Many people travel to high-altitude destinations, meaning clinicians are often faced with questions about how to prevent and treat altitude illness. Update your knowledge with this New Zealand Society of Travel Medicine summary of updated evidence-based guidelines with comments by senior lecturer Jenny Visser – it outlines the best prophylactic regimens, diagnostic approaches and treatment protocols for acute altitude illness
Funding, fortunes, frustrations and fees: An urgent care registrar's journey
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Funding, fortunes, frustrations and fees: An urgent care registrar's journey
Friday 7 March 2025, 02:00 PM

Antonio Castro is an urgent-care registrar and member of the registrar subcommittee at the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care [Image: Canva composite]
Amid shortages and shortfalls, reporter Zach Thompson breaks down the training models for some of New Zealand's primary care workforces and how the programmes are funded. In the third of a three-part series, he tackles urgent care
The Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care trains this specialty workforce and is currently updating its curriculum. However, the four years of trai