College research grants
The closing date for applications for research grants closes 9am, 3 May.
Revised recertification – summary
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.
Finding urgent care (and the value of recognising a speciality)
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.
Hand injury Webinar
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.
Revised recertification programme
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.
UCPEX 2020 – revised details
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.
Free Webinar to discuss the first draft of the revised recertification
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. …
Virtual Urgent Care Boot Camp 2020
This weekend is your last chance to get the early bird rates for the virtual Bootcamp! We’ll be using the webinar platform on 19 and 20 September to bring you a weekend of urgent care relevant education featuring a broad range of topics delivered by a wide mix of presenters.
There are reduced rates for nurses, paramedics, registrars, and students so please encourage all your clinic staff to attend, and share with those you think would be interested.
Online education content created by our Fellows
The urgent care community is full of highly experienced clinicians who develop educational material to benefit others. One of those is Dr Avijit Barai, an urgent care Fellow and ACEM trainee.
Notice of 2020 Annual General Meeting and invitation for nominations for Executive Committee
A reminder that the next AGM is 25 July, and that nominations for the Executive Committee are now open. The March AGM did not achieve a quorum. If you wish to nominate another member, please first confirm that they would like to stand for a position, and which position(s). Email the General Manager (adrian@rnzcuc.org.nz) with your nomination.