Program Overview

University of Cape Town Program Information

The University of Cape Town offers a wide range of programs through its Faculty of Health Sciences. The faculty is composed of several departments and units, including:

• 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 numerous 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

Introduction to Diagnoses Related Groups

Course Details

• Date: 7 April 2026
• Venue: Microsoft Teams
• Time: 08h30 to 16h00
• Course Fee: R 4 500

Course Content

• History and background of DRGs
• Casemix, Guidelines and principles
• Role of DRGs in Managing Clinical Cost and Quality
• Features of DRGs
• DRG Data Elements
• DRG Data Requirements
• Assigning DRGs
• Role of Clinical Coding in DRGs
• Common DRG Errors

Certificate of Attendance

A digital certificate of attendance will be issued to participants of the course.

Group Bookings

Group bookings of a minimum of 12 participants can be arranged on request.