Name: Primary Health Refresher course
Start: 2025-08-22T07:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-08-23T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Faculty of Health Sciences

Friday, 22 August
- Fri, 22 Aug
- Sat, 23 Aug
- 08:01 → 09:01
  
  Frik Scott Memorial Lecture: The role of primary care in our future.
- 09:05 → 09:50
  
  What is primary healthcare?
- 09:50 → 10:05
  
  Tea
- 10:05 → 10:50
  
  Recognising and managing common cancers in primary care
- 10:50 → 11:35
  
  Caring for the elderly: Polypharmacy and frailty
- 11:35 → 12:40
  
  Rational antibiotic use
- 12:40 → 13:25
  
  HIV and TB in 2025: What every primary care doctor should know
- 13:25 → 13:55
  
  Lunch ( sponsored by Kloppers): Lunch (sponsored by Kloppers)
- 13:55 → 14:40
  
  Clinical Governance and Quality improvement in primary healthcare
- 14:40 → 15:25
  
  Managing depression and anxiety in the consulting room
- 15:25 → 16:10
  
  Prescribing oral corticosteroids – are we following the guidelines?
- 16:10 → 16:25
  
  Tea
- 16:25 → 17:10
  
  Legal pitfalls and reasons for litigation in primary care: Practical lessons
- 17:10 → 17:30
  
  Closing (Q & A)
Saturday, 23 August
- Fri, 22 Aug
- Sat, 23 Aug
- 08:00 → 08:45
  
  Update on childhood vaccinations
- 08:45 → 09:30
  
  Managing burnout: Identification and Intervention
- 09:30 → 10:15
  
  Chronic Respiratory Disease: Asthma and COPD made simple
- 10:15 → 10:30
  
  Tea
- 10:30 → 11:30
  
  The ideal clinic and PHC re-engineering
- 11:30 → 12:30
  
  Clinical note keeping and records
- 12:30 → 13:00
  
  Closing (Q & A)