Events

UCT Year Planner

Date Activity Facilitator Topic Venue Time
           
Fri 4 March Audiology Journal Club Christine Rogers TBA OPD 7.15am
Wed 16 March Special Interest Group Vivienne Norman Dysphagia CSD 5 pm
Wed 30 March Special Interest Group Freda Walters Clinical Education CSD 5pm
           
Friday 1 April Audiology Journal Club Christine Rogers TBA OPD 7.15am
Wed 13 April Special Interest Group Vivienne Norman Dysphagia CSD 5 pm
           
Friday 6 May Audiology Journal Club Christine Rogers TBA OPD 7.15am
Wed 11 May Special Interest Group Vivienne Norman Dysphagia CSD 5 pm
Tuesday 17 May Special Interest Group Michelle Pascoe Child Language & Literacy CSD 4pm
Wed 25 May Special Interest Group Freda Walters Clinical Education CSD 5pm
           
Friday 3 June Audiology Journal Club Christine Rogers TBA OPD 7.15am
           
Friday 1 July Audiology Journal Club Christine Rogers TBA OPD 7.15am
            
Fri 5 August Audiology Journal Club Christine Rogers TBA OPD 7.15am
Wed 10 August Special Interest Group Vivienne Norman Dysphagia CSD 5 pm
Tuesday 16 August Special Interest Group Michelle Pascoe Child Language & Literacy CSD 4pm
Wed 31 August Special Interest Group Freda Walters Clinical Education CSD 5pm
            
Friday 2 September Audiology Journal Club Christine Rogers TBA OPD 7.15am
Wed 14 September Special Interest Group Vivienne Norman Dysphagia CSD 5 pm
Wed 28 September Special Interest Group Freda Walters Clinical Education CSD 5pm
         
Friday 7 October Audiology Journal Club Christine Rogers TBA OPD 7.15am
Wed 12 October Special Interest Group Vivienne Norman Dysphagia CSD 5 pm
Tuesday 18 October Special Interest Group Michelle Pascoe Child Language & Literacy CSD 4pm
Wed 26 October Special Interest Group Freda Walters Clinical Education CSD 5pm
           
Friday 4 November Audiology Journal Club Christine Rogers TBA OPD 7.15am
Wed 16 November Special Interest Group Vivienne Norman Dysphagia CSD 5 pm
Wed 30 November Special Interest Group Freda Walters Clinical Education CSD 5pm
           
Friday 2 December Audiology Journal Club Christine Rogers TBA OPD 7.15am

Procedure: All activities are based on articles from the current literature. In order to facilitate learning, readings are circulated in advance by the facilitator of the group. You must indicate your intention to attend the group at least one week before the activity and the articles will be emailed to you. We regret that we will be unable to provide you with hard copies at the meeting.

Venues:
  • Audiology Journal Club meets in the Staff Common Room, E Floor, Outpatients Building, Groote Schuur Hospital.
  • Special Interest Groups will meet at the Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders, F45 Meeting Room, Old Main Building, Groote Schuur Hospital.
  • Parking: Please allow time to park on P3 parking deck (cost approximately R5 per hour) and to sign in at the entrance to the Outpatients/ Old Main Building, respectively. Please be aware that security staff may ask to inspect your bags on the way out of the building. Should you wish to enter the building with your laptop then it must be checked in and out of the building.
  • Light refreshments are served at the meetings.

CPD accreditation:
  • All activities are CPD accredited and certificates will be issued at the end of each activity.
  • Certificates will only be issued against the HPCSA registration number, so please ensure you have this with you.
  • Attendance registers and feedback evaluation forms are completed at each activity.

Cost:
  • Clinical educators’ SIGs are free of charge to clinical educators are associated with UCT.
  • All other Special Interest and Journal Club meetings are R40 per session. Please pay at each session.

Contact details:

Audiology activities: Christine Rogers, Tel (021) 406 6315; email address Christine.Rogers@uct.ac.za
Dysphagia: Vivienne Norman, Tel (021) 406 6317; email address Vivienne.Norman@uct.ac.za 
Clinical Education: Freda Walters Freda.Walters@uct.ac.za
Child Language and Literacy: Michelle Pascoe, Tel (021) 406 6043; email address Michelle.Pascoe@uct.ac.za