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HPCSA Media Statement: GUIDELINES ON TELEMEDICINE IN SOUTH AFRICA

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Pretoria – The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has noted that there are numerous advertisements for doctors to be involved in Telemedicine models that are in contravention of the HPCSA’s Ethical Guidelines on Telemedicine. This may result with patients routinely being serviced by practitioners virtually, that is, directly without the consulting and responsible practitioner’s physical presence. Telemedicine […]

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Letter from the CPF to the Professional Board of Psychology of the HPCSA

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The following letter was sent to Professor Pillay by the CPF exco in the past week acknowledging the work of the PBP to clarify the Scope of Practice:   20 November 2019 TO: Prof B J Pillay Chairperson of the Professional Board for Psychology The Clinical Psychology Forum (CPF) wishes to acknowledge with gratitude the

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Scope of Practice: CPF Statement

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Clinical Psychology and other categories of psychologists as well as psychometrists and registered counsellors Introduction The Clinical Psychology Forum (CPF) wishes to inform its members of the following very important announcement regarding the scope of practice by the HPCSA and the Professional Board for Psychology (PBP). The CPF also wants to thank the PBP for

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World Psychiatrists and Psychologists Conference 2019

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Dear Colleague , Greetings! On behalf of our organizing committee it is my pleasure to expand an invitation to you to participate as a speaker at “31stEdition on World Psychiatrists and Psychologists Conference” on June 17-18, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. We request you to share the latest trends in all facets of Psychiatry and Psychology.  We have so many different

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SAPPF Submission to NDH on NHI

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The SAPPF (National Private Practitioners Forum) recently published their submission regarding the National Health Insurance (NHI) to the National Department of Health (NDH). “The South African Private Practitioners Forum (SAPPF) is a voluntary association of private specialists working in the South African private health sector. The organisation has a membership base of approximately 3000 specialists representing most specialist disciplines. SAPPF acknowledges the

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BURNOUT IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION

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Burnout in the medical profession is an increasing phenomenon. A recent Survey, including responses from 15 000 physicians from 29 different specialist’s groups, reported burnout amongst 42% of them while 15% of physicians reported suffering from depression (Medscape National Physician Burnout and Depression Report 2018). Other studies show that more than half of US physicians and probably more in some other countries meet the criteria of burnout (Kumar, 2016).

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