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| h1 Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town | h1 Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town |
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| h2 ANAESTHESIA | h2 ANAESTHESIA |
| * Cardiac anaesthesia | * Cardiac anaesthesia |
| * Cardiac surgery | * Cardiac surgery |
| * Liver transplants | * Liver transplants |
| * Separation of conjoined twins | * Separation of conjoined twins |
| * Burns unit | * Burns unit |
| * Multi-discipline Paediatric Intensive Care Unit | * Multi-discipline Paediatric Intensive Care Unit |
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| Supports following ICUs | Supports following ICUs |
| * Respiratory intensive care unit | * Respiratory intensive care unit |
| * Surgical intensive care unit | * Surgical intensive care unit |
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| Centre for Pain Management | Centre for Pain Management |
| * Patients with chronic pain | * Patients with chronic pain |
| * Acute pain service available for postoperative patients | * Acute pain service available for postoperative patients |
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| h2 CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH | h2 CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH |
| * Full range of paediatric disciplines | * Full range of paediatric disciplines |
| •Paediatric medicine | •Paediatric medicine |
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| •Paediatric surgery | •Paediatric surgery |
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| •Paediatric nursing | •Paediatric nursing |
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| •Paediatric pathology | •Paediatric pathology |
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| •Paediatric radiology | •Paediatric radiology |
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| •Paediatric anaesthetics | •Paediatric anaesthetics |
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| •Paediatric pulmonology | •Paediatric pulmonology |
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| * Children’s public health | * Children’s public health |
| * Pathology | * Pathology |
| * Psychiatry in maternal and child health | * Psychiatry in maternal and child health |
| * Child and adolescent psychiatry | * Child and adolescent psychiatry |
| * Child health unit | * Child health unit |
| * Critical care and children’s heart disease | * Critical care and children’s heart disease |
| * Neonatology | * Neonatology |
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| Clinical Services: | Clinical Services: |
| * Ambulatory and emergency | * Ambulatory and emergency |
| * Allergy | * Allergy |
| * Community | * Community |
| * Dermatology | * Dermatology |
| * Diabetes | * Diabetes |
| * Endocrine | * Endocrine |
| * Gastroentenology, heptatology and nutrition | * Gastroentenology, heptatology and nutrition |
| * Haematology / oncology | * Haematology / oncology |
| * Infectious diseases and immunology | * Infectious diseases and immunology |
| * Nuclear medicine | * Nuclear medicine |
| * Poisons | * Poisons |
| * Rheumatology | * Rheumatology |
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| h2 CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES | h2 CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES |
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| h3 A. ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY | h3 A. ANATOMICAL PATHOLOGY |
| * Diseases common in SA: | * Diseases common in SA: |
| • Tuberculosis | • Tuberculosis |
| • Cardiomyopathy | • Cardiomyopathy |
| • Foetal-alcohol syndrome | • Foetal-alcohol syndrome |
| * Various cancers: | * Various cancers: |
| • Oesophageal | • Oesophageal |
| • Gastric | • Gastric |
| • Breast | • Breast |
| • Cervical | • Cervical |
| • Colorectal and hepatocellular carcinomas | • Colorectal and hepatocellular carcinomas |
| • Childhood cancers | • Childhood cancers |
| * Renal and liver pathology | * Renal and liver pathology |
| * Neonatal pathology | * Neonatal pathology |
| * Neuropathology | * Neuropathology |
| * Immunohistochemisty | * Immunohistochemisty |
| * Electron microscopy | * Electron microscopy |
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| h3 B. CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY | h3 B. CHEMICAL PATHOLOGY |
| * Deals with metabolic disease | * Deals with metabolic disease |
| * Basic biochemistry | * Basic biochemistry |
| * Cell biology | * Cell biology |
| * Molecular biology | * Molecular biology |
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| h3 C. FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY | h3 C. FORENSIC MEDICINE AND TOXICOLOGY |
| * Violence against women and children | * Violence against women and children |
| * Role of drugs and toxins in death | * Role of drugs and toxins in death |
| * Firearm injuries | * Firearm injuries |
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| h3 D. HAEMATOLOGY | h3 D. HAEMATOLOGY |
| * Outpatient clinics | * Outpatient clinics |
| * Diagnostic and research laboratories | * Diagnostic and research laboratories |
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| h3 E. HUMAN GENETICS | h3 E. HUMAN GENETICS |
| * Primary health care in community outreach clinics | * Primary health care in community outreach clinics |
| * Highly sophisticated quaternary services | * Highly sophisticated quaternary services |
| * Heritable disorders which cause childhood handicap incl: | * Heritable disorders which cause childhood handicap incl: |
| • Blindness | • Blindness |
| • Crippling | • Crippling |
| • Profound deafness | • Profound deafness |
| • Mental retardation | • Mental retardation |
| * Clinical rotations in prenatal, paediatric and adult medical genetics incl exposure to: | * Clinical rotations in prenatal, paediatric and adult medical genetics incl exposure to: |
| • Dysmorphology | • Dysmorphology |
| • Teratogenic disorders | • Teratogenic disorders |
| • Metabolic disorders | • Metabolic disorders |
| • Neurogenetics | • Neurogenetics |
| • Cardiogenetics | • Cardiogenetics |
| • Cancer genetics | • Cancer genetics |
| * Theoretic and practical education in genetic counselling and communication | * Theoretic and practical education in genetic counselling and communication |
| * Lab rotations in cytogenetics and molecular genetics | * Lab rotations in cytogenetics and molecular genetics |
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| h3 F. IMMUNOLOGY | h3 F. IMMUNOLOGY |
| * Immunology of infectious diseases | * Immunology of infectious diseases |
| * Innate immunity and allergy | * Innate immunity and allergy |
| * Important advances in diseases e.g. | * Important advances in diseases e.g. |
| • Tuberculosis | • Tuberculosis |
| • Bilharzia | • Bilharzia |
| • African Trypanosomiasis | • African Trypanosomiasis |
| • T-cell cykotine responses to allergens (immunotherapy) and mTB protein | • T-cell cykotine responses to allergens (immunotherapy) and mTB protein |
| • Clinical trials in UCT Lung Institute conducted in areas of: | • Clinical trials in UCT Lung Institute conducted in areas of: |
| o Antihistamines | o Antihistamines |
| o Asthma | o Asthma |
| o Eczema | o Eczema |
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| h3 G. MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY | h3 G. MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY |
| * GnRH receptors, signalling, structure function and as target for development of therapeutics for treatment of reproductive cancers | * GnRH receptors, signalling, structure function and as target for development of therapeutics for treatment of reproductive cancers |
| * Role of cyclooxygenases and prostaglandins in cervical cancer and other uterine pathologies | * Role of cyclooxygenases and prostaglandins in cervical cancer and other uterine pathologies |
| * Identification of differentially regulated genes associated with the development of cervical cancer | * Identification of differentially regulated genes associated with the development of cervical cancer |
| * The role of the transcription factor AP-1 in oncogenesis | * The role of the transcription factor AP-1 in oncogenesis |
| * Molecular mechanisms involved in the development and maintenance of oesophageal cancer | * Molecular mechanisms involved in the development and maintenance of oesophageal cancer |
| * Identification and characterisation of novel compounds that can be used in the treatment of cancer | * Identification and characterisation of novel compounds that can be used in the treatment of cancer |
| * Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) Structure activity relationships and development of ACE inhibitors for treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction and renal disease | * Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) Structure activity relationships and development of ACE inhibitors for treatment of hypertension, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction and renal disease |
| * Application of functional proteomics for diagnostics, drug and vaccine development for infectious disease and cancers | * Application of functional proteomics for diagnostics, drug and vaccine development for infectious disease and cancers |
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| h3 H. MEDICAL VIROLOGY | h3 H. MEDICAL VIROLOGY |
| * referral laboratory for a large proportion of the regional virus identification | * referral laboratory for a large proportion of the regional virus identification |
| * members are part of national and international programmes to: | * members are part of national and international programmes to: |
| • discover an effective vaccine against HIV | • discover an effective vaccine against HIV |
| • developed candidate HIV vaccines that have been tested in clinical trials | • developed candidate HIV vaccines that have been tested in clinical trials |
| * participates in the WHO human papillomavirus laboratory network (Labnet) | * participates in the WHO human papillomavirus laboratory network (Labnet) |
| * collaborating partner in the WHO African AIDS Vaccine Collaborative Centre in Biomedical Research | * collaborating partner in the WHO African AIDS Vaccine Collaborative Centre in Biomedical Research |
| * interest in working on development of novel diagnostic tools for some of the more neglected but still clinically relevant viral diseases that are common in Africa | * interest in working on development of novel diagnostic tools for some of the more neglected but still clinically relevant viral diseases that are common in Africa |
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| h3 I. MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY | h3 I. MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY |
| * full range of microbiological diagnostic services including state-of-the-art molecular diagnostics | * full range of microbiological diagnostic services including state-of-the-art molecular diagnostics |
| * involved in research activities: | * involved in research activities: |
| • basic science | • basic science |
| • clinical and diagnostic trials | • clinical and diagnostic trials |
| * defining the epidemiology and strain biology of major infectious diseases in Southern Africa | * defining the epidemiology and strain biology of major infectious diseases in Southern Africa |
| * Important areas of research focus on: | * Important areas of research focus on: |
| • Tuberculosis | • Tuberculosis |
| • Bacterial antibiotic resistance | • Bacterial antibiotic resistance |
| • Nosocomial pathogens | • Nosocomial pathogens |
| • Outbreak surveillance | • Outbreak surveillance |
| * developing and evaluating novel diagnostics which are applicable in low-resource settings | * developing and evaluating novel diagnostics which are applicable in low-resource settings |
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| h2 HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES | h2 HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES |
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| h3 A. COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS | h3 A. COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS |
| * Speech-language pathologists and audiologists work with people who have difficulty hearing, speaking and swallowing | * Speech-language pathologists and audiologists work with people who have difficulty hearing, speaking and swallowing |
| * Speech-Language Pathology is the profession dealing with the management of communication disorders such as: | * Speech-Language Pathology is the profession dealing with the management of communication disorders such as: |
| • Articulation | • Articulation |
| • Voice | • Voice |
| • Fluency | • Fluency |
| • Language and learning | • Language and learning |
| • Swallowing in children and adults | • Swallowing in children and adults |
| * Speech-language therapists work in addressing communication health | * Speech-language therapists work in addressing communication health |
| * Audiology is the profession dealing with the: | * Audiology is the profession dealing with the: |
| • Management of hearing | • Management of hearing |
| • Hearing impairment | • Hearing impairment |
| • Deafness, noise measurement and control | • Deafness, noise measurement and control |
| * Audiologist diagnoses hearing loss and initiates rehabilitation to help the person cope with everyday communicative demands, including the selection and fitting of hearing aids, in adults and children; emotional, linguistic and cognitive functioning and to their home, work and social environment | * Audiologist diagnoses hearing loss and initiates rehabilitation to help the person cope with everyday communicative demands, including the selection and fitting of hearing aids, in adults and children; emotional, linguistic and cognitive functioning and to their home, work and social environment |
| * Rehabilitation also involves aural rehabilitation with adults and children, skills development and education of others | * Rehabilitation also involves aural rehabilitation with adults and children, skills development and education of others |
| * Audiologists also measure and manage exposure to noise in the work environment to help prevent hearing loss | * Audiologists also measure and manage exposure to noise in the work environment to help prevent hearing loss |
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| h3 B. NURSING AND MIDWIFERY | h3 B. NURSING AND MIDWIFERY |
| * Committed to the development of competent, caring and autonomous professional nurses and midwives capable of creative and critical thought | * Committed to the development of competent, caring and autonomous professional nurses and midwives capable of creative and critical thought |
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| h3 C. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY | h3 C. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY |
| * When one's ability to do things for themselves is disrupted by illness or injury, occupational therapy (OT) helps to restore function and improve quality of life | * When one's ability to do things for themselves is disrupted by illness or injury, occupational therapy (OT) helps to restore function and improve quality of life |
| * Therapists use real occupations to help people who have been ill, injured or disabled to recover their skills, or to develop new ones. This includes: | * Therapists use real occupations to help people who have been ill, injured or disabled to recover their skills, or to develop new ones. This includes: |
| • visiting and assisting clients at home and at work | • visiting and assisting clients at home and at work |
| • treating patients in clinics and hospitals | • treating patients in clinics and hospitals |
| • assisting growth and development of disabled children at school | • assisting growth and development of disabled children at school |
| • promoting the integration of people with physical and mental health concerns | • promoting the integration of people with physical and mental health concerns |
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| h3 D. PHYSIOTHERAPY | h3 D. PHYSIOTHERAPY |
| * Physiotherapy is a client-centered profession that aims at optimizing quality of life. This includes: | * Physiotherapy is a client-centered profession that aims at optimizing quality of life. This includes: |
| • promotion of a healthy life-style | • promotion of a healthy life-style |
| • prevention of illness and injury for those at risk | • prevention of illness and injury for those at risk |
| • exercise therapy and electrotherapy to reduce pain | • exercise therapy and electrotherapy to reduce pain |
| • promote healing and improve function | • promote healing and improve function |
| * holistic approach to management includes counselling which empowers both client and caregiver to improve quality of life | * holistic approach to management includes counselling which empowers both client and caregiver to improve quality of life |
| * service is offered to clients of all ages with conditions such as: | * service is offered to clients of all ages with conditions such as: |
| • Headaches | • Headaches |
| • Bronchitis | • Bronchitis |
| • Asthma | • Asthma |
| • Cerebral palsy | • Cerebral palsy |
| • Strokes | • Strokes |
| • Fractured bones | • Fractured bones |
| • Stiff joints | • Stiff joints |
| • Sports injuries | • Sports injuries |
| • Painful necks and backs | • Painful necks and backs |
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