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Connected Care GP Education Day at Grace Hospital

You’re warmly invited to join us for Connected Care – GP Education Day, a full day of free education bringing primary care and local specialists together at Grace Hospital for engaging, practical clinical education, discussion, and connection.

Hear from 15 local consultants across a broad range of specialities, sharing updates, insights and practical guidance designed to support everyday decision-making in primary care.

The programme brings together a broad range of practical updates across paediatric ENT, breast cancer, urology, endocrine surgery, pancreatic cancer, gynaecology, musculoskeletal care, plastic surgery, upper GI, orthopaedics, robotic knee surgery and oral & maxillofacial surgery. Sessions will focus on current treatment approaches, evolving referral pathways, clinical decision-making and practical insights that GPs and allied health professionals can apply in everyday practice.

This event is supported by Western Bay of Plenty Primary Health Organisation  and endorsed for CPD Points by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

Speaker Topics

Sleep-Disordered Breathing & OSA in Children

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Recognise and assess paediatric sleep-disordered breathing and OSA, including key symptoms and examination findings, red flags, initial medical management, the role of oximetry and when to refer.

Understand the range of interventions for paediatric OSA, from adenotonsillectomy and management of nasal obstruction to DISE in persistent or complex disease, and the emerging role of selected orofacial, myofunctional and orthodontic approaches.

 

Dr Kiren Dulki

ENT Surgeon

Grace Hospital

Breast Cancer Management

Recognise common breast cancer presentations and identify symptoms and clinical findings that warrant urgent investigation.

 

Understand the contemporary pathway for diagnosis and management of breast cancer, including triple assessment, referral to specialist services, surgical options, adjuvant therapy and ongoing follow up.

Dr Nicola Davis

General Surgery

Grace Hospital

Thyroid and parathyroid disease for primary practice

Confidently work up thyroid nodules before referral.

Recognise the need for a surgical referral for thyroid patients.

Identify parathyroid patients who would benefit from surgical review.

Dr Jacques Marnewick

General Surgeon

Grace Hospital

Updates in management of Pancreatic cancers

Current guidelines and evidence for management of confirmed pancreatic cancers.

Understanding pre malignant pancreatic pathologies and their surveillance / management.

Dr Ritesh Patel

General Surgeon

Grace Hospital

Panel Session - Skin Cancer, Soft Tissue hand conditions and body contouring options for patients post-massive weight loss

Develop an understanding of what to do with a suspicious skin lesion.

Understand the role of punch vs incisional vs excisional biopsies.

Understand the key changes in melanoma care within the last 12 months.

Have an update on the current secondary care skin pathway in the Bay of Plenty.

Learn about the treatment options for common soft tissue hand conditions.

When to refer for common soft tissue hand conditions.

Have an overview on what’s available to patients after massive weight loss (post-bariatric surgery or post-GLP1 agonist treatment).

Learn about how patients can be optimised in primary care to get the best possible outcome from body contouring surgery.

Dr Dan Butler, Dr Brandan Adams and Dr Adam Bialostocki

Plastics and Reconstructive Surgeons

Grace Hospital

Middle Ear Disease & Hearing Rehabilitation in Children

Kiren Dulku with Guest speaker, Erin Keach, Clinical Lead Audiologist BoP HNZ.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Recognise and manage common paediatric middle-ear disease, including OME, recurrent AOM and discharging grommets/perforations; identify red flags and know when to refer to ENT.

Understand the assessment and rehabilitation of hearing loss in children, including the roles of otoscopy, audiometry and tympanometry, when to involve audiology, and the Bay of Plenty Audiology Advanced Practitioner (AAP) pathway.

Dr Kiren Dulku

ENT

Grace Hospital

Gynae in General Practice: What would you do next? A fun interactive quiz.

Apply a practical approach to the investigation and initial management of common gynaecological presentations in general practice.

Recognise clinical red flags and identify when referral to gynaecology is appropriate.

Dr Brad Chittenden

Gynaecologist

Grace Hospital

Oesophagogastric Cancer- Pre-habilitation and Advances In Treatment

Prehabilitation Goals + Outcomes.

Mr Barnaby Smith

General Surgeon

Grace Hospital

Burning, Bladders & Babies: A practical Urology update and the PSA puzzle

Apply a practical primary-care approach to recurrent urinary tract infections and common bladder symptoms, including initial management, appropriate investigation and recognition of referral red flags.

Navigate uncertainty around PSA testing by incorporating symptoms, age, risk factors, examination findings and PSA trends into decisions about repeat testing and referral.

Initiate an appropriate basic assessment of male infertility, interpret the initial semen analysis and identify couples who require early specialist referral.

The session will be case-based and interactive, with practical guidance that GPs can use in their clinics.

Mr Amir Zarrabi

Urologist

Grace Hospital

The Young Hip & The Failing Hip: When to Preserve, When to Replace

Hip Preservation & Hip Replacement: A Practical Guide for GPs.

Recognising the right patient, the right investigation and the right time for referral.

Recognise common hip conditions that may benefit from hip preservation surgery.

Understand the role of total hip replacement, expected benefits and implant longevity.

Dr Bryden Nicholas

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Grace Hospital

Robotic knee Surgery- The future is here

Understand how the mako robotic system works.

Understand the potential benefits for your patients.

Mr Mark Stringer

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Grace Hospital

All of Urology in Under an Hour

Covering the potential traps and pitfalls in dealing with Urology patients, common and less-common problems and how to spot danger. This session will increase the doctor’s confidence in dealing with Urological problems and knowing when to refer.

Mr Jim Duthie

Urologist

Grace Hospital

MSK Pathways Reimagined: Policy Change, Local Audit Insights, and the Workforce Making It Work

This session updates GPs on HNZ and ACC changes affecting MSK secondary care pathways, presents current local audit findings, and uses working clinical examples to illustrate what clinical and operational excellence looks like in practice, including the role of primary care integration and the wider MSK workforce.

Explain the key HNZ and ACC pathway changes affecting MSK secondary care referral pathways, and their implications for primary care referral decisions.

Evaluate local MSK pathway audit findings in the context of primary care integration and the utility of the wider MSK workforce in supporting patient access and care.

Review working examples from local clinical pathways to determine the features that constitute clinical and operational excellence in MSK care.

Ellish Simpson

MSK Pathways

The Changing Face of MaxFax

When to refer TMJ pain to OMFS

How to access dental care for patients to support OMFS referrals

Dr Nabeela Ahmed

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon

Tauranga OMS

Robotics in NZ; Better a Decade Late Than Never

Understand the role of robotics in soft-tissue surgery, appreciate the benefits of robotic surgery, and where NZ fits in the international adoption of robotic surgery

Mr Jim Duthie

Urologist

Grace Hospital

FIT for purpose: Navigating Lower GI Investigations

Review of the July 2026 referral guideline for lower GI investigations in symptomatic patients

Utility of the FIT test within the referral pathway

Dr Robert Cunliffe

Gastroenterologist and Internal Medicine

Grace Hospital

Event Schedule

8:30 am
Registration and fresh coffee
8:50 am
Welcome and opening
9:00 am
Sessions start in the Education and OT Training Rooms
11:25 am
Morning Tea
11:55 am
Sessions continue in the Education and OT Training Rooms
2:20 pm
Lunch
2:50 pm
Sessions continue in the Education and OT Training Rooms
4:30 pm
Event concludes

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Evolution Healthcare’s educational events are formally endorsed by the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP). Each event is allocated points for the general practice Educational Programme (GPEP) and Continuing Professional Devemopment (CPD) requirements. Certificates of attendance are provided to all participants following each event. If you have questions about this event or CPD points, please email: marketing@evolutioncare.com

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