Ward Calls
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The NZ podcast approaching ward calls and house officer life

The intern suppository

Dr Ivor Popovich presents examples of evidence-based decision making during ward calls. We also highlight some recommendations from Choosing Wisely an...
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AF & tachycardia

Cardiology expert Adele Pope returns with an approach differentiating tachycardia and managing atrial fibrillation. We also discuss ventricular ectopi...
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Q&A with Dr Deborah Powell

Foremost expert on all things NZRDA, Dr Deborah Powell, explains why RMOs get free meals, what 8.1.2 is, and the RDA’s role in helping members in trou...
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Clinical reasoning

Sam meets some podcasting celebrities and experts in clinical reasoning Dr Art Nahill and Dr Nic Szecket – hosts of the podcast IM Reasoning. We talk ...
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Chest pain

Sam speaks to Dr Adele Pope, advanced cardiology trainee at Auckland Hospital, about how to attack the most common, and often the most uncertain, ward...
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Prescribing calls

Sam and Vani explore the most common requests for after hours prescribing and how to safely and quickly approach prescribing of insulin, warfarin, ana...
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Starting work and the MECA

Most RMOs don’t ever get around to reading the their employment contract (MECA). In this episode, Sam talks to NZRDA advocates Melissa Dobbyn and Tara...
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Fluctuating GCS and seizures

Sam speaks to Intensivists Dr Jonathan Casement and Dr Rob Everitt about reduced consciousness and acute and post-seizure management. Approach to fluc...
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Fever

Sam talks to Infectious Diseases Physician Assoc. Prof Mark Thomas about fever and the minutiae of microbiological investigations. Cause of fever Infe...
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