Thank you to everyone who completed the annual survey. I’m pleased to say that responses were generally positive, but we do have some initiatives in place to make this even better. The winners of the draw are also announced.
We’re busy completing the latest draft of the revised recertification programme. Next week we’ll post the programme on the website, and we aim to hold a webinar in the following week to allow members to ask questions about the programme.
For now, please see the key differences between the current and draft future programme.
The Executive Committee has unanimously agreed to endorse the Education Committee’s proposal that specialist clinics be made optional with immediate effect. The reason for the change is that registrar feedback is that they are difficult to organise and learning is limited. The Education Committee advise that the core skills lists cover many of the items…
The closing date for applications for research grants closes 9am, 3 May.
We’re busy completing the latest draft of the revised recertification programme. Next week we’ll post the programme on the website, and we aim to hold a webinar in the following week to allow members to ask questions about the programme.
For now, please see the key differences between the current and draft future programme.
How did you discover urgent care existed? This New Zealand based perspective published in the JUCM demonstrates how urgent care is the career many people do not realise exists. It also argues that for urgent care to grow and develop around the world, having a College like the RNZCUC delivering a government recognised Fellowship programme is the way forward.
Dr Rachel Lee is going to expand on her talk from this year’s Virtual Urgent Care Bootcamp in a free RNZCUC webinar on Monday 2nd November at 1830. Rachel is a senior registrar in Urgent Care who has completed several years training in plastic surgery. This live webinar presentation will last 1 hour, and there will be about 20 minutes for Q+A at the end.
Over the last 18 months, the College has been revising the recertification programme in line with the new MCNZ guidelines that all Colleges must meet. We presented the initial plans at a webinar back in September, which some of you were able to attend. We have had some enquiries following the RNZCGP announcing the rollout of their programme so we would like to give you a rough road map of our College plans.
The Board of Censors (BoC) has re-evaluated how we offer the exam this year, considering the various responses to the pandemic. We have decided to run the written exam in multiple locations, and continue to plan to run the OSCE in Auckland.
We have been working on designing a new recertification programme to meet the new MCNZ requirements. We want to provide our members with a look at the preliminary stages of where our plans are heading. This webinar will present a video outlining the proposed recertification programme and some of the ideas and philosophies behind it. …