Goodfellow Clinics

Meningococcal disease in young people

Nikki Turner discusses meningococcal disease in NZ’s young people. The burden of disease, who gets sick and why. Immunisation will be discussed in depth.

Herpes zoster in the older adult

Tyson Oberndorfer talks about Herpes zoster (or shingles) in older adults, and how GPs play a crucial role in its management.

Fasting with type two diabetes

Ryan Paul discusses fasting in patients with type 2 diabetes. He focusses on planned fasts, rather than illness, including the benefits and dangers of fasting.

T2D - managing CVD risk factors

Rinki Murphy outlines the practical strategies GPs can put in place to enable systematic CVD risk factor management among patients with T2D.

Conversations with young patients about sex

Cathy Stephenson discusses how to have conversations with our younger patients about sex.

HEEADSSS in five minutes

Dame Sue Bagshaw discusses completing a HEEADSSS assessment in a short period of time. What to include, what to exclude and how to build rapport in a consultation.

Relative energy deficiency in sport

Dr Megan Ogilvie discusses how to screen for Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S), a clinical syndrome comprising low energy availability (LEA) as a result of over-training and a negative calorific balance. She talks about how to investigate and manage these patients that are often overlooked in our community.

Mild cognitive impairment

Dr Bronwyn Copeland on the role of primary care in diagnosing and managing mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Assisted dying

Dr Kate Grundy discusses what general practice needs to know about assisted dying and the New Zealand End of Life Choice Act 2019.

Ventilation and filtration of clinics during COVID

Dr Kelvin Ward talks about ventilation and filtration within a covid pandemic and what general practices need to know about multi-layered mitigation of risk.

Last days of life

Kate Grundy discusses Te-ara-whakapiri - symptom management in the last days of life.

Libido in the menopausal woman

Megan Ogilvie discusses women's libido including menopausal hormone treatment, and testosterone supplementation.

Shift work

Fiona Johnston discusses how to thrive when working shifts, including strategies to optimise your sleep quality and quantity.

Diabetes management: a case-based discussion

Dr Rinki Murphy uses a case-based approach to diabetes management incorporating the new Diabetes Management Guidance and discusses where the newly funded dulaglutide fits.

A guide on using Dulaglutide for T2D

A guide on using Dulaglutide for T2D

Dr Rinki Murphy discusses type 2 diabetes management with a focus on GLP- 1 receptor agonists.

Teenage brain development

Dame Sue Bagshaw discusses teenage brain development and its influences - what this means for the GP - and how to optimise your communication to maximise your consult with the teenage patient.

Covid vaccine hesitancy

Dr Nikki Turner discusses why people are vaccine hesitant and how we can help alleviate concerns and move patients from vaccine hesitant to fully immunised.

Managing depressed and anxious patients

Dr Zuzana Wheeler discusses a case of anxiety and depression. She discusses how this case would be addressed using a lifestyle model (LSM). She overviews where you go to learn more and how to refer on to a LSM colleague.

Alzheimer's Disease: Metabolic strategies to slow and reverse progression

Dr Matthew Phillips discusses metabolic strategies for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, including both fasting and the ketogenic diet. He also discusses results from his Waikato trials.

Endometriosis - what's new and important

Simon Edmonds and Michael Wynn Williams discuss improving the diagnosis and management of endometriosis in New Zealand through early recognition of symptoms, empowering primary health care practitioners to make a suspected diagnosis and commence management along with appropriate and timely referral to specialists.

Clozapine and primary care

In this episode, Dr Cheryl Buhay will discuss Clozapine and primary care- what you need to know. Clozapine is a second generation or atypical antipsychotic prescribed for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. It is usually commenced by secondary mental health services. Clozapine is associated with several side-effects and patients require close monitoring. GP’s are responsible for caring for these patients and this podcast provides guidance on management and monitoring.

Reversing type two diabetes

Dr Glen Davies is a passionate advocate of lifestyle approaches to reversing chronic disease. Through his prescription of LCHF/ keto diets, he has helped over 100 patients reverse their prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.

Lifestyle medicine

Dr Zuzana Wheeler discusses lifestyle medicine, what it is and if it has a place in our fifteen-minute consultations.

Adult ADHD

In this episode, Dr Cheryl Buhay will discuss ADHD in adults.

Mentoring in medicine

Dr Juliet Rumball-Smith (Wāhine Connect) talks about mentoring in medicine

Mentoring in medicine

Dr Juliet Rumball-Smith (Wāhine Connect) talks about mentoring in medicine and the positive impact it can have.

What's new in sex education

Dr Claire Meehan talks about her work with young people across NZ to understand how they engage with sexual media.

What's new in sex education

In this episode we talk to Dr Claire Meehan about her work with young people across NZ to understand how they engage with sexual media.

Cow's milk allergy

Dr Annaliesse Blincoe discusses cow’s milk allergies, and their spectrum of presentations.

Cow's milk allergy

In this episode Dr Annaliesse Blincoe discusses cow’s milk allergies.

More GPs with special interests

In this podcast, Dr Louise Kuegler interviews a number of General Practitioners about their special interests, how they developed and how they have had a positive impact on their practice.

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Dr Anna Elinder Camburn a New Zealand trained Haematologist covers Myelodysplastic Syndrome, discussing risk factors and at what point to be referring to a haematologist.

SGLT2 inhibitors and how we use them

In this podcast, Dr Rick Cutfield discusses the management of type two diabetes mellitus following the introduction of new funded medication in NZ. He covers the importance of lifestyle, medication, and support at every step, and also the pharmacological management including the new stepwise approach to management. Indications and precautions of the new classes of subsidised medications: Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors, and briefly Glucagon like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-...

Transgender physical health

In this second episode, Dr Rona Carroll discusses the medical and surgical initiation and maintenance of gender-affirming hormone treatment, and surgical intervention in the transgender-transitioning patient.

Transgender health and puberty suppression

Dr Rona Carroll talks on the physical aspects on managing the transgender patient

Transgender health and puberty suppression

Dr Rona Carroll will discuss the physical aspects of managing the transgender patient - Taha tinana. In this first of two episodes, we discuss transgender physical health and discuss management up to puberty suppression.

Dysfunctional breathing disorders

In this episode, Dr Stephen Child discusses dysfunctional breathing disorders - including assessment, investigation and management. Dysfunctional breathing is a term describing a group of breathing disorders in patients where chronic changes in breathing pattern result in dyspnoea and often non- respiratory symptoms in the absence of, or in excess of, organic respiratory disease.

Asthma management in adolescents and adults

In this episode, Dr Stephen Child discusses the NZ Asthma and Respiratory Foundation's 2020 adult and adolescent guidelines.

First episode psychosis

In this episode, Dr Cheryl Buhay will discuss first episode psychosis, the importance of early diagnosis and intervention, along with risk factors.

Borderline personality disorder

BPD is relatively common, and management in general practice often time consuming and unrewarding. In this podcast, Dr Cheryl Buhay discusses clues to diagnosis, investigations, and management tips to hopefully make these patients more straightforward to manage, and also more rewarding.

GPs with special interests

In this podcast, Dr Louise Kuegler interviews a number of General Practitioners about their special interests, how they developed and how they have had a positive impact on their practice.

Ophthalmology update

In this podcast, Dr Rachael Niederer overviews three hot topics in ophthalmology, and considers management in the current COVID-19 climate.

Managing stuck or distressed patients

Professor Bruce Arroll suggests ways to identify stress and stressors, and why it’s important to do so.

Sarcoma in children

Delay in diagnosis of sarcoma directly, impacts upon long term prognosis. Using case scenarios, Andrew Graydon overviews the recognition, diagnosis and principles of management of this important type of cancer focusing mainly on the paediatric patient.

Constipation in children

In this podcast, Dr Rebecca Hayman reviews the optimal management of childhood constipation. She discusses pathophysiology, the important clues that can be gained from a comprehensive history and thorough examination, and finally the management including dis-impaction, and why long term maintenance treatment is so important.

Greening your general practice

Dr Dermot Coffey talks about practical environmentally responsible changes you can make in your practice today, to create a sustainable future.

ADHD management

In this second podcast on ADD and ADHD, Dr Colette Muir talks about management in children.

ADHD assessment and diagnosis

Dr Colette Muir talks about assessment and diagnosis of ADD and ADHD in children. She covers comprehensive assessment, supporting families, and the wider context.

Hyperhidrosis - Managing the excessively sweaty patient

Dr Indran Ramanathan discusses managing the patient with hyperhidrosis, from simple lifestyle measures through to surgical interventions.