The Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care’s annual general meeting (AGM) will take place at 6pm, Tuesday 24 March 2026 using an online platform (Zoom webinar). Full members who are practising urgent care in New Zealand will be able to submit apologies, appoint a proxy, and vote on Executive Committee appointments through an online…
This year’s UCPEX written exam was held at the Ellerslie Racecourse and Events Centre on the 21st of November. OSCE was held the day after, at the Manukau SuperClinic on the 22nd of November. Both exams went as smoothly as ever. The College was able to get the results for both the written exam and the…
Save the Date Mark your calendars for September 18th – 20th, 2026. We are thrilled to share the first of our updates letting you know about the 2026 Boot Camp and Fellowship Ceremony. This isn’t just another annual gathering; We are also celebrating the 25th anniversary of the vocational scope of urgent care, planning an…
In 2024, 19 Urgent Care Clinics across the country sent the College the results of their clinic-patient feedback surveys. These results have now been collated, summarised and a new set of standardised survey questions have been developed. In total, there were 1,490 patient responses to these survey questions. However, each clinic has their own set…
The Registrar Subcommittee is looking for new members! Are you interested in improving the Registrar experience at RNZCUC? Want to become more involved in clinical education or clinical governance? This is your opportunity! The Registrar Subcommittee are looking for some new members! Send an expression of interest and a copy of your CV to regsc@rnzcuc.org.nz. You can…
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…
Tēnā koutou. Please read some updates on the post-2024 training programme, the POPHLTH701 paper in 2026 and the Research Option. Congratulations to those who have just completed the written UCPEX and the OSCE. We hope you are enjoying a much-deserved break. The Education Committee has largely focused on changes that are likely to occur with…
All of the College’s policies have now been added to TalentLMS. All members should now have access to this. The policies have been divided into three courses: Facility Accreditation and Approval Policies, Training and Recertification Policies and Governance and Administration Policies. The three courses are available in the course catalogue under the category “policies”. Alternatively,…
Thank you to those who responded. This year’s workforce survey is slightly different, as a longitudinal analysis was done to compare the results this year with previous years. Click here for the full report. This year’s response achieved a record-high level of participation, with 181 respondents, which equates to a response rate of 43%. This…
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…