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Overview

The team that delivers the Rural Postgraduate Programme, in conjunction with the Cook Islands Ministry of Health and the Division of Rural Hospital Medicine, presents the Rural Generalist CME Workshop 2021. We hold this event in Aotearoa or Rarotonga. This year it will be held in the fun and funky Queenstown.

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Cook MOH logoThis workshop is aimed at generalist doctors who work in rural hospitals and/or rural general practice. We aim to provide evidence based, clinical updates that take into account the rural context. We engage speakers who either work rurally or have a strong understanding of the challenges of working remotely, with limited resources. It is also a really great opportunity to connect with colleagues from across Aotearoa– growing and strengthening our rural health community.

Since the Cook Islands Ministry of Health and the Rural Postgraduate Programme first held the workshop at Rarotonga Hospital in 2012,  the workshop has also provided a forum for exchange of clinical, professional, and cultural experience between doctors working in New Zealand and the Cook Islands. We hope this will continue despite the Covid pandemic restrictions. Some of the income generated supports the ongoing training of Cook Islands based generalist doctors.

View previous workshops

Topics

  • Orthopaedic predominant focus with fracture management, acute injuries, plastering workshops, x-ray reviews
  • Infectious disease update – Covid, sexual health and more
  • Medicine update – Sepsis and the ABG in rural hospitals
  • Medical 'tribalism' – how a two way process can reduce impact on clinicians and patient care
  • Palliative Care

Format

There will be about 15 hours of CME across the three days.

The Rural CME Workshop has been endorsed by The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) and has been approved for up to 15 CME credits for the General Practice Educational Programme (GPEP) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) purposes.

Workshops are delivered in a small group interactive style to allow for in depth discussion and will focus on rural management issues.

Max number of participants is about 25.

Over the years we have been able to use some of the surplus to provide ongoing support for the training and CME of Cook Islands doctors. The Rural Postgraduate Programme has been funding the costs of attendance of Cook Islands doctors to the CME workshops.

The Rural Postgraduate Programme is also a partner of the Cook Islands General Practice Training Programme.

Key details

Dates and times

Start: 8:30am Friday 1 October 2021

Finish: 1pm Sunday 3 October 2021

Venue

St Johns rooms and Lakes Hospital, Frankton, Queenstown

Costs (including lunches and conference dinner, but not travel or accommodation)

  • Standard registration NZ$1600
  • Early bird registration NZ$1500 (payment before 15 June 2021)
  • Final registration: 30 August 2021

Registration

Registration for this event is no longer available

Enquiries

Please contact:

Lucinda Thatcher
Workshop Convenor
Email lucinda.thatcher@otago.ac.nz

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