Home of the Official Podcasts of the RNZCUC - these are intended to provide ongoing education for medical professionals and should not be used for self diagnosis. Always consult your regular doctor. Always work within your scope of practice.
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3 days ago
3 days ago
12 min
Topical steroids are commonly prescribed through urgent care, but we must be mindful of adding to inappropriate use and inadvertent misuse by patients.
Patients must be clear about how much to apply and how often it must be used. They need to be aware of the potency of each preparation. Changes to labelling in 2028 in NZ will help to show how strong each cream is.
Check out the Medsafe Prescriber Update - June 2026
Check out the DermNet NZ Page on Topical Steroids by Amanda Oakley
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This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals. Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times. For personal medical advice, always consult your usual doctor
Jul 31, 2026
Jul 31, 2026
18 min
The spleen, once thought to be the seat of anger, can indicate many different underlying diagnoses and palpating it in urgent care is important.
Aldulaimi S, Mendez AM. Splenomegaly: Diagnosis and Management in Adults. Am Fam Physician. 2021 Sep 1;104(3):271-276. PMID: 34523897.
Check out the Dr Verghese TED talk mentioned
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This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals. Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times. For personal medical advice, always consult your usual doctor
Jul 24, 2026
Jul 24, 2026
9 min
A recent large study in JAMA showed amoxicillin is as effective as augmentin for treating sinusitis. Which tallies with our national antibiotic guideline advice. It is important to recognise, sinusitis does not usually require antibiotic therapy.
Savage TJ, Butler AM, Kronman MP, Durkin MJ, Sreedhara SK, Kabbani S, Hicks LA, Huybrechts KF. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate vs Amoxicillin for Acute Sinusitis in Adults. JAMA. 2026 May 19;335(19):1694-1705. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.26902. PMID: 41999289; PMCID: PMC13092118.
Check out the national antibiotic guidelines - Te Whata Kura
Check out the RNZCUC Research Network
Check out the Bootcamp conference, incorporating the research network meeting
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Full Grip by Score Squad
This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals. Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times. For personal medical advice, always consult your usual doctor
Jul 17, 2026
Jul 17, 2026
15 min
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a genetic connective tissue disorder that can affect many body systems. It is important to understand how it might intersect with urgent care both as a cause of certain presentations and a factor impacting treatment and management of some UC presentations.
Sobey G. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - a commonly misunderstood group of conditions. Clin Med (Lond). 2014 Aug;14(4):432-6. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-4-432. PMID: 25099849; PMCID: PMC4952841.
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Jul 10, 2026
Jul 10, 2026
10 min
Intertrigo is a common presentation to urgent care. Caused by rubbing skin in the presence of moisture it can be concurrent and complicated with bacterial and fungal infections. Targeted, accurate treatment is best, but it is not always obvious which cause is present.
Check out the Stat Pearls page
Nobles T, Syed HA, Miller RA. Intertrigo. [Updated 2024 Oct 28]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2026 Jan-.
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This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals. Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times. For personal medical advice, always consult your usual doctor
Jul 3, 2026
Jul 3, 2026
11 min
While alternative, natural remedies for toothache seem effective, we must remember that they are not without their potential problems.
Reddy MS, Ramachandra SS, Shetty SR, Khazi SS, Ur Rahman Tippu MS, Narayanan LA, Shetty RM, Azim SA, Ramana VV, Al-Bayati SAAF, Razooki A, Fouad NN. Analgesic Efficacy of Phytotherapeutic Agents in Dental Pain Management: A Systematic Review. Int J Dent. 2025 Nov 20;2025:5614623. doi: 10.1155/ijod/5614623. PMID: 41322706; PMCID: PMC12659986.
Check out the MedSafe Prescriber Update mentioned
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Jun 26, 2026
Jun 26, 2026
20 min
While a grand pipe organ has the capacity to pull out all the stops, it is not wise to play it in that state all the time. Not unlike an urgent care clinician working at 100% for too long.
Check out the BMA article mentioned
Check out the video of Anna Lapwood playing the Royal Albert Hall's grand organ alongside Bonobo
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This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals. Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times. For personal medical advice, always consult your usual doctor
Jun 19, 2026
Jun 19, 2026
15 min
Head Injuries need a thorough and consistent workup in urgent care, which includes looking for signs of depressed skull fracture.
Bressan S, Tancredi D, Casper CT, Da Dalt L, Kuppermann N. Palpable signs of skull fractures on physical examination and depressed skull fractures or traumatic brain injuries on CT in children. Eur J Pediatr. 2024 Dec;183(12):5321-5330. doi: 10.1007/s00431-024-05807-w. Epub 2024 Oct 10.
Check out the MDCalc pages
- PECARN
Check out the RCHM Page mentioned
Check out the video of Petr Čech's injury
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This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals. Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times. For personal medical advice, always consult your usual doctor
Jun 12, 2026
Jun 12, 2026
7 min
Join us in Auckland on September 18/19/20 for a weekend of education and celebration as we recognise 25 years of recognition of urgent care as a vocational medical speciality here in New Zealand - the first country in the world to do so.
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This podcast is intended to assist in ongoing medical education and peer discussion for qualified health professionals. Please ensure you work within your scope of practice at all times. For personal medical advice, always consult your usual doctor
Jun 5, 2026
Jun 5, 2026
12 min
Biliary type pain, usually in female patients who have had a cholecystectomy, could be Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction. A diagnosis worth keeping on our urgent care differential list.
Check out the Stat Pearls page
Crittenden JP, Dattilo JB. Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction. 2023 Feb 13. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2026 Jan–. PMID: 32491794.
Check out the Radiopaedia page by Henry Knipe
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