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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 2023. We hold this event in Aotearoa or Rarotonga. This year it will be held in Nelson.

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This 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‑19 pandemic restrictions. Some of the income generated supports the ongoing training of Cook Islands based generalist doctors.

View previous workshops

Topics

  • Obstetrics Update - practical and theory
  • Surgical Update focusing on abdominal presentations
  • Critical haemorrhage management update
  • Resuscitation Teamwork in your clinical environment - how can you do this better?
  • Strategies to increase your comfort in HALO (High acuity, low occurrence) situations
  • "Clinical conundrums causing chaos"/"Knowledge in the room"
  • and more

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 September 2023

Finish: 1:00pm, Sunday 3 September 2023

Venue

Tides Hotel

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

Standard registration

  • General Practitioner/NP or similar $700
  • Medical Professionals with CME Allowance $1400

Early bird registration (ends 15 June 2023)

  • General Practitioner/NP or similar $650
  • Medical Professionals with CME Allowance $1350

Final registration: 28 July 2023

Registration

Register for the workshop

Enquiries

Please contact:

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

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