Symposium | Goodfellow Unit

March 2025 Programme

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

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

Friday | Saturday | Sunday

Pre-Symposium Workshops

Friday 21 March 2025

9.00am - 12.00pm	Understanding Kidney Function
10.00am - 5.00pm	Skin Lesion and Dermatoscopy
1.00pm - 4.00pm	Heart Failure – Practical Troubleshooting
1.00pm - 4.00pm	AI in Healthcare: From Algorithms to Application
1.00pm - 5.00pm	The Cutting Edge: Surgical Skills (Intermediate and Advanced)

Programme Day 1 (Saturday 22 March 2025)

7.30 - 8.15am	Breakfast Session
8.30	Welcome and housekeeping
8.45 - 9.25	Keynote presentation	Centring health care at the margins - Helen Robinson
9.35 - 10.25	Update	Rationalising endocrine testing in primary care Maritza Farrant
	MercyAscot	E:cigarettes - the modern Trojan horse? Kim Gear
	Update	Life's a bumpy ride: ancient hacks to make it just a bit smoother Tony Fernando
	RNZCUC	Are we over or underthinking anaphylaxis? Things you were taught that might be wrong. Craig Ellis
	Update	Let’s talk about sex, baby – updates in sexual health care Eva Gregory
	Update	Acute kidney injury – very common and often missed! Rob Walker
	Clinics	Moral pain in general practice and how compassion can help - Mary Miller, Geraldine Poynter A primary care approach to adolescent scoliosis - Anand Segar Love stories from the City Mission - Helen Robinson, Liz Calder Puberty and period problems - Saman Moeed
10.25 - 10.55	Morning tea
11.05 - 11.55	Updates	Insomnia Tony Fernando
	Update	An ancient disease in the modern day: the current Syphilis epidemic Eva Gregory
	Update	CKD: The silent and forgotten NCD! (non-communicable disease) Rob Walker
	RNZCUC	Sudden vision loss Rachael Niederer
	MercyAscot	There's something on my brain scan Andrew Law
	Update	Understanding the HPO axis in amenorrhoea Maritza Farrant
	Clinics	FACT skills for low mood and anxiety - Geraldine Poynter Managing patient responses to vaccines - Nikki Turner Post mesh management of urinary incontinence - Sum Sum Lo
12.05 - 12.55	Update	Tiny Troubles: Navigating paediatric notifiable infections Bryn Thompson
	Update	Can the robot see my next patient with cough/dyspnea? Stephen Child
	Update	Diabetes in Pregnancy: Before, after, and everything in between Stephanie Cox
	RNZCUC	Gasping for air: Paediatric shortness of breath Khang Gan
	MercyAscot	The silent squeeze: Recognising signs of spinal stenosis Anand Segar, Rohil Chauhan
	Update	Update on acute rheumatic fever Rachel Webb
	Clinics	Fierce compassion - Mary Miller PCOS and lifestyle management: It's more than just weight loss - Clare Goodwin Making the best use of vaccines: My ideal vaccination programme - Nikki Turner (Big) problems In little vulvas - Saman Moeed
1.00 - 1.55	Lunch break
2.05 - 2.55	Update	Encountering resistant organisms Rachel Webb
	Update	Globetrotters’ guide: Essential travel illness insights from a public health perspective Bryn Thompson
	Update	Diabetes in Pregnancy: Before, after, and everything in between (repeated from 12.05) Stephanie Cox
	RNZCUC	Psychologically safe simulation for improved teamwork and connections in urgent care Erin Carn-Bennett, Khang Gan
	MercyAscot	Diagnosing and managing persistent pelvic pain: Tools for success Michael Wynn-Williams
	Update	A whiteboard session with tricky respiratory cases Stephen Child
	Clinics	Meshing around: Assessment and management of hernias - Sanket Srinivasa Medications for neurodiversity: supporting challenging behaviours in ASD, ID, and FASD - Jamie Speeden Teen periods 101: Lifestyle solutions when birth control isn't the answer - Clare Goodwin Diabetes and technology: a changing landscape - Claire Lever
3.05 - 3.55	Update	Reducing CVD risk in high risk patients (CHF, MI, AF and Māori and Pacific and Indian) Rob Doughty
	Update	Migraine Rosamund Hill
	Update	PMR or not PMR? Estee Chan
	RNZCUC	Chips, bumps, and breaks  - paediatric dental trauma Katie Bach
	MercyAscot	Supporting the bariatric patient: short, medium and longer-term outcomes Grant Beban, Richard Babor
	Update	Psoriasis Ken Ip
	Clinics	A review of the essentials of substance withdrawal management - Vicki Macfarlane The incidental liver and pancreas lesion: What now? - Sanket Srinivasa Kids in Crisis: self-harm, suicidality and safety plans - Jamie Speeden Utilizing technology in type 2 diabetes: tools, tips and insulin titration - Claire Lever
3.55 - 4.30	Afternoon tea
4.40 - 5.30	Update	Reducing CVD risk in high risk patients (CHF, MI, AF and Māori and Pacific and Indian) (repeated from 3.05) Rob Doughty
	Update	Mothers on the brink: The joy, the pain, the madness Chandni Prakash
	Update	Vitiligo & alopecia areata – pearls, traps and when to refer Ken Ip
	RNZCUC	Common eye conditions Aaron Wong
	MercyAscot	Updates in Colorectal Cancer Management Jon Barnard
	Update	Neurology cases Rosamund Hill
	Clinics	PMR or not PMR? - Estee Chan (repeated from 3.05) A review of the essentials of substance withdrawal management - Vicki Macfarlane (repeated from 3.05) Perhaps you should see a dentist - Katie Bach Gallbladders: a user’s guide - Grant Beban
5.30 - 7.00pm	Networking with canapes and drinks

Programme Day 2 (Sunday 23 March 2025)

07.30 - 08.15	Breakfast sessions
08.30 - 09.25	Keynote presentation	How to engage with Aliens (I mean young people), with Sue Bagshaw
09.35 - 10.25	Update	Hitting the GAS (group A strep) or not: Managing childhood skin infections  Emma Best
	Update	Ten serious drug reactions to watch for Ruth Savage, Jennifer Lee
	Update	HEEADSSS assessment in 5 minutes Sue Bagshaw
	RNZCUC	Effectiveness of a community Atrial Fibrillation clinic Laura Joyce, Finn Brokenshire
	MercyAscot	Ankle pain at two ends of the age spectrum Charlotte Allen
	Update	Untangling puberty: are we there yet and what do I do? Wayne Cutfield
	Clinics	Beautiful boundaries - Fiona Moir Pharmacotherapy myth busters - Leanne Te Karu, Linda Bryant The final common pathway: Managing symptoms at the end of life - James Jap The game of stones: Primary care tactics for kidney stone patients - Nadya York
10.25 - 10.55	Morning tea
11.05 - 11.55	Update	What kind of diabetes has my child got? Wayne Cutfield
	Update	Ten serious drug reactions to watch for (Repeat from 9.35) Ruth Savage, Jennifer Lee
	Update	Mental health risk assessment in primary care Cheryl Buhay
	RNZCUC	Sport & Exercise Medicine update - for those seeing acute injuries Dan Exeter
	MercyAscot	Brain to tummy: From common functional abdominal pain disorders to abdominal variants of migraine Elena Ryniker
	Update	Kahu Taurima \| Maternity and Early Years: What is it and how do the changes to the WCTO programme affect primary care? Alison Leversha
	Clinics	Trainees in difficulty: Some strategies - Fiona Moir Thinking about how we think: improving our diagnostic accuracy - Art Nahill Save those kidneys! Linda Bryant, Leanne Te Karu Can we just talk? - Handling difficult conversations about end of life issues - James Jap
12.05 - 12.55	Update	Why weight? The complexities of weight gain Lara Courtenay
	Update	Paediatrics development issues Bronwyn Rosie
	Update	Is it ASD, neurodiversity, or developmental diversity? Alison Leversha
	RNZCUC	Spin doctors: Acute and episodic vestibular syndromes Jeremy Steinberg
	MercyAscot	Urology Vincent Chan, Sumeet Reddy
	Update	Are we opening Pandora’s Box? Navigating antenatal and genetic carrier screening Lucy Prentice
	Clinics	Casebook Live: Keys to safe practice - Samantha King, Lucy Gibberd Applying the principles of Te Tiriti to history taking - Matire Harwood The AI Advantage: Streamlining clinical workflows and decision-making - David McCormack, Albert Bifet The Lightning Process as a treatment for long covid: All will be revealed - Bruce Arroll, Jenny Oliver
1.00 - 1.55	Lunch break
2.05 - 2.55	Update	Weight loss myth busters plus solutions available in NZ Lara Courtenay
	Update	Shaking the myths: Understanding Parkinson’s and Tremors Viswas Dayal
	Update	Demystifying AI: Practical insights Albert Bifet, David McCormack
	RNZCUC	The long haul spin: Chronic vestibular syndromes Jeremy Steinberg
	MercyAscot	Pelvic pain and adolescent dysmenorrhea – what’s normal, what isn’t Fiona Connell
	Update	Frozen in time: the who, when and how of fertility preservation Lucy Prentice
	Clinics	Hui Process - Matire Harwood Casebook Live: Keys to safe practice - Samantha King (repeat from 12.05) Lightning Process for long covid: Digging deeper to see how it works - Jenny Oliver
3.05 - 3.55	Update	Prescribing Update Linda Bryant, Bruce Arroll

This programme is subject to change