The Auckland Faculty of the RNZCGP and Goodfellow Unit presented this one-day surgical update covering ophthalmology, general and vascular surgery, a large ORL component, neurosurgery and urology.
The aim is to provide clinical updates and guidance supporting excellence in practice, on common conditions and potentially serious conditions that are seen in general practice.
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| 8.00-8.30am | Registrations | |
| 8.30-8.35 | Mihi whakatau with Mr Te Teira | |
| 8.35-8.40 | Housekeeping | |
| Opthalmology Sivasuthan Kanapathippillai | ||
| 8.40-8.45 | Chalazion | |
| 8.45-8.55 | Flashers and floaters | |
| 8.55-9.05 | The red eye | |
| 9.05-9.10 | Questions | |
| General surgery Chair: Magdalena Biggar | ||
| 9.10-9.20 | Hernia | David Moss |
| 9.20-9.30 | Lumps & bumps & lymph nodes | Matthew Clark |
| 9.30-9.40 | Bariatric surgery | Jon Morrow |
| 9.40-9.55 | Breast | Sandhya Pillai |
| 9.55-10.10 | Vascular | Dave Adams |
| 10.10-10.25 | Proctology | Lincoln Israel |
| 10.25-10.35 | Questions | |
| 10.35-10.50 | Morning tea | |
| ORL Chair: Subhaschandra Shetty | ||
| 10.50-11.05 | Management and referral of obstructive salivary disease | Ahmad Zahoor |
| 11.05-11.20 | Chronic rhino-sinusitis | Salil Nair |
| 11.20-11.30 | Musculoskeletal examination of head and neck | Jim Bartley |
| 11.30-11.40 | Surgical management of OSA | Francis Hall |
| 11.40-11.55 | Acute hearing loss - assessment and referral | Michel Neeff |
| 11.55-12.10 | Current management of thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer | John Chaplin |
| 12.10-12.25 | Telehealth in ORL or “TeleORL” | David Grayson |
| 12.25-12.40 | Dysphonia: risk factors and when to refer | Randall Morton |
| 12.40-12.50 | Questions | |
| 12.50 -1.30 | Lunch | |
| Neurosurgery Andrew Lim | ||
| 1.30-1.40 | Trigemnial neuralgia | |
| 1.40-1.50 | Acute onset headache | |
| 1.50-2.05 | A guide to the neuro exam | |
| 2.05-2.20 | Brain tumours | |
| 2.20-2.30 | Cervical spine surgery | |
| Urology Andrew Lienert/Simon Van Rij | ||
| 2.30-2.40 | Lower urinary tract symptoms | |
| 2.40-2.50 | Urinary tract infections | |
| 2.50-3.00 | Prostate cancer / PSA | |
| 3.00-3.10 | Renal stones | |
| 3.10-3.20 | Hematuria | |
| 3.20-3.30 | Scrotal / penile pathology | |
| 3.35-3.40 | Questions | |
