Clinical education built around the decisions that matter

Short, specialist-led learning designed for New Zealand general practice.

What makes Loupa different

Loupa modules are not lectures or textbook summaries. Each core module takes about 20 minutes and follows one evolving patient case through the decisions that shape real consultations.

  • Approximately 20-minute core modules, with detail moved to optional resources
  • One evolving patient case per module
  • Practical referral and escalation reasoning: routine, prompt or acute
  • Investigation choices and urgency thresholds explained, not just listed
  • Specialist interpretation translated for general practice
  • New Zealand pathways, access constraints and health equity throughout
  • Brief Pause and decide questions before the interpretation is revealed
  • Five assessed questions and a short reflection to finish

The Loupa learning experience

  1. Recognise the initial pattern. Meet the patient and the presenting problem.
  2. Identify the features that alter concern. Which signals genuinely change probability or urgency?
  3. Select and interpret initial investigations. Will the result change management?
  4. Reassess over time. What has changed, and what does it mean?
  5. Choose the referral or escalation pathway. Routine, prompt or acute, with the reasoning made explicit.
  6. Manage, communicate and safety-net. Practical phrases and clear next steps for the patient.

The Loupa Moment

Most medical education adds information. Loupa looks for something rarer: the small clinical insight that changes how you think about a patient, manage risk, frame a referral or explain uncertainty. We call this a Loupa Moment.

As surgeons, we know the experience of putting on loupes and seeing a difficult task with greater precision. The task has not changed, but the way we see it has. Loupa aims to bring the same clarity to difficult decisions in general practice. At the end of each module you can tell us where the clearest insight occurred, or that it did not happen this time. That feedback refines the modules. Specialist-led, GP-refined.

Designed for

General practitioners, nurse practitioners, urgent care clinicians and other primary care professionals working in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Professional standards

Every Loupa module is developed under defined clinical governance:

  • Named accountable authors
  • Specialist review and GP peer review before publication
  • Evidence sources and a stated review date
  • Conflicts of interest declared and managed
  • Sponsorship kept separate from clinical conclusions
  • Equity and cultural safety considered in every module

Loupa modules are designed to align with New Zealand continuing professional development requirements. RNZCGP recognition is being pursued.

Register your interest

The first gastroenterology and general surgery modules are in development. Register to receive module launch updates, express interest in piloting, or tell us which topics matter most to your practice. Use the contact page to get in touch.