Department of Anaesthetics Weekly Newsletter

D.A.W.N. Volume 34 No. 08 26 February 2021

to Dr Abongile Sukwana from the Anaesthesia Dept, Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, Eastern Cape. Dr Sukwana joins our department as a supernumerary registrar on 1st March at IALCH and will remain with us until the end of this year.

FMM - 26 FEBRUARY 07H15 VIA ZOOM

SPEAKER DR S BECHAN

Chair: Dr S Naidu

ATTENTION REGISTRARS

Please ensure you are registered with the University for the year. Deadline: Friday, 5 March 2021. Enquiries: Veronica Jantjies Jantjies@ukzn.ac.za

UKZN POWERPOINT TEMPLATE All staff are encouraged to use the new UKZN PowerPoint template when making any presentations on behalf of University. Email anaesthesiology@ukzn.ac.za for a template. SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW.

REGISTRAR VACANCIES DEPT OF HEALTH

CIRCULAR MINUTE REG.02/2021 CLOSING DATE: 01 MARCH 2021 DOH website www.kznhealth.gov.za. Anaesthetic Reference number REG 19/2021 must be indicated on the Z83 application form. Enquiries: Mrs N Mthembu (033) 395 2742 • All applications should be forwarded to:

The Dept of Health, Private Bag, PMB 3200 • Hand delivery: 330 Langalibalele Street Natalia

Building Room 6-106 South Tower. • Submit certified copies of supporting

documents, not copies of certified copies. • Due to the large number of applications received

applications will not be acknowledged. • Applicants are respectfully informed that, if you

have not been contacted within 3 months after the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.

• Please note that due to the large number of applications received, applications will not be acknowledged.

DOH Site for Online Vaccine Registration: http://Vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za Please remember to register https://www.gov.za/covid-19/vaccine/evds

EPMDS 2020/2021 CYCLE All registrars, please note submission of 2020/2021 annual performance assessment is due for submisson. Outstanding forms to be submitted between 17 - 19 May 2021. Collective submission per unit (registrars to nominate a representative for submission to HR) Enquiries: Dr L Nkomentaba lully798@yahoo.co.uk Please contact the KEH staff below if necessary: Jean.Moodley@kznhealth.gov.za /031 360 3715 Wendy.Ngwenya@kznhealth.gov.za / 031 360 3871

If you have an article, reference or any newsworthy exposé please forward to anaesthesiology@ukzn.ac.za

FRIDAY MORNING MEETING

5TH MARCH 2021 : 07H15 DR KOM GOVENDER

YOU DON’T NEED AN INTENSIVIST

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UKZN COMMUNIQUÉ COVID-19 VACCINE ROLL-OUT - PHASE 1 HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND HEALTH

SCIENCES STUDENTS To ensure smooth roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine, all Healthcare workers and Health Sciences students involved in practical work are requested to register using the links below. VACCINATORS (Healthcare workers for vaccinator training) Healthcare workers are invited to register and train as Vaccinators. Please click on the link below: https://www.knowledgehub.org.za/form/covid-19-vaccination-training Vaccinators must complete the online course (7 modules) and download their certificates The Knowledge Hub website is zero-rated so no data costs will be incurred when downloading documents and watching videos. Enquiries: Mr C Wang caleb.wang@kznhealth.gov.za or 084 774 8580. • NON-VACCINATORS (All other Healthcare workers and Health Sciences Students) • Online Vaccine Registration link https://vaccine.enroll.health.gov.za

COVID-19 PANDEMIC CALL CENTRES AND HOTLINES

Extracted from the SASA website SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW

ANNUAL NATIONAL FCA PART I REFRESHER ONLINE COURSE

24 – 28 MAY 2021 General Queries: Roxanne Adams | Tel: 021 406 6330 Email: roxanne.adams@uct.ac.za Registration Queries: Meagan Whyte | Tel: 021 650 1548 Email: meagan.whyte@uct.ac.za SCROLL DOWN FOR ADVERT

FCA II CLINICAL COURSE 15 - 19 MARCH 2021

Should there be an upsurge in COVID19 infections, these plans may change to conform with regulations. Website: https://steldacc.wixsite.com/2021 Applications have not closed Enquiries: Prof S Chetty Email: seanchetty@sun.ac.za T: +27 21 938 9226 M: 083 707 4444

RESEARCH DIVISION COMMUNIQUÉ SUBMISSION OF RENEWALS TO APPROVED AREC, BREC AND HSSREC ETHICS APPLICATIONS IN RIG

Renewal application forms are now live in the Research Information Gateway (RIG) system for all approved AREC, BREC and HSSREC online ethics protocols. Renewal application can be submitted 2months before current approval expires. Renewal applications should be submitted online within the initial RIG ethics application. Tab 10 for AREC; Tab 11 for HSSREC; Tab 14 for BREC Renewals will henceforth only be accepted on the RIG system and processed accordingly. Renewals linked to manual applications, need to be emailed to the respective ethics committees as indicated below. Renewals in respect of applications for degree purposes must be approved by the supervisor and/ or Academic Leader Research prior to submission. Animal Research Ethics (AREC): arec@ukzn.ac.za Humanities & Social Sciences Research Ethics (HSSREC): hssrec@ukzn.ac.za Biomedical Research Ethics (BREC): brec@ukzn.ac.za

UKZN - TEACHING AND LEARNING NEW MOODLE - LEARN2021 ATTENTION REGISTRARS

We have a new instance of Moodle for 2021 - Learn2021.ukzn.ac.za The latest Long-Term Support version of Moodle is now active. There are many exciting improvements in Moodle 3.9. Read more here: • What’s new in Moodle 3.9! • YouTube playlist of 3.9 New features What does this mean for you? Moodle Teachers will have to add new course materials to https://learn2021.ukzn.ac.za. If you want to reuse content from previous courses, you will have to Backup your course on the old Moodle, Download the Backup, then Upload and Restore the Backup in the new Learn2021 site. • HOWTO: migrate your course content to

Learn2021 Note: You will need to be a Teacher in courses on both sites before you can Backup and Restore content. • Assign Teacher 1 (Help File) For security reasons, only the first staff member can link themselves to their course using the MoodleCourseTeacher app mentioned above. The others will need to be enrolled from within Moodle: HOWTO enrol additional Teachers. 2019-2020 content will still be available on moodle.ukzn.ac.za until further notice. For queries, please contact learn@ukzn.ac.za

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SAVE THE DATE CLINICAL COURSE 2021

16th - 20th August 2021 Closing date for applications: 31st March 2021 Applications opened on 2nd January 2021. Register on the UKZN Anaesthesiology and Critical Care departmental website. Website: https://anaesthetics.ukzn.ac.za/ Contact: Dr S Sikhakhane/ sebe88nzile@gmail.com

UKZN - INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING & GOVERNANCE - SOFTWARE SURVEY

The survey will gather information on how many people use educational and other software, budget constraints and to establish any software needs. To complete the survey, please click here: https://forms.gle/PShdKTd83Wjw9PWTA The survey is entirely anonymous and confidential. Your email address is not collected. Only aggregated feedback will be provided to the Software Survey Team. Kishore Gobardan, Institutional Planning & Governance.

SASA 2021 CONGRESS CANCELLED Congress 2022 will be hosted by the KZN branch of SASA. The 2022 programme will more than make up for the disappointment of the postponement. SASA are investigating innovative platforms, an exciting, engaging programme, guest speakers, fantastic new ways (alongside the old) for presentations, and creative networking possibilities. SASA website: www.sasaweb.com

6TH CARDIOTHORACIC/VASCULAR REGISTRAR UPDATE

Refer to the last page for details of the Cardiothoracic/Vascular Registrar Update for Registrars. Please note there may still be some changes to the times in sessions 3 and 4. These will be communicated to those attending. Enquiries: Dr Palesa Motshabi Email: palesa.motshabi@wits.ac.za

WORLD CONGRESS OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS

Date: 04 – 08 September 2021 Venue: Prague, Czech Republic Website: www.wcaprague2020.com

PART II REFRESHER COURSE Dates: 15 – 19 November 2021

Hosts: Wits Dept. Five full day “Updates” on a monthly basis, on Saturdays, between March and July on a virtual platform. Open to all Part 2 candidates nationwide, at a minimal cost. No notes, registrars will have to take notes themselves. A Paeds update will not be held and all second semester candidates are encouraged to attend the virtual PACSA meeting.

NEXT DAWN: 5th March 2021 Email: anaesthesiology@ukzn.ac.za

DISCIPLINE WEBSITE http://anaesthetics.ukzn.ac.za/

PUBS TRAINING MATERIALS https://ics.ukzn.ac.za/rig-online-help-1/

NRF POSTGRAD SCHOLARSHIPS - 2021 http://notices.ukzn.ac.za/ViewNotice.aspx/55049

2021 BIRTHDAYS

2nd March 2021 Babalwa Ngxabi 5nd March 2021

Stephanie Naidoo

Thought for the Day!

FORTHCOMING EVENTS / DIARY

DATE TIME DESCRIPTION VENUE / ZOOM

MON 01 Mar

08h30

15h00

IALCH PAIN & OBS FCA PART II Cardiac 5 Dysrhythmias; Defibrillation

J Cardoso/RE Hodgson

IALCH

ZOOM

Tues

02 Mar

07h00 07h30

M & M MEETING: ADD M & M MEETING: PMMH

ADD

PMMH

WED

03 Mar

07h00 15h00

M & M MEETING: IALCH FCA PART I Anaesthetic Machine Gas manufacture/storage/supply Monitoring O2, CO2 and Agent

M Gasa

IALCH

VIA ZOOM

THUR 04 Mar

07h15 07h30 16h30

M&M: RKK KEH ICU: M & M MEETING DIPLOMA IN ANAESTHETICS Obstetrics Part II

P Gokul

RKK

KEH - S block VIA ZOOM

FRI

05 Mar

07h00

FRIDAY MORNING MEETING: Special Lecture: You don’t need an Intensivist!

K Govender

ZOOM

07:15 FRIDAY MORNING MEETINGS – ZOOM 2021 TOPIC SPEAKER MODERATOR 26 Feb Special Lecture: Who am I? S Bechan 05 Mar Special Lecture: You don’t need an Intensivist! K Govender 12 Mar The Registrar Parent I Adam S Sikhakhane 19 Mar Clinical Forum – KEH/IALCH Paeds 26 Mar TBC L Temlett S Moodley 02 Apr Public Holiday 09 Apr TBC A Sallie C Houstan

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UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL – POWERPOINT TEMPLATE

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