The College has endorsed Whole Hearted Medicine’s CPD retreats Since 2021, Whole Hearted Medicine has pioneered the recognition of wellbeing education for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) across multiple speciality colleges. Their commitment to transformative medical education, most notably, their innovative educational retreats, has earned them recognition as a Victorian State Finalist in the 2024 and…
Dr Emily Amos is a GP who founded Whole Hearted Medicine following an episode of career burnout. This company provides CPD retreats with a focus on wellbeing education.
This has been endorsed as a CPD activity for RNZCUC members.
Research is essential for establishing best practice. More urgent care specific research will enable best practice to be established for patients attending urgent care clinics with urgent conditions.
An epistaxis can be severe enough that a patient becomes anaemic and develops shock. How good are estimations, by patients and clinicians, of blood loss during an epistaxis?
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hips (DDH) in newborns is screened for by midwives, Plunket nurses, and GPs. While not a routine part of UC practice, spotting signs and referring appropriately is something we should be aware of in urgent care.
The Jahss Manoeuvre is a technique used for reducing metacarpal neck fractures with unacceptable molar angulation.
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.
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.
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…
You may have recently read in the media recommendations from a coroner’s report regarding the death of a man in the Taranaki Emergency Department. While these recommendations apply to the Emergency Department setting, now is a good time for urgent care to remember our role in preventing falls, particularly in the elderly. The risk of…