• Theme of the month
• FREE CPD
• CEU Editor Focus
• New CEU's on eCPD
• Ethics Article of the month
• Industry News
• Articles of Interest
• Upcoming Conferences
• Note: CPD Points
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Kevin Oliver
Editor: Biokinetics
Kevin studied at the University of Stellenbosch and obtained his BSc in Sport Science in 2005,
and Honors degree in Biokinetics in 2006. After his honors degree he completed his internship at the Sport Science
Institute of South Africa (SSISA). At SSISA he gained knowledge and experience in the different fields of Biokinetics,
including orthopaedic and cardiac rehabilitation, special population groups, as well as high performance sport. He was
the team biokineticist of one of the WP Super A league club teams in 2007. This team went on to compete in the South African
Club Championships, and won the plate division.
Currently Kevin is in private practice in Sea Point. Here he manages a variety of patients, working with sports injuries,
orthopeadic and cardiac rehabilitation, pregnant women, elderly people and high performance athletes.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Kevin for his contribution to eCPD.
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| Ethics Article of the month |
Death on the table
The subject of intra-operative death, a death on the table, is not often visited. Yet it offers an insight into the way
that potentially serious incidents are handled and the way that those involved react. In May 2005, MPS conducted a survey
of 800 UK members in different surgical disciplines (surgeons, anaesthetists and operating department practitioners).
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Applying the Care Delivery Value Chain: HIV/AIDS Care in Resource Poor Settings
The care delivery value chain (CDVC) is a framework that allows a systemic analysis of value creation
across the myriad of activities that occur during the care of a patient for a specific medical condition.
A medical condition is an inter-related set of patient medical circumstances best addressed in an integrated way.
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Management of Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection
n the United States, it is estimated that 900,000 to 1 million persons are infected with HIV-1. One quarter to one
third of these persons do not know their infection status, thus jeopardizing their own care and putting others at
risk through transmission that might be prevented with counseling, behavior modification, and potentially,
antiretroviral therapy
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HIV in Blood Donations
South Africa is in the midst of an escalating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–AIDS pandemic with an estimated
5.3 million people infected. The prevalence of HIV-1 in women attending public antenatal care reached 27.9% in 2003,
while 11.4% of the overall population is infected, predominantly through heterosexual and perinatal transmission.
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5th Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA) Conference
Durban: 30 November - 2 December 2009
As an African public health association, they are committed to strengthening local and regional capacity in public health skills.
They intend to use the conference both as a regional networking exercise and as a formal skills-building exercise.
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Update on HIV/AIDS in Africa conference
Ghana: 14 - 17 December 2009
The aim of the annual event is to gather stakeholders to brainstorm through latest information on
HIV/AIDS which will ultimately lead to better clinical and behaviour management of HIV/AIDS. On 17
December 2009 there will be an AHRO festival, raising funds for the Africa Health Research Organisation's HIV/AIDS project.
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We would like to apologies for any inconveniences caused by the change in the number of credits allocated to certain
CPD activities over the last week. Due to a system fault some credits had a too high CEU value. It will be amended as soon
as possible to reflect the actual credit values. Those people affected will be informed of the correct situation.
On request of the HPCSA in future all the new activities on eCPD will carry higher CEU points which also means
more credits will be deducted from your account when you claim your certificate. The good news is that you will be able
to earn more CEU's for the amount of work.
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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told journalists in Parliament yesterday that the campaign marked the "dawn of a new era" for South Africa.
A new miniature, hand-held microscope may allow more precise removal of brain tumours and an easier recognition of tumour locations during surgery.
Study shows that poor mental health in children and teenagers has a large impact on the length of time they will stay in school
Contrary to more conservative customs, exercising up to the end of pregnancy has no harmful effect on the weight or size of the foetus.