Registration Opens: 17 February 2025 Live Coaching Starts: 1st April 2025
Over 3 months, we host live coaching webinars, make available clinical guidelines and protocols, discuss clinical cases, share internal medicine updates, and are committed to professional development in the field of Internal Medicine.
This support bundle aims of improve medical officer knowledge and competency in the management of common medical disorders leading to improved medical care in rural and urban communities outside the larger training centres.
This program is designed for medical officers interested to write the CMSA exam for the Diploma in Internal Medicine. Healthcare professionals and clinicians interested to improve their knowledge and competency in the management of common medical conditions. Interested health practitioners must be
I’m truly impressed by the quality of the content presented and the professionalism displayed by the speakers.
It is evident that a great deal of time and effort is put into the preparation of the presentations.
Internal Medicine Physician, FCP(SA)
We are adding more on a weekly.
We are a community of clinicians with interest in Internal Medicine, committed to professional development and the management of common medical conditions. We share updates, resources, clinical cases and professional development opportunities.
In the emergency department, chest pain is the second most common complaint comprising approximately 5% of all emergency department visits. This lesson presents a systematic approach for evaluation of a patient with chest pain . 1 CPD is allocated.
Syncope is a symptom that represents 1 to 3.5% of emergency department visits and about 6% of hospital admissions. Join as we explore a clinical approach to evaluating a patient with syncope. 1 CPD are allocated.
Patients diagnosed with severe asthma endure significant difficulties in daily living, a decrease in physical activity, work productivity and social exclusion. We review clinical management of severe Asthma. 1 CPD point has been allocated.
This webinar presents a systematic approach to the patient with palpitations and addresses consideration of the aetiology, history and examination; appropriate diagnostic workup; referral and management strategies. 1 CPD is allocated.
This course is to increase HCW awareness about key changes in ART Clinical Guidelines and improve thier knowledge on the use of optimised regimens for people living with HIV. 10 CPDs are allocated.
Many times, we see patients with a clinical problem that has a variety of possible diagnoses. How do we navigate through the possible aetiologies? What are diagnostic clues to help us determine the most likely diagnosis. 2 CPDs are allocated.
Shock is a life-threatening condition that needs urgent intervention, often in a critical care setting. Because shock has varying physiologies, it defies any simple operational definition at the clinical level. 1 CPD are allocated.
The number of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) globally is approximately 844 million. Patients with CKD are twice the number of people with diabetes and 20 times more that people with HIV worldwide. 2 CPDs are allocated.
Cryptococcal meningitis remains a major cause of HIV-related mortality worldwide, with the largest burden of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa. In-hospital acute mortality from cryptococcal meningitis continues to remains high. 1 CPDs are allocated.
Enteric fever is a potentially life-threatening infection and includes typhoid fever and paratyphoid fever.This micro-lesson will outline the epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis and management of enteric fever. 1 CPD point is allocated.
Organophosphates are used as insecticides, medications, and nerve agents, poisoning mostly follows exposure to insecticides. This micro-lesson will review the evaluation and treatment of organophosphate toxicity. 1 CPD is allocated.
Participants will learn about the key considerations involved in risk assessment, how to recognise and anticipate life threatening consequences resulting from poisoning, and how to implement a systematic approach to the management of poisoning.
The Updated DR-TB guidelines introduced the 6-month treatment regimen known as BPaL and BPaL-L regimens. This course will share clinical updates and application for people living with HIV. 2 CPD points are allocated.
The 2023 updates on Antiretroviral Therapy in Adults reflects the changing treatment paradigms of the current era, specifically the consolidation towards dolutegravir- and darunavir-based treatment regimens. 2 CPDs are allocated.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide, causing 3.23 million deaths in 2019. Nearly 90% of COPD deaths in those under 70 years of age occur in low- & middle-income countries. 2 CPDs are allocated.
It is a 3 months online coaching and support initiative for Medical Doctors planning to write the Diploma in Internal Medicine offered by the Colleges of Medicine in South Africa.
The fees include access to weekly live coaching, access to all replays, over 60 CPD points, participation in the online Diploma in Internal Medicine community for support and case discussions, access to the resource library covering key knowledge areas, participation in Masterclasses at a discounted fee and Q&A sessions.
The program is for registered medical officers. Other health professionals interested to improve their knowledge and competence can send a motivation to: [email protected]
Coaching sessions are host 1-2 times per week, generally at 20:00 SA Time via Zoom or similar webinar hosting platforms.
You’ll have a life time access to the community so you can also contribute to the success of other colleagues, 12 months access to program resources and 3 months access to live coaching sessions. eLearning CPD courses have to be completed in 6 - 12 weeks.
Yes you can, we aim to improve the knowledge and competence of clinicians in the management of common medical conditions.
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Hi, I'm Dr Ryan Sewpersadh. I'm your instructor for this awesome Diploma in Internal Medicine Preparatory Program for a clinician just like you...
I’m a Specialist Physician FCP (SA) MMed (UKZN) who graduated in 2006 with BSc in Biomedical Sciences and in 2011 with MBChB. i’ve also received double diplomas from the Colleges of Medicine SA in HIV Medicine and Internal Medicine Dip (HIV Med) SA, Higher Dip (internal Med) SA. I currently work in state at King Edward Hospital in KZN, SA.
I'm looking forward to meeting you at the next coaching session.
