The Podcasts of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care

Role models come in many forms, and having role models and learning from their example is important.  Can a fictional starship captain be a good role model?

 

Khalish, F., & Hanami, Y. (2025). Cinema insights: The power of movies for adult learners. ProTVF, 9(1), 55-74. doi:https://doi.org/10.24198/ptvf.v9i1.52881

 
 

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Full Grip by Score Squad

 

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Adventures on the Enterprise (inspired by Star Trek) by Luis_Humanoide

 

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

How long is an average time to empty the bladder?  Does this have relevance to urgent care?

Check out the paper mentioned

Yang PJ, Pham J, Choo J, Hu DL. Duration of urination does not change with body size. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Aug 19;111(33):11932-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1402289111. Epub 2014 Jun 26. PMID: 24969420; PMCID: PMC4143032.

 

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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

Record-breaking feats happen at the extremes of the bell curve.  It is important to remember that these outliers occur.  We are prone to cognitive biases if we fail to consider these outliers or assume we will not encounter them in practice.  

 

Check out Chloe Brennan's Rogue Record Breaker lift.

Check out Mark Felix's record Hercules Hold

 

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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

This week we catch up with our Director of Clinical Training, Dr David Sorrell, to discuss our take home thoughts following our recent Bootcamp conference.  

 

Check out Dr Ivan Koay's case report in JUCM

Koay I, Olphert C. Peripheral Neuropathy Induced by Nitrous Oxide Misuse: A Case Report. J Urgent Care Med. 2026;20(11):22-25

 

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Full Grip by Score Squad

 

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

Some medicine tastes foul, and this is a barrier to administration.  How can we make this easier?  But always remember to check current guidelines, as recommendations can change.  

 

Check out the papers mentioned

Bergene EH, Rø TB, Steinsbekk A. Strategies parents use to give children oral medicine: a qualitative study of online discussion forums. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2017 Jun;35(2):221-228. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2017.1333308. Epub 2017 Jun 5. PMID: 28581890; PMCID: PMC5499324.

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Elgammal A, Ryan J, Bradley C, Crean A, Bermingham M. The impact of drug palatability on prescribing and dispensing of antibiotic formulations for paediatric patients: a cross-sectional survey of general practitioners and pharmacists. Fam Pract. 2024 Dec 2;41(6):962-969. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cmad071. PMID: 37410016; PMCID: PMC11636568.

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Check out the Cystic Fibrosis Trust web page

Check out the Te Whata Kura guidelines

Check out the Starship Guidelines on cellulitis

 

 

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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