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Developmental and Mental Health |
To manage development, and the nervous system, from birth to senescence |
This focus area will advance understanding and management of:- Developmental disabilities
- Early childhood intervention
- Mental and behavioural disorders
- Nervous system disorders
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Lifestyle and Environment |
To manage non-communicable diseases for long and healthy life |
This focus area will advance:- Health promotion
- Illness prevention
- Management of non-communicable diseases
- Understanding and management of risk factors at individual and community level
- Environmental determinants of disease
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Trauma, emergency and Rehabilitation |
To optimise emergency care, trauma treatment, post-operative care, and rehabilitation |
This focus area will advance:- On-scene treatment and transport
- Forensic aspects of trauma management
- Trauma management
- Rehabilitation and reintegration into society
- Public health aspects of trauma
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Infectious diseases |
To generate a greater understanding of HiV and Tb to optimise quality of life for immune-compromised patients |
This focus area will advance:- Prevention of infectious diseases
- Understanding the molecular basis of diseases
- Drug discovery and optimising drug treatment (adherence)
- Forensic challenges for HIV and TB infected patients
- Nursing care for HIV and TB patients
- Surgery involving patients with HIV and TB
- Public health aspects of HIV and TB patients
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Applied Health Care (and Health Systems) |
To inform policy and shape and strengthening systems |
This focus area will advance:- Achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the DoH ten-point plan
- Reengineering of primary health care
- Implementation of NHI
- Skills mix and task-shifting
- Human resources for health
- Clinical health provision for decentralised health care
- Traditional health care (AKS)
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Health Sciences Education |
To promote excellence in teaching and learning and implement best practice in health sciences education and training |
This focus area will advance:- Academic development and support of students within the Health Sciences
- Capacity development of staff in health sciences related pedagogy
- The use of technology in teaching and learning
- Competency-based curricula
- Cognitive-based aspects of clinical reasoning
- Community/rural based service learning for social justice
- Medical terminology in a multilingual society
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