Health Sciences – Short Courses at Stellenbosch University

Biostatistics 1

To train candidates to understand the principles of Biostatistics.

Clinical Guidelines

The aim of this module is to enable participants to understand the different guideline approaches (de novo development and alternative methods), implementation, monitoring and evaluation of evidence based clinical practice guidelines.

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Health Sciences

Clinical Research Protocol Writing

To enable Registrars (MMed candidates), Medical Officers and other novice clinician researchers who are ready to begin or are in the process of drafting a quantitative or qualitative clinical research protocol, to: 1. Learn the basic concepts of research methodology (quantitative and/or qualitative);2. Learn about the components required in a research protocol, suitable for divisional/departmental…

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Health Sciences

Delivering Healthcare in Rural Communities

This short course will review the unique features of delivering healthcare in rural communities, including discussion of the concept of rurality and the geographic, social, cultural and economic context of rural people. It follows the Community- Oriented Primary Care (COPC) approach an approach to primary healthcare that has its origins in a rural African context.…

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Health Sciences

Diagnosis and Screening: An introductory course

This course aims to teach the basic principles behind diagnostic and screening research. It covers diagnostic study designs, sources of bias, analysis and interpretation of diagnostic accuracy data as well as systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies. It also covers the key principles of screening and the evaluation of screening tests and screening programs.

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Health Sciences

Emergency point-of-care ultrasound

To provide foundational theoretical knowledge and psychomotor skills for emergency point-of-care ultrasound users

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Health Sciences

Ethical, legal and social implications of biobanking

The overall aim of the course is to provide a basic overview of the ethical, legal and social implications of biobanking practice through an engagement with the relevant concepts and debates in each identified area. The overall aim of the course is to provide a basic overview of the ethical, legal and social implications of…

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Health Sciences

Fundamentals of Epidemiology

To train candidates to understand the methods and applications of epidemiology.

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Health Sciences

Good Clinical Practice – Refresher

To update experienced clinical investigators on new developments relating to the conduct and regulation of clinical trials.To refresh existing knowledge relating to clnical trial research.

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Health Sciences

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)

The overall aim of the short course is to provide a basic overview to academic staff, research scientists, postdoctoral fellows and postgraduate students through an engagement with relevant concepts of responsible conduct of research in each identified area.

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