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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 |
| •Paediatric surgery |
| •Paediatric nursing |
| •Paediatric pathology |
| •Paediatric radiology |
| •Paediatric anaesthetics |
| •Paediatric pulmonology |
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•Paediatric surgery | |
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•Paediatric nursing | |
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•Paediatric pathology | |
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•Paediatric radiology | |
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•Paediatric anaesthetics | |
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•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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