Goodfellow Unit

In this episode Cheryl Buhay discusses PTSD. What we need to know and how we can look after ourselves in a pandemic to avoid this diagnosis.

Kevin Smith discusses conditions that affect the salivary glands

Ryan Paul discusses sick day management in the patient with diabetes.

Nikki Turner discusses meningococcal disease in NZ’s young people.

Herpes zoster (or shingles) in older adults, and how GPs play a crucial role in its management.

Ryan Paul discusses fasting in the patient with type 2 diabetes.

Rinki Murphy outlines the practical strategies GPs can put in place to enable systematic CVD risk factor management among patients with T2D

Cathy Stephenson discusses how to have conversations with our younger patients about sex.

Dr Bronwyn Rosie discusses the prevalence of child abuse in New Zealand and dealing with an abuse or neglect case in the community.

Dame Sue Bagshaw discusses completing a HEEADSSS assessment in a short period of time. What to include, what to exclude and how to build rapport in a consultation.

Dr Megan Ogilvie discusses how to screen for Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S), a clinical syndrome comprising low energy availability (LEA) as a result of over-training and a negative calorific balance.

Dr Bronwyn Copeland on the role of primary care in diagnosing and managing mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Dr Kate Grundy discusses assisted dying and the New Zealand End of Life Choice Act 2019

Dr Kelvin Ward talks about ventilation and filtration within a covid pandemic and what general practices need to know about multi-layered mitigation of risk.

Kate Grundy discusses Te-ara-whakapiri - symptom management in the last days of life.

Megan Ogilvie discusses women's libido including menopausal hormone treatment, and testosterone supplementation.

Fiona Johnston discusses how to thrive when working shifts, including strategies to optimise your sleep quality and quantity.

Dr Rinki Murphy uses a case-based approach to diabetes management incorporating the new Diabetes Management Guidance and discusses where the newly funded dulaglutide fits.

In this episode, Rinki Murphy provides a practical guide to using Dulaglutide (Trulicity) for managing Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). We start with the importance of lifestyle interventions and weight reduction, then explore the role of pharmacological management and the science behind GLP-1 receptor agonists.

Dame Sue Bagshaw discusses teenage brain development and its influences - what this means for the GP - and how to optimise your communication to maximise your consult with the teenage patient.

Dr Nikki Turner discusses why people are vaccine hesitant and how we can help alleviate concerns and move patients from vaccine hesitant to fully immunised.

Dr Zuzana Wheeler discusses a case of anxiety and depression. She discusses how this case would be addressed using a lifestyle model (LSM). She overviews where you go to learn more and how to refer on to a LSM colleague.

Dr Matthew Phillips discusses metabolic strategies for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, including both fasting and the ketogenic diet. He also discusses results from his Waikato trials.

Simon Edmonds and Michael Wynn Williams discuss improving the diagnosis and management of endometriosis in New Zealand through early recognition of symptoms, empowering primary health care practitioners to make a suspected diagnosis and commence management along with appropriate and timely referral to specialists.

In this episode, Dr Cheryl Buhay will discuss Clozapine and primary care- what you need to know. Clozapine is a second generation or atypical antipsychotic prescribed for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. It is usually commenced by secondary mental health services. Clozapine is associated with several side-effects and patients require close monitoring. GP’s are responsible for caring for these pa...