Asthma
Space
to Breathe - Pharmac and Asthma Foundation website
Clinical update on Asthma by
Jeff Garrett, first published New Zealand Doctor, 12
September 2007 [referred to in "'Large errors' in GPs' asthma
care", 7 November 2007]
Children
Ethnicity Data
Protocols for the Health and Disability Sector ("Improve data
for the sake of the kids", New Zealand Doctor, 4 November
2009)
Speech development in children (from Child
health column, 29 August 2007)
Immunisation
Private
purchase vaccines
The influenza vaccine and febrile convulsions in
children
black & white
colour
Allergy to vaccine guidelines pdf
HPV vaccination programme: proposed phasing of
cohorts
Immunisation Schedule 2008 - letter to providers
Guidelines
New mental health guideline -
Identification of common mental disorders and management of
depression in primary care, produced by the New Zealand
Guidelines Group, launched July 2008
Practice
Guidelines for Opioid Substitution Treatment in New Zealand
2008 (nzdoctor.co.nz, 'Daily News', 29 September)
Ministry
of Health online Hepititis C tool for GPs and practice
nurses
LTSA's Fitness to Drive rules Medical
aspects of fitness to drive: a guide for medical
professionals
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of
Melanoma in Australia and New Zealand
Comprehensive updated version of how to treat various sexual
diseases
Guidelines for smokefree pregnancy
Prompt
cards to support smokefree pregnancy
Sexual Health Guidelines from Counties Manukau
Sexual Health Group Comprehensive updated version of how to
treat various sexual diseases
Guidance on the Management of Type 2 Diabetes 2011
Management of Type 2 Diabetes - Primary care resource
General practice
Recording general examination of the body
Two charts - one for the front of body and one for the back of body, useful for recording examination
findings after violence ('Making a difference after family
violence', New Zealand Doctor, 17 December)
How to treat: Christmas
crackers
Online references from the How to treat article (New Zealand
Doctor 16 December 2009)
GP
liaisons A list of GPs who work with their local DHB on primary
care issues. These people can be contacted with any questions, eg,
about elective services.
Prostate cancer screening: A double-edged
sword
Smokefree GP champions
A list of GPs and specialists who have been employed by their
DHB to promote the smokefree message and encourage clinicians to
use the ABC framework.
The Code of Conduct for
Expert Witnesses ("So, you think you're an expert?", New
Zealand Doctor, 21 October 2009)
Read codes for general practice - Cunningham
and Tilyard
What needs to be done when a patient dies - Dead
certain (New Zealand Doctor, 23 April 2008)
INN names
A British National Formulary list of British Approved Names (BANs)
that has been updated with recommended international
non-proprietary names (rINNs)
PEARLS
Practical Evidence for Real Life Situations
MIMS Online (Subscription required)
MIMS Online has accurate, up-to-date medicines information at the
click of a mouse
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C underdiagnosed by Ed Gane
[referred to in "Shared care for Hep C patients", 24 October
2007]
Hepatitis C
e-learning tool on LearnOnline.health.nz
Desktop tools
Pregnancy due date
BMI
Standing orders
Guidelines for the development and operation of
standing orders (Source: Ministry of Health)
Travel Medicine resources
From "Getting up to date travel health info", New Zealand
Doctor, 4 October 2006
by Marc Shaw
Authoritative travel health information websites
Centers for Disease
Prevention and Control (CDC)
Eurosurveillance
International
Society of Travel Medicine
International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers,
IAMAT
World Health
Organization
International Travel and
Health (travel health information book, updated yearly by
WHO)
Expedition and adventure
British
Mountaineering Council
Royal
Geographical Society
Wilderness Medicine
Society
Medical and academic organisations
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
London
School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Malaria
Foundation
James Cook
University, Queensland, Australia
Health information for travellers
New Zealand FREE travel health
information
Fit
For Travel( NHS, UK-based)
Lonely Planet Online, health information
Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
New
Zealand Ministry of Health
Sexual
health advice for women travellers (includes help lines within
collaborating countries)
Travel Health
online
Safety and security sites
Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
British
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
New Zealand
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Royal
Society for the Prevention of Accidents
US State Department
Fact sheets
Isomaltulose fact sheet
New Zealand Doctor Archives
PubMed
Journals
New Zealand Family Physician Access nzfp
archives
Medical
Journal of Australia Journal of the Australian Medical
association
Australian
Family Physician Official journal of The Royal Australian
College of General Practitioners
American Family Physician Peer reviewed
journal of the American Academy of family physicians
New England
Journal of Medicine A weekly general medical journal that
publishes new medical research findings, review articles, and
editorial opinion on a wide variety of topics of importance to
biomedical science and clinical practice.
The Lancet
A reformist medical newspaper known for its campaigns
JAMA
Journal of the American Medical Association, "To promote
the science and art of medicine"
Evidence
Cochrane
Library
NZHTA
NZGG
Useful Agencies
Immunisation
Advisory Centre
National Poisons
Centre
Nurses
College of Practice Nurses
Nursing Council
NZ Nurses
Organisation
College of Nurses
Aotearoa
Other
Pandemic preparedness kit for primary
care
Low
fat diet after Gallbladder surgery
Obstetrics: Care Plan
Obstetrics: Refresher Course
Travel - Remote Region Medical Kit
MedDirect
NZMJ
BMJ
Goodfellow Unit