Goodfellow Unit
Audio podcasts designed to review and update skills and knowledge for clinicians working in primary care.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 269
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Frail patients
Geriatrician and General Physician Helen Kenealy discusses frailty, including what frailty is, its prevalence in New Zealand, risk factors, presentation, measurement, and the importance of assessing …
Melanoma
Dr Susan Seifried discusses the 'Quality Statements to Guide Melanoma Diagnosis and Treatment in New Zealand' developed by the National Melanoma Working Group (NMWG) and MelNet. The latest guidance w…
Antidepressants augmentation
Cheryl Buhay, Primary Care Liaison Psychiatrist, will discuss what we need to consider when our patient doesn’t respond to antidepressant medications, including medication, illness, and patient facto…
Fibromyalgia
Musculoskeletal pain specialist Giresh Kanji provides an update on fibromyalgia.
Fibromyalgia is a collection of symptoms and is best termed a syndrome. The collection of symptoms includes widesprea…
Pilot Medicals
Dr Michael Drane discusses commercial pilot medical certification. Covering clearance to fly, the vacationing pilot, and the pilot with hazardous social behaviours. By the end of this episode, you wi…
Heart failure - the four pillars
Rob Doughty provides an update on the four pillars of heart failure management. Are your patients on the four pillars of heart failure treatment- if not why not?
Anorectal conditions
Colorectal and General Surgeon Parry Singh discusses common anorectal conditions, including the history, examination and management of haemorrhoids, perianal hematoma, and anal fissures.
Workplace carcinogen exposure
Amanda Eng and Jim McLeod provide an update on workplace exposure to carcinogens.
The New Zealand Carcinogens Survey reveals for the first time the extent to which New Zealanders experience cancer-c…
Alcohol and adolescents
In this episode, Jude Ball (a member of the Adolescent Health Research Group) discusses alcohol use in New Zealand’s adolescent population.
Safe to fly?
Michael Drane discusses clearing your patient to fly safely. What you need to consider and how you go about clearing your patient with medical conditions to fly.
Death Certification
In this episode, Gary Clearwater discusses certifying death and completing the required documentation in NZ for individuals aged >28 days old. This includes death following assisted dying. If cremati…
Statin therapy in 2023
In this episode, pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant discusses statin use in New Zealand today, how it has changed and its future place.
Blocked and congested noses
Nick Lilic discusses the common clinical syndromes that cause nasal congestion, overviewing conservative management, and when to consider surgical options.
Firearms licensing
In this episode, Kendra Hill and Inspector Kirsten Price discuss firearms licensing: the roles and responsibilities of health practitioners and police; how to make a notification, and what happens on…
Nurse practitioners
In this episode, Chelsea Willmott discusses nurse practitioners in New Zealand and the growing role they play in primary care practice.
Paediatric vulval conditions
In this episode we have a case based discussion with Dr Saman Moeed, covering 4 common paediatric vulval conditions. Vulvovaginitis, labial fusion, vulval pain, lichen sclerosis and worms.
Exercise and brain health
Dr David Moreau discusses the latest on exercise to optimise brain health.
Vulval pain in young women
In this episode, Saman Moeed discusses vulval pain or vulvodynia in young women and possible underlying conditions.
Psychotherapy
In this episode Aaron O’Connell (clinical psychologist) discusses psychotherapy, CBT, ACT, FACT and the modality we should suggest to patients.
Alcohol use in New Zealand
In this episode, Guyon Espiner (Investigative Journalist/Author) will discuss his journey from being a heavy yet controlled drinker to his abstinence from alcohol. A patient's journey and perspective…