Family doctor, palliative care clinician, health sciences educator...oh, and a bit of research!
Joined June 2012
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Britain is currently mowing the grass, hanging the washing, barbecuing, getting its knees out, washing the car, sitting in a beer garden and trying to get a fly out the house.
Prof Rispel challenge: reflection on my action to achieve socially just education practice.#Bambanani
#Bambanami prof rispel we need 'socially just pedagogy'. Cultural integration horizontally. Learner prioritization. May be uncomfortable.
Prof Rispel #Bambanani conference: more educational reform needed in SA. Health education must produce graduates who act as change agents
#primarypalliativecare role play to understand spiritual position of patients at end of life. "Do you feel ok all the time?" #pallmentor
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#primarypalliativecare socialtrajectory follows the physical in pall care. psych trajectory dips at diagnosis recurrence & terminal stage
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Identify assess & plan. Take an umbrella in case of rain: ok if you do`nt need the plan but very valuable when the heavens open #pallmentor
#primarypalliativecare if there is no anticipatory care plan then the care is likely to be compromised at the end of life #pallmentor
Attending a lecture by Prof Scott Murray. Primary Palliative Care for med students at Edinburgh Uni #pallmentor #primarypalliativecare
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@LaraPivodic @PalliativeMedJ why is "good" not reported? Seems that 87% of GP care good, very good or excellent. Well done to those GPs
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#EAPC2015 @HMChochinov failure to sense the humanity in others the cause of human rights violations
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#2015PainSACongress Prof Clauw treat pain according to mechanism of pain rather than disease
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#capriaarhus after the singing - the facts. 1 hr weekly exercise reduces breast cancer risk by 6%
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Every hour of exercise/week reduces the risk of breast cancer by 6% and even after a diagnosis, exercise increases survival #capriaarhus
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#capriaarhus discussions of physical activity and improved health after breast cancer concluding we all need a puppy
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3 questions pts can ask to improve #healthcare:What are my options? What are benefits & harms of options? How likely are they? #capriaarhus