Browsing by Author "Schweitzer, B"

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    An audit of diabetic care provided to patients conducted by a doctor-nurse team in a general practice
    (1998) Navsa, Desiree Miriam; Schweitzer, B
    Introduction: I am a general practitioner in solo practice in Athlone. I work closely with a qualified nursing sister. Many of the patients we attend to have non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Aim: To implement change in the management of our patients with diabetes by developing a protocol for future improved care. Objective: To assess the quality of care provided to patients with (NIDDM), by a doctor - nurse team in private general practice. Method : The study was quantitative and qualitative and consisted of 3 sections : 1) an internal audit based on the retrospective examination of patients' medical records, 2) a questionnaire which was administered to determine patients' knowledge of their disease and 3) a focus group interview which centred around patients' experience of the disease and feelings about the service provided. The interview was audio taped. Findings: Problem areas identified were sub-optimal record keeping; poor attendance and infrequent eye and foot examinations; patients' knowledge of their disease was limited; certain aspects of doctor-patient and patient-family relationships that may impact negatively on care; fears and anxieties relating to the disease and perceptions oflocus of control as external.
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    Outcomes for family medicine postgraduate training in South Africa
    (South African Academy of Family Physicians, 2012) Couper, I; Mash, B; Smith, S; Schweitzer, B
    After 1994, the post-apartheid government decided that primary health care and the district health system would be the cornerstone of their new health policy. As a consequence of this, the academic departments of Family Medicine and primary care recognised the need for a nationally agreed set of training outcomes that were more aligned with these new priorities within the public sector. Thus in 2001, the Family Medicine Education Consortium (FaMEC), representing the eight academic departments of family medicine in South Africa, agreed to a set of outcomes for postgraduate family medicine training. At that time, all departments were running Family Medicine Master’s programmes as part-time training courses for doctors in primary health care. Recognition of the need to move towards full-time registrar training already existed, and because of this steps were taken to register Family Medicine as a speciality with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).