Health Care for Adolescents, Certificate | Part time online | University of Cape Town | South Africa
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Health Care for Adolescents

3 days
Duration
4800 ZAR/full
4800 ZAR/full
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About

The Health Care for Adolescents course offered by University of Cape Town aims to contextualise the Adolescent within society and the health system.

Overview

What you will study

Health service provision to Adolescents is distinctively different compared to younger children and adults. The Health Care for Adolescents course offered by University of Cape Town provides practical approaches to caring for Adolescent patients in General as well as those with other important health issues.

Learning outcomes:

  • Good understanding of the Adolescent patient
  • Knowledge of common challenges and priorities during adolescence
  • Good insight into the ethics of confidentiality, consent and communication in adolescent care
  • Practical approaches to common scenarios in adolescent health care

Programme Structure

The program focuses on:

  • Global and local perspectives on adolescence
  • Developmental aspects of adolescence
  • The adolescent consultation
  • Priorities in adolescent health
  • Health promotion in adolescence
  • Long term health conditions
  • Tools and scenarios in adolescent health

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 3 days

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

  • Health professionals in the following categories: medical doctors, nurses, social workers, allied health professionals, health service managers.

Tuition Fee

To always see correct tuition fees
  • International

    4800 ZAR/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 4800 ZAR for the full programme during 3 days.
  • National

    4800 ZAR/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 4800 ZAR for the full programme during 3 days.
  • R 4,800 medical doctors
  • R 3,600 registrars, UCT staff, community service medical officers
  • R 2,880 allied professionals, professional nurses

Funding

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