Symposium | Goodfellow Unit

March 2026 Programme

Our close partners, the Royal NZ College of GPs, Allevia Hospitals, and the Royal NZ College of Urgent Care, have helped create a strong programme for the weekend.

There are also seven pre-Symposium workshops. We hope you enjoy the variety and scope provided for the weekend.

Friday | Saturday | Sunday

Pre-Symposium Workshops

Friday 20 March 2026

9.00am - 12.00pm	Chronic Kidney Disease
9.00am - 12.00pm	Faulty Alarms and Overactive Systems: Explaining Functional Symptoms to Patients
10.00am - 5.00pm	Skin Lesions and Dermatoscopy
1.00pm - 4.00pm	Managing Cardio-Renal-Metabolic (CRM) Conditions
1.00pm - 4.00pm	Lightning Process® Mini Training
1.00pm - 5.00pm	The Cutting Edge: Surgical Skills (Intermediate and Advanced)
9.00am - 2.00pm	Advanced Resuscitation (ACLS6)

Programme Day 1 (Saturday 21 March 2026)

7.30 - 8.15am	Breakfast talks: Winter readiness: Respiratory management essentials, with James Wethasinghe Moving our A into G for CKM health, with Walaa Saweirs
8.30	Welcome and housekeeping
8.45 - 9.25	Keynote presentation	From mystery to mechanisms: Functional symptoms and modern brain science with GP and Associate Professor Hamish Wilson
9.35 - 10.25	Update	Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation Ralph Stewart
	Allevia Hospitals	What the flood? Demystifying perimenopausal bleeding patterns Amelia Ryan
	Update	Hormone-related mood changes across the lifespan Samantha Newman
	RNZCUC	Red flags, amber warnings: A unified HealthPathway for suspected sepsis Paul Huggan
	Update	Case-based presentation: Neurology Rosamund Hill
	Update	Common corneal problems Bia Kim
	Clinics	From cough to collapse: Identifying pleural red flags - Christine Goh 11 most common dermatological presentations - Monique Mackenzie HIP-less and helpless? Get a fast and simple toolkit for mental health consults - Sophie Ball Managing complexity and uncertainty in a consultation - Lucy O’Hagan
10.25 - 10.55	Morning tea
11.05 - 11.55	Update	Migraine Rosamund Hill
	Update	Is it Perimenopause? Clinical clues and confidence in early recognition Samantha Newman
	Update	Why are we neglecting healing? David Beaumont
	RNZCUC	Hidden trauma in the walking wounded: A practical approach for community urgent care Rebecca Schroll
	Allevia Hospitals	Reinforce & repair: A clinician's guide to hernia surgery and mesh selection Michael Chu
	Update	Improving obesity care: Key strategies Chaey Leem
	Clinics	Immunisation: Past, present and future - Mamaeroa David Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation - Ralph Stewart (repeated from 9.35) Understanding BPD and enhancing care - Silvanya Hulme Behind the smile: recognising oral and oropharyngeal cancer - Rajan Patel, Muammar Abu-Serriah
12.05 - 12.55	Update	Hypertension Jasmine Tan
	Update	Recognise & differentiate acute red eye vs chronic dry eye conditions David Pendergrast
	Update	Bowel cancer screening: Progress & promise John Jarvis
	RNZCUC	An approach to the gout flare Nicola Dalbeth
	Allevia Hospitals	What the heck is that???: Demystifying the anorectum Wal Baraza
	Update	CARM and the safety of medicines; tips for harm reduction Jennifer Lee, Alveera Hynes
	Clinics	Improving obesity care: Key strategies - Chaey Leem (repeated from 11.05) The Lightning Process® as a treatment for chronic stuckness: breaking prediction errors in the brain - Jenny Oliver, Bruce Arroll Managing hernias: Reassure, refer, or repair - Michael Chu Making fertility referrals simple - Devashana Gupta
1.00 - 1.55	Lunch Lunch talk: Shingles and your immunocompromised patients: Risk, burden and management, with Hasan Bhally
2.05 - 2.55	Update	Endometriosis Jessica Dunning
	Update	A Clinical Geneticist's approach to Hypermobility spectrum disorder & the mainstays of management Patrick Yap
	Update	Practical explanations for patients with functional symptoms Hamish Wilson
	RNZCUC	Approaching pyrexia of unknown origin in children in the community Susie Cunningham
	Allevia Hospitals	From sniffles to sinusitis- managing nasal symptoms Ben Chan
	Update	Focal therapy for prostate cancer: A new paradigm Imran Ali
	Clinics	Why are we neglecting healing? - David Beaumont (repeated from 11.05) CARM and the safety of medicines; tips for harm reduction - Jennifer Lee, Alveera Hynes The Lightning Process® as a treatment for chronic stuckness: breaking prediction errors in the brain - Jenny Oliver (repeated from 11.05) When the gut is not guilty: Meet ACNES - Zoë Raos, Nathan Atkinson
3.05 - 3.55	Update	Vulval dermatology: A practical approach Nicky Perkins
	Update	Medically unexplained symptoms: A new approach treating the Mast Cell Activation Pathway Hannah Giles
	Update	Endocrine case studies Ruveena Kaur
	RNZCUC	Syncope Craig Ellis
	Allevia Hospitals	Common neurosurgical conditions Jason Correia, Lawrence Choi, Chien Kow
	Update	Managing complexity and uncertainty in a consultation Lucy O’Hagan
	Clinics	Endometrial hyperplasia/Uterine cancer - Saman Moeed Death certification: traps and tips - Garry Clearwater Fatigue - Chris Kenedi Breast disease - Sandhya Pillai
3.55 - 4.30	Afternoon tea
4.40 - 5.30	Update	Reversing fatty liver and managing the metabolic syndrome Hannah Giles
	Update	Bone health beyond osteoporosis Ruveena Kaur
	Update	UTI and recurrent UTI management Eva Fong
	RNZCUC	Managing hypertensive crises in the community Fiona Stewart
	Allevia Hospitals	IBD in practice: A clinician's toolkit Zoë Raos, Nathan Atkinson
	Update	Sexual health update Suzanne Werder
	Clinics	Adolescent gynaecology - Saman Moeed Death certification: traps and tips - Garry Clearwater (repeated from 3.05) From Concussion to Long COVID: A unified approach to functional disorders - Chris Kenedi GLP-1 Agonists & eating disorders: Clinical promise, psychological risk, and prescribing in context - Marion Roberts
5.30 - 7.00pm	Networking with canapes and drinks

Programme Day 2 (Sunday 22 March 2026)

07.30 - 08.15	Breakfast talks: Cardiovascular risk after COPD exacerbations in NZ and the role of triple therapy, with Jeff Harrison and William Good The 6th Anniversary: Covid, you've changed. Consultation considerations in 2026, with Stephanie Taylor, Ang Liu, Jane Kelly
08.30 - 09.25	Keynote presentation	Superdiversity and the challenges of social cohesion in Aotearoa, with Distinguished Professor Emeritus Paul Spoonley
09.35 - 10.25	Update	Identifying and managing frailty in primary care Sharon Macpherson
	Update	A sport and exercise medicine update Dan Exeter
	Update	Pragmatic guide to management of the cardiovascular kidney metabolic soup Ryan Paul
	RNZCUC	Managing risk when working up chest pain presentations Casey Smith
	Allevia Hospitals	Injectables vs incisions: How weight loss medication is reshaping bariatric demand Nick Evennett
	Update	Beyond chemotherapy: A guide to evolving paradigms in cancer care Gareth Rivalland
	Clinics	Bro, are you ready for me?- Makoni Havea GP + GPT: Safe AI that triages, scribes, and actually gets stuff done - Karl Cole ‘umab? ‘imab? ‘inib? What are these ‘biologics’ we are prescribing? - Linda Bryant Liabilities and lessons: The MMH cyber-attack, and what the new addition to Privacy Law means for you - Sam King, Lucy Gibberd, Joe Fitzgerald
10.25 - 10.55	Morning tea
11.05 - 11.55	Update	Pragmatic guide to management of the cardiovascular kidney metabolic soup (repeated from 9.35) Ryan Paul
	Update	Chronic pain - 1 in 5 patients have it, what are we doing well, what could we do better? Buzz Burrell
	Update	Neurological disease in older people Barry Snow
	RNZCUC	Paediatric orthopaedic injuries presenting through urgent care Stephanie van Dijck
	Allevia Hospitals	Next-Gen knee restoration: beyond total replacement Jacob Munro
	Update	Facial rash: clinical pearls and pitfalls Chin-Yun Lin
	Clinics	A sport and exercise medicine update - Dan Exeter (repeated from 9.35) The benefits to general practice of a genuine partnership with Rongoā - Leanne Te Karu with Rob McGowan Lumps and bumps decoded: What stays, what goes - Carla Pajak Thyroid testing and treatment: When less is more - Veronique Nicolaou
12.05 - 12.55	Update	Neurological disease in older people (repeated from 11.05) Barry Snow
	Update	Turning the tide: Early detection of GI cancers Cameron Schauer
	Update	Prostate cancer made practical Sumeet Reddy
	Update	Hidden in plain sight: Adult ADHD Sidhesh Phaldessai
	Allevia Hospitals	Frozen, torn, or just worn: Navigating shoulder complaints in ageing patients Craig Ball
	Update	Hot topics in travel medicine (repeated from 9.35) Danuta Amelung
	Clinics	Chronic low back pain: Pain generators and modern spine interventions - Amanjeet Toor Lumps and bumps decoded: What stays, what goes - Carla Pajak (repeated from 11.05) The multiple faces of shortness of breath from cardiac to pulmonary to psychogenic - Stephen Child Chronic pain - 1 in 5 patients have it, what are we doing well, what could we do better? - Buzz Burrell (repeated from 11.05)
1.00 - 1.55	Lunch Lunch talk: Dermocosmetics in the management of acne vulgaris: A New Zealand perspective with Peggy Chen
2.05 - 2.55	Update	Bowels behaving badly: A guide to managing irritable bowel syndrome Carl Freyer
	Update	Explaining medicines through drawing – and you don’t even have to be good at drawing! Linda Bryant, Leanne Te Karu
	Update	The liver dilemma: When to cut, cure, or observe Adam Bartlett, Cameron Schauer
	Update	Medication vs behavioural therapy for insomnia Alex Bartle
	Allevia Hospitals	Waterworks and workups: Making urology make sense Nadya York, Vincent Chan
	Update	Palliative care for non-cancer patients - issues and symptom management Pip Tuckey
	Clinics	Managing grief: Brief interventions that make a difference - Jane Hinds The multiple faces of shortness of breath from cardiac to pulmonary to psychogenic - Stephen Child (repeated from 12.05) Micronutrients and CKD: Balancing benefits and risks - Lyn Lloyd Beyond the 15-minute consult: the well older adult assessment guide - Cheryl Johnson
3.05 - 3.55	Update	Prescribing Update Linda Bryant, Bruce Arroll

This programme is subject to change