A charitable trust was set up by Rose Hellaby in 1959 to provide scholarships to registered medical practitioners for research and/or post-graduate training and experience in rheumatic disease, physical medicine and manipulative treatment overseas. More information and instructions for application are provided here Applications must be submitted by 31 March and 30 September each year …
Medical Council Letter to NZAMM NZAMM Accreditation Report We are delighted to share with you the final report from MCNZ with the decision about our accreditation as a vocational training provider in Musculoskeletal Medicine. This accreditation will last until April 2027 subject to ongoing reporting and making the required progress. This is a very pleasing …
It has been a year since WikiMSK launched in June 2020. The website was presented at the NZAMM conference in Wellington in October 2020 to very positive reception. Although there are 15 registered users, there is still only one primary content writer. WikiMSK needs writers and peer reviewers from the NZAMM and AAMM to achieve …
The Council of Medical Colleges in New Zealand and Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa have just released a report on the experience of Māori doctors training in Aotearoa. The report has found that Māori trainee doctors are entering a world which has limited understanding of Te Ao Māori and a large burden is put on …
Read more Council of Medical Colleges releases Report on Cultural Safety in Vocational Training
We had a training weekend in manual therapy on 8-9th of May at the North Shore campus of the AUT Physiotherapy School in Auckland. Jillian McDowell, the only certified Mulligan Concept instructor in New Zealand flew up from Invercargill to teach us assessment and treatment techniques for the upper limbs, ribs, cervical, and thoracic spine. …
Read more Mulligan Concept Training Weekend Wrap Up 8-9 May 2021
Vaccination against COVID-19 will play a critical role in protecting the health of our community. The New Zealand Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine fully supports their members being vaccinated. The association agrees with the Medical Council that it is an ethical and professional obligation to be vaccinated, unless medically contraindicated. Furthermore, the NZAMM agrees with the …
Dr Iain Bell, MSK specialist, is pleased to announce the launch of MSK ultrasound courses. The aim is to provide quality teaching to up skill health professionals in the use of point-of-care ultrasound in their clinical practice. They have run a few successful pilot courses to date and now hope to run them on a …
I have recently taken over from Grant Thompson as Chair of the CPD committee. We all love undertaking CPD so much that the Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ) is planning changes to the Recertification requirements that will be implemented in July 2022. To increase the Christmas cheer I will summarise the proposed changes . …
Read more Message from Dr Peter McKenzie CPD Convenor December 2020
Kia ora tātou, If you belong to the NZ Pain Society you will have received this already, so apologies in that instance for repeating it. The Faculty of Pain Medicine ( ANZCA) , which includes AFMM colleagues, Geoff Speldewinde and Keith Laubscher, has published the attached Clinical Standard for Procedures in Pain Medicine which may …
Read more Faculty of Pain Medicine Clinical Care Standard 2020
