Program Overview

University of Cape Town

The University of Cape Town offers various programs through its Faculty of Health Sciences.

Faculty of Health Sciences

The Faculty of Health Sciences 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

Education and Training

The faculty offers various education and training programs, including:

• Weekly Academic Calendar
• Short courses
  • Vascular access
  • Sedation short course and Northern Cape Outreach
  • FATE (Focused Assessment with Transthoracic Echocardiography) Workshops
  • Perioperative Echocardiography
  • FCA Part 2 Teaching Programme
  • FCA Part 1 Teaching Programme
  • Diploma in Anaesthesia DA (SA)
• Fellowships
  • Fellowship in Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Fellowship in Obstetric Anaesthesia
  • Fellowship in Neuroanaesthesia
• Diploma in Pain Management

Divisions

The faculty has several divisions, including:

• Division of Paediatric Anaesthesia
  • Senior Staff
• Division of Obstetric Anaesthesia
• Acute Pain Service
• Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia at UCT
• Chronic Pain Management Clinic
• Department of Critical Care
• The Nagin Parbhoo History of Anaesthesia Museum
• Lionel Opie Preclinical Imaging Facility

Hospitals

The faculty is affiliated with several hospitals, including:

• Groote Schuur Hospital
• Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
• Mowbray Maternity Hospital
• New Somerset Hospital
• Outreach

Research

The faculty conducts research in various areas, with publications available from 2017 to 2024.

Online Resources

The faculty provides online resources, including past refresher course notes.

Staff

The faculty has a diverse staff, including:

• Affiliated Consultants/ Fellows/ Locums/ Senior Visitors/ Researchers
• Clinical Technologists
• Senior Staff Members and Medical Specialists
• Senior Lecturers
• Academic & Senior Staff
• Medical Officers
• Registrars