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The introduction of competency-based medical education for postgraduate training in South Africa
S Afr Med J. 2022 Aug 30;112(9):742-743. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i9.16717.ABSTRACT-speci.PMID:36214041 | DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i9.16717
Source: South African Medical Journal - October 10, 2022 Category: African Health Authors: D Nel V Burch S Adam T Ras D Mawela E Buch L Green-Thompson Source Type: research
South African medical schools: Current state of selection criteria and medical students' demographic profile.
CONCLUSION: Selection policies for undergraduate medical programmes aimed at redress should be continued and further refined, along with the provision of support to ensure student success.
PMID: 26792312 [PubMed - in process]
Source: South African Medical Journal - January 24, 2016 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
Medical waste disposal at a hospital in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa: Implications for training of healthcare professionals.
CONCLUSIONS: Disposal of medical waste is the responsibility of all HCPs. All categories of HCPs should receive regular training to improve their knowledge regarding disposal of medical waste and to minimise the risks associated with improper waste management. This will further increase compliance with the guidelines on disposal of medical waste.
PMID: 27842631 [PubMed - in process]
Source: South African Medical Journal - November 16, 2016 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
Understanding the types of fraud in claims to South African medical schemes.
CONCLUSIONS: The study concluded that perpetrators of fraud have found several ways of defrauding SA medical schemes regarding claims. Understanding and identifying the types of fraud events facing medical schemes is the initial step towards establishing methods to mitigate this risk. Future studies should examine strategies to manage fraudulent medical scheme claims.
PMID: 29629680 [PubMed - in process]
Source: South African Medical Journal - April 11, 2018 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
Medical ethics and human rights in wartime.
Authors: Annas GJ
Abstract
The ethical obligations of physicians to respect and protect the human rights of all people are well articulated in international medical ethics statements. Dr Wouter Basson was charged with violating this medical ethics norm during the time he was in the military working with Project Coast and Delta G. In the author's opinion, the most important and instructive conclusion of the PCC, charged with deciding whether he should retain his licence to practise medicine, is that if a military physician wants to put military actions before his or her medical obliation to do no harm, he or she mus...
Source: South African Medical Journal - August 22, 2015 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
When students become patients: TB disease among medical undergraduates in Cape Town, South Africa.
CONCLUSIONS: Undergraduate medical students in Cape Town are at high risk of occupationally acquired TB, with an unmet need for comprehensive occupational health services and support.
PMID: 28604316 [PubMed - in process]
Source: South African Medical Journal - June 14, 2017 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
Medical device regulation in South Africa: The Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Act 14 of 2015.
Authors: Saidi T, Douglas TS
Abstract
The Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Act, 14 of 2015, has brought significant changes in the regulation of medical devices in South Africa. The highlights include the establishment of a regulatory authority, the South African Health Products Regulatory Agency, the introduction of a tier-based licensing and registration system, and restriction of bonusing and sampling in the sale of medical devices. The enactment of the new regulations is a positive development for the South African medical device industry. However, the impact of the regulations will depend on implemen...
Source: South African Medical Journal - July 15, 2018 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
Mortality among older patients admitted to the medical wards of Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, 2010 - 2013.
CONCLUSIONS: Mortality among older medical inpatients was high. Modifiable predictors of mortality, especially related to laboratory derangements, should be identified and addressed promptly.
PMID: 30834863 [PubMed - in process]
Source: South African Medical Journal - March 7, 2019 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
Medical cannabis: What practitioners need to know.
Authors: Van Rensburg R, Pillay-Fuentes Lorente V, Blockman M, Moodley K, Wilmshurst JM, Decloedt EH
Abstract
The South African (SA) Constitutional Court recently decriminalised the private cultivation, possession and use of cannabis by adults. Cannabis contains varying amounts of the cannabinoids delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), depending on various cultivation factors. No commercial plant-derived cannabis products are currently registered by the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) for medical use. Such products are therefore unregulated, but are freely available in SA, and ma...
Source: South African Medical Journal - July 14, 2020 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
Prevalence and outcome of delirium among acute general medical inpatients in Cape Town, South Africa.
CONCLUSIONS: In this cohort of medical inpatients (relatively young and with a high HIV prevalence) 1 of 8 (12.3%) patients was delirious. Delirium was associated with adverse outcomes. Delirium risk factors in this young cohort were similar to those in geriatric cohorts in developed countries, and neither HIV nor opportunistic infections increased risk.
PMID: 32880565 [PubMed - in process]
Source: South African Medical Journal - September 6, 2020 Category: African Health Tags: S Afr Med J Source Type: research
Rapid review of the effects of cloth and medical masks for preventing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in community and household settings
CONCLUSIONS: Direct evidence for cloth and medical mask efficacy and effectiveness in the community is limited. Decision-making for mask use may consider other factors such as feasibility and SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics; however, well-designed comparative effectiveness studies are required.PMID:33944744 | DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i3.15119
Source: South African Medical Journal - May 4, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: T Chetty V Ramokolo K Rees T Kredo Y Balakrishna C Mathews N Siegfried Source Type: research
