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Annual General Practitioners Conference
Venue: Ashanti Wine Estate
Dates: 27-30 May 2025
| ? | ?Early Bird (before 11 Apr 2025) | ?Cost (after 11 Apr 2025) |
| ?Full course registration with Abdominal Ultrasound 27-30 May 2025? | ?R6 900.00 | ?R7 300.00 |
| ?3-Day registration without abdominal Ultrasound 28-30 May 2025 | ?R4 800.00 | ?R5 200.00 |
| ?Only Abdominal Ultrasound 27 May 2025 | ? | ?R2 900.00 |
| ?One day registration | ? | ?R2 200.00 |
| ?3-Day course Virtual (MS Teams) 28-30 May 2025 | ? | ?R3 200.00 |
| ?One Day Virtual | ? | ?R1 500.00 |
Contact Curtly for enquiries on registration.
CPD: ±20 General & ±2 Ethics CEUs??
????Programme
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| Tuesday 27 May 2024 ? | ||
| 07:30 – 08:00 | Registration & Coffee | |
| 08:00 – 08:15 | Welcome by Prof Baatjes | |
| 08:15 – 08:45 | Abdominal and Pelvic Anatomy | Kerri Keet |
| 08:45 – 09:30 | Introduction to Abdominal Ultrasound | Lalitha Pillay/Jackie Karels |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Physical principles Abdominal Ultrasound imaging | Mark Marais |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Video: Fundamentals of Ultrasound Physics | Mark Marais |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Tea & Refreshments | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Introduction to the Ultrasound machine | Lalitha Pillay/Jackie Karels |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Physical principles Ultrasound imaging (Resolution, attenuation and artefacts) | Mark Marais |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Scanning of the Abdomen & how to optimize abdominal imaging (Live demonstration) | Lalitha Pillay/Jackie Karels |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 – 14:15 | Pathology of the Abdomen & Pelvis | TBC |
| 14:15 – 15:15 | Introduction to Abdominal Ultrasound | Mark Marais |
| 15:15 – 16:00 | How to optimize Doppler imaging (Live demonstration) | |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Clinical Practice – hands-on session on Abdomen Ultrasound Technique with Doppler | ? |
| Wednesday 28 May 2025 ???? | ||
| 08:55 – 09:15 | Long COVID: An approach to clinical assessment and management in primary care | Jantjie Taljaard |
| 09:15 – 10:15 | Obesity and Weight Management | Valentine Khumalo |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Tea & Refreshments | |
| 10:30 – 11:20 | Disorders in early pregnancy i.e. Ectopic pregnancy, Hyperemesis gravidarum and Recurrent miscarriage | |
| 11:20 – 12:15 | Treatment for Menopause symptoms | Dept of Obs & Gynae |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Candida auris - including symptoms, treatment and prevention | Dept of Obs & Gynae |
| 13:15 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Common symptoms of undiagnosed diabetes and management | Dept of Endocrinology |
| 14:45 – 16:00 | The updated Diabetes Guidelines | Dept of Endocrinology |
| Thursday 29 May 2024 ? ? | ||
| 08:00 – 09:00 | How to diagnose dizziness and imbalance in the Elderly | Dept of Cardiology |
| 09:00 – 09:45 | Diagnosis and treatment for Hepatobiliary disease | Dept of Gastroenterology |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Tea & Refreshments | |
| 10:00 – 11:15 | Types of Headaches and how to treat them | Dept of Neurology |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Concussion: Symptoms and causes | Dept of Neurology |
| 12:15 – 13:00 | Epilepsy information for GPs | Dept of Neurology |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Management of recurrent Tonsillitis | Dept of ENT |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Management of chronic rhinosinusitis | Dept of ENT? |
| ?Friday 30 May 2024 ? ? | ||
| 08:00 – 09:00 | A primary care approach to osteoarthritis | Dept of Rheumatology |
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Management of Scleroderma: A systemic disease | Dept of Rheumatology |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Tea & Refreshments | |
| 10:15 – 11:15 | Rheumatoid arthritis: Diagnosis and management | Dept of Rheumatology |
| 11:15 – 13:00 | Depression management for GPs in practice | |
Contact details
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Curtly Williams
curtly@sun.ac.za
021 938 9548 - Natalie Potgieter
natalied@sun.ac.za?
021 938 9535
