The Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007): A godsend or an act that spells doom for South Africa ’s healthcare?
Conclusion Political influences played a strong part in the pro mulgation of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act in 2007. In 2017 it is still not fully operational and the indication is that it will take years for the traditional health practitioner to become a full member of the health sector, if ever. This health Act can cause serious long-term disturbanc es for the already established healthcare practitioners and the statutory healthcare sector. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - April 4, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
To rub shoulders with the traditional health practitioner or not, that is the question for the medical doctor in the New South Africa
Conclusion The traditional health practitioner and the traditional health fraternity will not easily be absorbed into the formal healthcare establishment, notwithstanding the intentions of Section 49 of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act No 22 (2007) to reach this goal over time. Whether the traditional health practitioner will become a true and beloved colleague of the medical doctor, who rubs shoulders with him in his practice, remains to be seen. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - April 4, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Progresses in several areas make the professional development of health sciences possible
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Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Does the traditional healer have a modern medical identity in South Africa?
Background Research supports the view that the South African traditional healer does not hold a modern medical identity, but developed from the traditional African religions and cultural environment as a kind of caregiver. The name healer with a medical connotation arose from early colonists and missionaries misunderstanding the role of a traditional healer in Africa, especially in early South Africa. There is even a misunderstanding today about the African meaning of spiritual healing. As such, the traditional healer is a remnant from a previous, pre-modern time. Traditional healers were forced to the foreground recently ...
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Impact of case-based radiology education on first-year medical students knowledge, perceptions, and interests in the field of radiology
Medical training institutions utilize a variety of approaches to present specialty educational material such as radiology. Typically, this material is introduced during the latter years of medical school and includes interactive modules, individual contexts, and case-based learning. This is a quasi-experimental study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of case-based radiology education presented to first-year medical students. Pre- and post-surveys were administered to measure changes in knowledge, perceptions of, and career interest in radiology. The results suggest that the use of case-based learning may improve medic...
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Comparison of attitudes and beliefs regarding the causes of low back pain between UK students and International students
Conclusion Attitudes and beliefs belonging to UK and international students at Sheffield Hallam University are related to four main themes; personal health and medical, work, everyday day life and culture and government policy and law. The study identified differences in attitudes and beliefs between UK and International students. As students are the next generation of employees, the study could aid in increasing knowledge of causes of LBP of students in the UK and Internationally, therefore preventing low back pain incidences in the future. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Population pharmacokinetics of amikacin in neonatal intensive care unit patients
Conclusion Weight and serum creatinine are associated with neonatal amikacin volume of distribution and elimination constant rate, respectively. The presence of sepsis may decrease amikacin elimination, although this observation should be further explored. These results could help to individualize amikacin dosage for neonates. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Multicultural environment in higher education: The knowledge and perceptions of medical teachers of UNIKL RCMP, Malaysia
Conclusion This study showed that teachers need more training a nd experiences of the multicultural education program and to facilitate the development of cultural competence of students with cultural diversity, which should be taken into consideration in the faculty development activities. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Consumption of herbal products: a study of urban community survey
Conclusion This study highlights an unhealthy trend in self-prescription of herbal product consumption without healthcare professionals’ recommendation. Hence, there is an urgent need for healthcare professionals t o monitor herbal product consumption. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Healthcare Disparities in the Perioperative Setting: An Analysis of the National Anaesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry
Conclusion Our study has found that healthcare disparities do exist in the perioperative setting. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Lifestyle of health sciences students at Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia
Conclusion There is a high prevalence of sedentary lifestyle, physical inactivity and unhealthy dietary habits among health sciences students studying at Majmaah University. There is an urgent need for arranging health education programs for promoting healthy and active living among health sciences students of Majmaah University in Saudi Arabia. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
The future registration of the White traditional healer in terms of the Traditional Health Practitioners Act (Act No 22, 2007) in South Africa
Conclusion Although the Traditional Health Practitioners Ac t No 22 (2007) emphasizes a traditional philosophy and underwrites unique practice rules and customs for the traditional health practitioner, it harbours, although vaguely and unspecific, descriptions that point to the end of the exclusively holistic traditional approach to healing. It would be poss ible in future to insert medical science into the traditional healer’s healing principles. The White person, without the ‘calling’ and not necessarily underwriting the pre-modern traditional philosophy, its customs and habits, can surely be a traditional health p...
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Will the Traditional Health Practitioners Act (Act No 22, 2007) challenge the holy grails of South African medical doctors?
Conclusion The South African medical doctors’ interests as a specific healthcare provider group seem to be so well established that they give no thought to making dramatic changes to the present-day medical models and systems that they manage. They are not keen to relinquish any sig nificant power as a group within the healthcare domain. This attitude means that the Traditional Health Practitioners Act no 22 (2007) can create enormous problems for South African medical doctors in future. (Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ)
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Estimated annual incomes of South African traditional healers as generated by their practices and sales of their pre-modern traditional health products for 2015/2016
Conclusion The present-day statistics cited in literature of annual incomes of between R2 billion (R2,000 million) and R3.4 billion (R3,400 million), roughly an average of R2.7 billion (R2,700 million), from the sa les of traditional health products and mixtures by South African traditional healers, are false. What is more, South African literature generally reflects an erroneous classification of who the true manufacturers and sellers of traditional health and medical products are, and what “traditional med icines” really mean. This has led to an acceptance of South African traditional healers and their untested and r...
Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - March 3, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
Tendinopathy: The role of stretching
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Source: Australasian Medical Journal - AMJ - February 2, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research
