent care and associated with drugs we will commonly see. It is a reversible condition. It highlights the importance of a full drug history and to consider medications as causes of strange symptoms.
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…
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…
We should be aware of the early signs of ocular siderosis, also known as siderosis bulbi which would indicate a retained metallic intraocular foreign body.
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…
Dr Ceri Battle is a Consultant Respiratory Physiotherapist and an Honorary Associate Professor in Swansea.
Ceri’s PHD work led to the creation of the STUMBL score, a tool to help determine the risk of complications for patients with rib fractures.
Why is it called hypochondriasis, and why might it benefit our patients to identify cases and ensure proper follow-up and treatment?
Dr Fiona Moir and Dr Renske van den Brink are directors of Connect Communications. They both have a background in General Practice and medical education, and they have extensive experience in teaching communication skills to students and experienced clinicians alike.
Dr Fiona Moir and Dr Renske van den Brink are directors of Connect Communications. They both have a background in General Practice and medical education, and they have extensive experience in teaching communication skills to students and experienced clinicians alike.
For World Sepsis Month, we talk with Ally Hossain, whose son is a sepsis survivor.