The Podcasts of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care

There are important ocular side effects related to medications used to treat ADHD.  

Check out the Prescriber Update for September 2026

Check out the Stuff article 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

Hand foot and mouth disease is a common viral illness that almost always affects children under 5.  

But, as the world's number one golfer shows, healthy adults can contract it, so do not discount it as a possible diagnosis, if the story fits.  

 

Check out the Dermnet NZ page by Leong and Mahon

 

Read about Scotty Scheffler's HFMD experience.

 

Check out the paper mentioned

Blanco-Alonso S, Mellor-Pita S, Alfageme F, Najera Botella L, Duran-Campo P, Tutor-Ureta P. Temporal Arteritis in a Young Patient. A Clinical Case. Reumatol Clin (Engl Ed). 2021 May;17(5):297-299. English, Spanish. doi: 10.1016/j.reuma.2020.04.010. Epub 2020 May 29. PMID: 32475766.

 

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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

Smith's fracture of the wrist is the opposite of a Colles fracture and is an important fracture to identify in urgent care.  

Smith was a successor to Colles, and disagreed with Colles' definition of the Colles fracture.  This offers an opportunity to reflect on the way we use opinions in medical practice, how opinions may vary and must be open to change.  

 

Check out the Radiopaedia page

Gaillard F, Stanislavsky A, Smith fracture. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org 

 

If you would like to read Smith's original treatise on fractures, you can find it at this link.   Read from page 130 for the discussions around Colles, and from page 160 for the description of Smith's fracture

 

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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

We commonly see opioid side effects.  But there are some we may not have been aware of that we should keep in mind in patients who have been taking opioids for more than a month.  

 

Check out the Medsafe Prescriber Update - June 2026

 

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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

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