Inguinal Canal Powerpoint
Undergraduate medical students learning functional anatomy. This resource is used to complement cadaver dissection practicals. This presentation gives a stylised overview of the gross anatomical structure of the walls of the inguinal canal suitable for undergraduate medical students. It illustrates how herniation of the abdominal contents is prevented while still allowing the spermatic cord... more
Digital Professionalism
A new initiative teaching first year health science students about their online identity has proven valuable. The importance of communication skills and respect for others through social media is identified and explained. The rapid, expansive and evolving use of social media has prompted the need to interrogate its impact for future health professionals. Students in the Health Sciences... more
Consortium for Health Policy & Systems Analysis in Africa
All CHEPSAA’s African members have produced reports that provide an overview of the HPSR+A capacity needs and assets in their organizations and its wider context. They each include recommendations about how to develop capacity. The assessment reports are from Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya and Nigeria, and there are also comparative assessments with guidance on how to approach the... more
Blood Culture Procedure
This video was created for medical students at the University of Cape Town, to demonstrate how to appropriately do a Blood Culture procedure and limit the number of samples being compromised. Emphasis is placed on sterile gloving, aseptic technique and procedural steps to follow. more
Transforming Health Systems: Case studies of critical health system analyses to support reform
Over the years, the Health Economics Unit [1] (University of Cape Town) and Centre for Health Policy [2] (University of the Witwatersrand) have developed a range of training materials to strengthen critical analysis skills that can support health system reform. One of the case studies considers how national health accounts data can contribute to critically assessing existing health systems... more
Open Access Atlas of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Operative Surgery
This is a free illustrated operative surgery text, and is intended particularly for those surgeons practising in the Developing World who are unable to afford expensive textbooks. There are no copyright restrictions, and colleagues are welcome to use, copy and quote text as they wish. The textbook is still in evolution, and chapters will be added as they are completed over the coming months... more
UCT Digital Pathology collection: Student cases
These are short case studies built around selected specimens in the UCT pathology teaching collection, intended to support learning around common pathological conditions in Southern Africa. The student cases form part of the UCT Digital Pathology online collection (www.digitalpathology.uct.ac.za [1]), which catalogues thousands of pathology specimens used for teaching and learning. This... more
Time to move beyond a brainless physiology
“Exercise is a complex behavior that is regulated by a complex system”. In this talk, Prof Noakes seeks to include the brain as a factor in exercise physiology. He starts with the classical teachings in exercise physiology and continues by looking at various models such as the A.V. Hill model and the peripheral model. According to Noakes, not enough people are looking at the bigger picture... more
Beyond the VO2 max: The role of self-belief in elite athletic performance
This lecture explores how success in sports ranging from extreme cold water swimming to World Cup rugby are linked by a common thread - the role of self-belief. In the past Prof. Tim Noakes was convinced that physiology could explain performance. After 38 years of studying the human body, he now believes that the mind, and the role of self-belief, are crucial factors in human athletic feats... more
Exercising advocacy: Some personal ideas and experiences
This video lecture can be used by self learners or as a supplement to sports science course material. This talk was delivered to UCT alumni in London at South Africa House on 10 October 2007 and recorded a few weeks later in Cape Town. It describes how the University influenced my early career and led me to study two of the important intellectual challenges of my life – exercise-associated... more
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