Department of Family and Emergency Medicine
Recent Submissions
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'Going the extra mile' : supervisors’ perspectives on what makes a 'good' intern
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2018-10)Background: Much has been published on whether newly graduated doctors are ready for practice, seeking to understand how to better prepare graduates for the workplace. Most studies focus on undergraduate education as ... -
Antimicrobial stewardship in a rural regional hospital – growing a positive culture
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2018-07)Antimicrobial stewardship programmes have been introduced worldwide in response to the rise in antimicrobial resistance. The World Health Organization has mandated each Member State to produce a plan to address this problem. ... -
Transforming the workplace environment to prevent non-communicable chronic diseases : participatory action research in a South African power plant
(Taylor & Francis Open, 2018)Background: The workplace is an important setting for the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Policies for transformation of the workplace environment for occupational health and safety in South Africa have ... -
Examining the impact of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction intervention on the health of urban South Africans
(AOSIS, 2018-06)Background: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has been found to have significant health benefits in studies conducted in the global North. Aim: This study examined the effects of MBSR on stress, mood states and ... -
Perceptions regarding the scope of practice of family doctors amongst patients in primary care settings in Nairobi
(AOSIS, 2018-10)Background: Primary care (PC) is the foundation of the Kenyan health care system, providing comprehensive care, health promotion and managing all illnesses across the lifecycle. In the private sector in Nairobi, PC is ... -
Training of workplace-based clinical trainers in family medicine, South Africa : before-and-after evaluation
(AOSIS, 2018-05)Background: The training of family physicians is a relatively new phenomenon in the district health services of South Africa. There are concerns about the quality of clinical training and the low pass rate in the national ... -
Mental health in primary care : integration through in-service training in a South African rural clinic
(AOSIS, 2018-05)Background: Integrating mental health into primary care is a global priority. It is proposed to ‘task-share’ the screening, diagnosis and treatment of common mental disorders from specialists to primary care workers. Key ... -
Reasons for inconsistent condom use by young adults in Mahalapye, Botswana
(AOSIS, 2018-05)Background: Botswana is one of the countries significantly affected by the HIV and AIDS epidemic. Despite an extensive preventive campaign, the incidence of HIV remains high. Condoms are an important contributor to ... -
Family medicine training in Africa : views of clinical trainers and trainees
(AOSIS, 2018-04)Background: This article reports on the findings of a workshop held at the joint 5th World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) Africa and 20th National Family Practitioners Conference in Tshwane, South Africa, in 2017. ... -
Emergency contraceptive knowledge, attitudes and practices among female students at the University of Botswana : a descriptive survey
(AOSIS, 2018-09)Background: Unintended pregnancies are associated with unsafe abortions and maternal deaths, particularly in countries such as Botswana, where abortion is illegal. Many of these unwanted pregnancies could be avoided by ... -
Perceptions about family-centred care among adult patients with chronic diseases at a general outpatient clinic in Nigeria
(Publishers version, 2018-10)Background: Few studies in Africa have described patients’ perceptions about family-centred care (FCC). Aim: The aim of this study was to explore perceptions of FCC among patients with chronic diseases. Setting: The study ... -
The Astana Declaration and future African primary health care
(AOSIS, 2018-11)At the recent Global Symposium on Health Systems, one of the participants commented that there are three trains currently running the global health agenda – the sustainable development goals, universal health coverage ... -
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation by emergency medical services in South Africa : barriers to achieving high quality performance
(Elsevier, 2018)Introduction: Survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest significantly improve when high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is performed. Despite sudden cardiac arrest being a leading cause of death in ... -
Estimated injury-associated blood loss versus availability of emergency blood products at a district-level public hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2018)Introduction: International guidance suggests that injury-associated haemorrhagic shock should be resuscitated using blood products. However, in low- and middle-income countries resuscitation emphasises the use of crystalloids ... -
The burden of intentional self-poisoning on a district-level public hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2018)Introduction: Intentional self-poisoning is a significant part of the toxicological burden experienced by emergency centres. The aim of this study was to describe all adults presenting with intentional self-poisoning over ... -
The association between hospital arrival time, transport method, prehospital time intervals, and in-hospital mortality in trauma patients presenting to Khayelitsha Hospital, Cape Town
(Elsevier, 2018)Introduction: Trauma is a leading cause of unnatural death and disability in South Africa. The aim of the study was to determine whether method of transport, hospital arrival time or prehospital transport time intervals ... -
Burnout among rural hospital doctors in the Western Cape : comparison with previous South African studies
(AOSIS, 2018-05)Background: Burnout among doctors negatively affects health systems and, ultimately, patient care. Aim: To determine the prevalence of burnout among doctors working in the district health system in the Overberg and Cape ... -
Factors influencing post-partum women’s choice of an implantable contraceptive device in a rural district hospital in South Africa
(Cogent OA, 2018)Background: A single-rod subdermal contraceptive implant containing 68 mg of etonogestrel, ImplanonNXT®, was introduced to the South African healthcare system in 2014. Initially the new device was well received but later ... -
Implementing and evaluating an e-portfolio for postgraduate family medicine training in the Western Cape, South Africa
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019-07-08)Background: In South Africa it is compulsory to submit a satisfactory portfolio of learning to gain entrance to the national exit examination of the College of Family Physicians and to qualify as a family physician. A ... -
Family medicine in South Africa : exploring future scenarios
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2017)This paper reports on a workshop held at the 19th National Family Practitioners Conference in August 2016. The aim of the workshop was to describe possible future scenarios for the discipline of family medicine in South ...
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