In this episode Dr Dave covers pelvic mesh, PSA testing guidance, polypharmacy, COPD Guidelines, Diabetes, Vit D and pre-diabetes, Topirimate in pregnancy ( again - because its important !). he gives Dr Jo news about progesterone only pills and breast cancer risk, and updates prescribing for ADHD.

Video of the podcast can be found on the Pinnacle website www.pinnaclepractices.co.nz/resources along with the show-notes which are also available from opotikigp.wordpress.com

In this episode Dr Dave teaches Jo about Syphilis, Death, Opioids, Drug Driving, Phenobarbitone and how to Breathe.

Video and of the podcast are available on www.pinnaclepractices.co.nz/resources along with the show-notes which are also available at https://opotikigp.wordpress.com

Dr Dave Maplesden updates Dr Jo Scott-Jones on resources for practice reflection and education https://www.akohiringa.co.nz/ and helps him with constipation, insomnia, prescribing cephalosporins, lithium in diabetes and metoclopromide. Video of the podcast can be found on the Pinnacle website https://www.pinnaclepractices.co.nz/resources/ along with shownotes, which are also available on https://opotikigp.wordpress.com/ .

Dr Dave Maplesden teaches Dr Jo about asymptomatic bacteruria, Ramadan and diabetes, when not to investigate a soft tissue mass, meningococcal B vaccine for people in residences, epipen funding, unmet need and post partum diabetes screening.

In this episode Dr Jo learns about cybersecurity, UTIs, ramipril, topirimate in pregnancy, cellulitis, sleep disorders and more from Dr Dave Maplesden. 

Dr Dave teaches Dr Jo about hepatitis C, medical abortion, assisted dying, pancreatic cancer quetiapine and life in general, in this final clinical snippets epsiode of the year. Listen out for the December end of year special quiz edition coming out before Christmas. 

Dr Dave Maplesden and Dr Jo Scott-Jones discuss clinically important updates for New Zealand primary care clinicians. This month's takeaway messages include to always think of three things especially when one diagnosis leaps out at you as obvious. 

Dr Dave Maplesden and Dr Jo Scott-Jones share clinically important updates for New Zealand General Practice. This month we discuss a blood test for cancer, reducing the frequency of recurrent bladder infections, regulations about viewing a body after death, managing test result and the PSA, and Dr Dave gives us all three quickies. 

Dr Dave Maplesden and Dr Jo Scott-Jones share clinically important updates for New Zealand General Practice. This month we discuss recognising sepsis, the role of paracetemol and ibuprofen in febrile convulsions, actinic keratosis, assisted dying and HIV prevention. Dr Jo learns that thick actinic keratoses have a higher cancer risk than he thought, and Dave leaves Jo speechless for once. 

Dr DAve Maplesden and Dr Jo Scott-Jones discuss treatment of nosebleeds when people are anticoagulated, a CBT online resource, molnupirivir and the need for contraception, a rare event resulting from vaccination into the sub acromial bursa, another reason not to use antibiotics unless really needed, TB and refugees, medicine supply issues and falling asleep during consultations.