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.
Episodes
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
We should always ask specifically about complimentary therapies as part of the medical and medication history.
Paper on Vitamin C induced Oxalate Nephropathy - Int Journal Nephropathy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3096888/
Case report on Tubulointerstitial Nephritis - Indian Journal Nephrology
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704412/
Interactions with St John's Wort - NZF
https://www.nzf.org.nz/interactions/stockleys/of/45982711000116108
Cervical Artery dissection after Chiropractic manipulation - three papers worth reading that highlight the potential risk mentioned
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30402438
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29951644
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28863201
HDC report on case of bilateral pneumothoraces secondary to accupuncture
https://www.hdc.org.nz/media/5291/18hdc00442.pdf
Stuff NZ article on the above case
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Full Grip by ScoreSquad
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
Friday Jan 31, 2020
Friday Jan 31, 2020
Think Sepsis. We talk with Dr Paul Huggan of the Sepsis Trust of New Zealand about Sepsis, what it is, and how we can identify it earlier in Urgent Care.
Sepsis Trust NZ website
Clinical tools
https://www.sepsis.org.nz/clinical-tools/
BPAC guidelines
https://bpac.org.nz/guidelines/4/
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Full Grip by ScoreSquad
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
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Good self care and compassion can make us better doctors.
Compassion in Healthcare Conference 2020 - Saturday March 28th - Owen G Glenn Building at the University of Auckland
https://www.compassioninhealthcare.co.nz
Metro UK Article by Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden
https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/13/dont-look-doctors-no-one-care-patients-12009732/
Check out our talk with Dr Zeehan Qureshi on Burnout
https://rnzcuc.podbean.com/e/we-need-to-talk-about-burnout-featuring-dr-zeshan-qureshi/
BMJ article on costs to healthcare from burnout
https://www.bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l2361
BMJ article - burnout linked to suboptimal patient care
https://www.bmj.com/content/362/bmj.k3771
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Full Grip by ScoreSquad
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
Friday Jan 17, 2020
Friday Jan 17, 2020
What mimics cellulitis? We ask Dr Amanda Oakley, Consultant Dermatologist, Adjunct Associate Professor at Auckland University and founder of Dermnet.
https://www.dermnetnz.org/topics/cellulitis-mimics/
In case you missed our chat to Dr Justin Morgenstern on the use of IV versus PO antibiotics for cellulitis - check it out here
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Full Grip by ScoreSquad
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
Friday Jan 10, 2020
Friday Jan 10, 2020
Twitter is a great source of little tips and tricks. Today we look at four tweets that convey practice changing information or simple little things to improve your quality of life, all in less than 280 characters.
Check out the College Twitter page to see the original tweets.
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Full Grip by ScoreSquad
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
Friday Jan 03, 2020
Friday Jan 03, 2020
When Santa came to Urgent Care with some vague symptoms that could be attributable to a wide range of conditions, the answer was in the history. Thanks to Dr Dinesh Deonarain for providing the answers.
Wilderness Medical Society guidelines on mountain sickness
https://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(19)30090-0/fulltext
In this podcast, the part of Santa was played by Dr Zoë Cruse. Diolch yn fawr iawn
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Christmas Elves by Francesco D'Andrea
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
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
When Santa limped in to the Urgent Care clinic on Boxing Day, we not only had to manage their injury, but also consider how they were going to get themselves home.
Orthobullets page on calcaneal fractures
https://www.orthobullets.com/trauma/1051/calcaneus-fractures
Air New Zealand Guidelines for Doctors
https://p-airnz.com/cms/assets/NZ/PDFs/MEDA-part-3-doc-guidelines-sept2019.pdf
In this podcast, the part of Santa was played by Dr Zoë Cruse. Diolch yn fawr iawn
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Christmas Elves by Francesco D'Andrea
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
Friday Dec 27, 2019
Friday Dec 27, 2019
When Santa came to Urgent Care with a nasty pre-tibial laceration, Dr Rob had a useful tip to help manage the wound more effectively.
Check out this link from Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
https://www.aliem.com/2019/12/trick-of-trade-topical-lidocaine-jelly-skin-tears-road-rash/
In this podcast, the part of Santa was played by Dr Zoë Cruse. Diolch yn fawr iawn
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Christmas Elves by Francesco D'Andrea
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
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
When Santa came to Urgent Care, luckily Dr Dinesh Deonarain was able to draw upon his high alpine wilderness experience to help advise on management.
Check out the Dermnet pages on Chill Blains
https://www.dermnetnz.org/topics/chilblains/
In this podcast, the part of Santa was played by Dr Zoë Cruse. Diolch yn fawr iawn
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Christmas Elves by Francesco D'Andrea
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
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Why might Santa Claus come to an Urgent Care clinic?
Many thanks to Dr Rob Evison for talking us through Lyme Disease.
Dr Rob recommends this link for a Lyme Disease refresher
https://emergencymedicinecases.com/rapid-reviews-video-lyme-disease/
And of course Dermnet is a great resource
https://www.dermnetnz.org/topics/lyme-disease/
In this podcast, the part of Santa was played by Dr Zoë Cruse. Diolch yn fawr iawn
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Music licensed from www.premiumbeat.com
Christmas Elves by Francesco D'Andrea
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