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Author: FMHS Marketing & Communication / FGGW Bemarking & Kommunikasie – Susan Erasmus
Published: 11/05/2021
Professor Kathryn Chu has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) from 2021 to 2024.
Chu is currently the inaugural director of the Centre for Global Surgery at Stellenbosch University s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Her career has been long and distinguished.
Chu s initial training was as a general and colorectal surgeon. She did her undergraduate degree at Stanford University, and completed her medical degree at the University of California. She received a Master s degree in Public Health and Developing Countries from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and is currently the Vice-President of the Board of Médecins Sans Frontières-Southern Africa. She has spent more than four years doing humanitarian work, and previously worked for the Harvard Medical School
Patient safety wins as Cape university offers simulated training to young medics 04 May 2021 - 08:00 Medical students at Stellenbosch will now gain experience and confidence in a new medical simulation unit before examining real patients. Image: Supplied
Performing medical examinations on patients for the first time is probably one of the most nerve-racking experiences for medical students, due to their inexperience and fear of making mistakes.
But students at Stellenbosch University will now gain this valuable experience in a safer and less pressured environment thanks to a new state of the art simulation clinical skills unit.
The unit, launched on Monday, will provide students with realistic simulations of medical scenarios in a simulated hospital ward and consultation rooms, equipped with medical models and manikins, to help them gain clinical skills before they are exposed to real patients.
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Author: FMHS Marketing & Communications / FGGW Bemarking & Kommunikasie – Wilma Stassen
Published: 03/05/2021
A brand new state-of-the-art Simulation and Clinical Skills Unit (SCSU) was recently launched at Stellenbosch University s (SU) Tygerberg Campus in Cape Town.
The spacious new facility at SU s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) boasts simulation rooms with state-of-the-art medical models and manikins; a simulated hospital ward and consultation rooms; and modern teaching venues equipped with high-tech video technology to assist students in developing clinical skills critical to the healthcare professions.
“In our mission statement the FMHS commits itself to providing students with a transformative learning experience. This ultramodern facility helps achieve this objective by supporting the training of world-class health care practitioners equipped to serve our communities, comments Prof Jimmy Volmink, Dean of the FMHS.