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September 2020 New Express Online Courses - Accessed Through Annual Membership

September 2020 New Express Online Courses - Accessed Through Annual Membership

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Emergency Care > General Emergencies
Contributing editor: Annemarie Pretorius 
Emergency department management of alcohol withdrawal

Learn what Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome is, possible treatment in the ED, and how this may affect long term treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder.

3 CPD points


Emergency Care > Trauma
Contributing editor: Annemarie Pretorius 
Orthopaedic injuries due to parachute jumping amongst soldiers

Learn the type of injuries most commonly diagnosed, whether age was a factor in the rate of injury, and the trauma scoring systems used and treatment methods.

3 CPD points


Medical Technology
Contributing editor: Crystal-Anne Barkhuizen 
Vitamin D deficiency, its influence on estradiol levels and the effect of omega-3 fatty acid and vitamin D3 supplements

Learn the vital role of vitamin D in the metabolic processes in the human body, diseases associated with vitamin D deficiency, and the effects of vitamin D and Omega-3 fatty acid on the human body and its relationship with estrogen.

3 CPD points


Speech Therapy
Contributing editor: Sameerah Salijee 
Dysphagia Management during Covid-19

Learn about the Covid-19 pandemic, Covid-19 transmission routes, the shortage of PPE’s, aerosol generating procedures, coughing and aerosols, dysphagia, the advantageous and disadvantageous of swallowing studies, the role of Speech Language Therapist in Dysphagia assessments, and the guidelines for telehealth in swallowing therapy.

3 CPD points


Dentistry
Contributing editor: Johan Hartshorne 
Dental biomaterials in endodontics

The the classes of dental biomaterials used in endodontic therapy, the advantages and disadvantages of endodontic biomaterials, biomaterials used in vital pulp therapy, and irrigation, intracanal medicaments, and obturation.

3 CPD points


Physiotherapy
Contributing editor: Maryke Venter 
Effect of Sit-stand desk on office workers health outcomes

Learn the effect of SSDs on six different domains of workers’ health, pro’s and con’s of the use of SSDs, and further research required.

3 CPD points


Ethics and the Law
Contributing editor: Maryke Venter 
Consent and Medical Practice

Learn the issues that can arise in practice regarding consent, the factors that underlie consent, and what the doctrine of consent actually hopes to achieve.

3 CPD points


Medicine
Contributing editor: Prof Jordaan 
The clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of selected parasitic infestations are discussed

The clinical presentation, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment of scabies, pediculosis, tungiasis, bedbugs, myiasis, demodicidosis, cutaneous larva migrans, Lyme disease, and treatment of onchocerciasis.

3 CPD points


Speech Therapy
Contributing editors: Sameerah Salijee  
Covid-19 and Speech Language Therapy

Learn of the COVID-19 pandemic, the reason why speech therapy could not continue in its traditional format during the pandemic, Telehealth, Telehealth and Speech Language Therapy, the essential need for Speech Language Therapy, especially during the critical period of speech and language development, the negative effects of family members of children with different disabilities and communication difficulties, adjustments/considerations that need to be made for Telehealth sessions, advantageous of Telehealth services, and the need for more research into the efficacy of Telehealth services and Speech Language Therapy services.

3 CPD points


COVID-19
Contributing editor: Sameerah Salijee  
Covid 19 and Medications that could be ototoxici

Learn the clinical presentation, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment of scabies, pediculosis, tungiasis, bedbugs, myiasis, demodicidosis, cutaneous larva migrans, Lyme disease, and treatment of onchocerciasis.

3 CPD points


Medical technology
Contributing editor: Sarah Cohen  
Issues Relating to the Laboratory Diagnosis of infections Caused by Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)

Learn how the outbreak of COVID-19 has emphasised the importance of the laboratory diagnosis of human coronavirus infections in order to limit the spread as well as to treat those patients who have a serious infection, hence various testing options are discussed here.

3 CPD points


Radiography
Contributing editor: Saretha Brüssow  
Perfusion Scintigraphy in Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Learn the Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH), lung scintigraphy techniques, lung V/Q scintigraphy and CT pulmonary angiography, and Pulmonary Endarterectomy,

3 CPD points