Program Overview

University of Cape Town Program Details

The University of Cape Town offers a range of programs through its Faculty of Health Sciences. The faculty is composed of several departments and units, including academic departments, administrative departments, operational units, and the Bioethics Centre.

Faculty of Health Sciences Departments

• Academic Departments:
  • Anaesthesia & Perioperative Medicine
  • Family, Community and Emergency Care
  • Health Sciences Education
  • Paediatrics & Child Health
  • Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Human Biology
  • Integrative Biomedical Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Pathology
  • Psychiatry & Mental Health
  • Public Health
  • Radiation Medicine
  • Surgery
• Administrative Departments
• Operational Units
• Bioethics Centre

Courses Offered

The university offers a variety of courses, including:

• Adolescent Health: Taking Evidence to Implementation
• Advanced Anatomy, Physiology & Pathophysiology
• Advanced Focus Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography
• Advanced HIV and Adherence Counselling
• Advanced Training in Complete Current Procedural Terminology for South Africa
• Advanced Training in ICD-10 Coding
• Aeromedical Evacuation and Transport
• African Genomics Short Course
• Airway & Thoracic Skills
• Applied Community Counselling
• Argue Better! Ethical Reasoning for Health Professionals
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics & Policy in Africa
• Basic Anatomy and Physiology for Clinical Coding and Case Management
• Basic Clinical Auditing
• Basic Counselling Skills
• Basic Focus Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography
• Basic HIV Counselling
• Basic Legal & Ethical Principles in Forensic Laboratory Mortuary Practice
• Basic Training in Complete Current Procedural Terminology for South Africa
• Basic Training in ICD-10 Coding
• Basics of MRI
• Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Workshop
• Case Management Workshop
• Certificate Course in Palliative Nursing
• Community Based Inclusive Development Practice
• Comprehensive HIV Testing
• Debriefing for Simulation Education
• Disabilities, Gender-Based Violence and Inclusive Health Care
• Disability Studies in Education
• Disaster Medicine
• DNA Extraction from Hard Tissue Samples
• Endurance Running Training Essentials & Program Design
• Essentials of Nursing Children with a Tracheostomy
• Essentials of Nursing Children with a Cancer or Blood Disorder
• Essentials of Nursing Critically Sick Children
• Essentials of Nursing Sick Children
• Essentials of Nursing Sick Newborns
• Essentials of a Paediatric Clinical Assessment
• Essentials of Paediatric Burns Care
• Essential Steps in Managing Obstetric Emergencies
• Excellence in Deceased Donation and End-of-Life Care Course
• Forensic Photography
• Fundamentals of Behaviour Change
• Fundamentals of Emergency Care
• Global Surgery Foundations
• Hospital Coding and Billing
• Intermediate Training in Complete Current Procedural Terminology for South Africa
• Intermediate Training in ICD-10 Coding
• Introductory Course in Laboratory Animal Science
• Introduction to Death Scene Investigations & Fingerprinting
• Introduction to Diagnoses Related Groups
• Introduction to Global Surgery
• Introduction to Health Care for Adolescents
• Introduction to Palliative Care
• Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods
• Introduction to Sports Nutrition
• Introduction to using NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis & Management
• Management of Skin Disorders in Primary Care
• Masters Preparedness Course
• Medical Practitioner Billing - Reference Price List
• Palliative Care Training for the Oncologist in Africa
• Periodisation of Football Conditioning & Fitness Testing
• PhD Preparedness Course
• Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs)
• Professionalizing Disability Inclusive Practice
• Providing Healthcare for Children with Long Term and Disabling Conditions
• Psychological First Aid
• Simulation Launchpad
• Science Communication and Power Relations in Global Health
• Swimming Training Essentials and Program Design
• The Essentials of Cycling Physiology and Coaching
• The Role of Movement in Childhood Development and Health
• Trans-Oesophageal Echocardiography
• Trauma-informed Practice
• Trauma Informed Research Methodologies
• Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access Course
• Understanding End Stage Renal Disease
• Understanding Forensic Odontology
• Understanding Simulation-based Education
• Universal Design for Learning (UDL): A framework for Inclusive Teaching Practice

Fundamentals of Emergency Care Course Details

Course Overview

The Fundamentals of Emergency Care short course revises important fundamental topics and principles required for anyone working in emergency centers or dealing with occasional emergency presentations. The course gives a structured approach to emergencies, with a focus on resuscitation in the first hours, practical skills, and teamwork.

Course Content

• Cardiac arrest algorithms (2015)
• Advanced airway management (intubation, rapid sequence intubation, and the difficult airway)
• Surgical airway (cricothyroidotomy - needle and surgical)
• Ventilation
• Paediatric Resuscitation (Intra-osseous insertion and fluid management)
• ECD recognition
• Tachy-arrhythmias and cardioversion
• Brady-arrhythmias and pacing
• Intercostal drain insertion
• Venous access
• Triage and disaster planning

Entry Requirements

The course is aimed at doctors, nursing sisters, and paramedics involved in providing emergency care to patients. The course is open to qualified medical doctors, registered nursing sisters, and ECP qualified paramedics. Other qualifications with suitable experience may be considered, but preference will be given to the above.

Assessment

A multiple-choice entry exam is held at the start of the course. The course manual/course material for the exam will be provided to registered participants.

Certification

A digital certificate of completion and CPD points will be issued to participants on successful completion of the course.

Course Fees

• UCT Registrars: R 2,750
• Africa: R 3,950 per person
• International students: R 5,700 per person

CPD Points

• 16 Units | Level 2
• Self Study: 12 Units | Level 1