curriculum development Archives - PatchSA https://patchsa.org/tag/curriculum-development/ People who care supporting people who care Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:39:41 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Voices of Palliative Care Campaign https://patchsa.org/voices-of-palliative-care-campaign/ https://patchsa.org/voices-of-palliative-care-campaign/#respond Fri, 21 May 2021 10:05:01 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3172 21 May 2021 We are thrilled to be working in collaboration with palliative care organisations around the country on a new campaign to highlight personal stories and 'aha moments' about palliative care within our borders. Who is running the campaign? The Palliative Care Action Group [PCAG], a group of like-minded stakeholders in South African have [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/voices-of-palliative-care-campaign/feed/ 0 New online course to support children grieving due to COVID-19 https://patchsa.org/online-course-child-grief/ https://patchsa.org/online-course-child-grief/#respond Tue, 04 May 2021 06:05:43 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=3136 3 May 2021 We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest Patch Academy course, created in response to the present COVID-19 pandemic that has left thousands of grieving children in its wake South Africa remains in the midst of dealing with the catastrophic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic while facing the very real [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/online-course-child-grief/feed/ 0 Help for learners coping with grief and a new normal https://patchsa.org/help-for-learners-coping-with-grief-and-a-new-normal/ https://patchsa.org/help-for-learners-coping-with-grief-and-a-new-normal/#respond Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:01:00 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=2989 24 March 2021 Earlier this month PatchSA Training Manager, Tracy Rawlins, spent a morning providing support to the matric students at St Monica's Diocesan Secondary School in Matatiele Last year Patch was approached by St Monica's Diocesan to talk to the Grade 12 class on Covid-19 and how it was affecting them and their final [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/help-for-learners-coping-with-grief-and-a-new-normal/feed/ 0 Patch Academy launched on International Childhood Cancer Day https://patchsa.org/patch-launches-online-education-platform-on-international-childhood-cancer-day/ https://patchsa.org/patch-launches-online-education-platform-on-international-childhood-cancer-day/#respond Mon, 15 Feb 2021 06:00:23 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=2675 Today, Monday 15 February 2021 is International Childhood Cancer Day. Benjamin Hawkes was just 10 years old when he was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma (bone cancer) and over the next ten months he underwent chemotherapy, limb salvage surgery and radiation therapy. A clear PET scan at the end of this arduous treatment was cause for [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/patch-launches-online-education-platform-on-international-childhood-cancer-day/feed/ 0 Championing Palliative Care https://patchsa.org/championing-palliative-care/ https://patchsa.org/championing-palliative-care/#respond Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:29:18 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=2595 PatchSA Ambassador, Huyaam Samuels, explains what receiving palliative care meant to her and how it improved the quality of her life.  As an individual living with a rare life-limiting condition, I realised how cruel specialists could be when presented with something they have never encountered or cannot physically see, such as chronic pain. I became [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/championing-palliative-care/feed/ 0 The legacy of Florence Nightingale in a world dealing with COVID-19 https://patchsa.org/florence_nightingale_and_covid-19/ https://patchsa.org/florence_nightingale_and_covid-19/#respond Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:16:18 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=2244 In this 2020 Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, Joan Marston, professional nurse and vice Chair of PatchSA considers the valuable legacy of Florence Nightingale in a world dealing with COVID-19. When the World Health Assembly declared 2020 the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife in celebration of the 200th birthday of Florence [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/florence_nightingale_and_covid-19/feed/ 0 PatchSA pilots new training materials in 5-day course held in Knysna https://patchsa.org/pilot_of_new_training_materials_in_5_day_course/ https://patchsa.org/pilot_of_new_training_materials_in_5_day_course/#respond Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:10:00 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=2080 In an exciting new phase in the development and roll out of our education programme, generously funded by the Discovery Fund, PatchSA was excited to travel to the beautiful coastal town of Knysna to pilot our newly developed training materials on Key Elements of Children's Palliative Care. Hosted by Knysna Sedgefield Hospice, course facilitators, Tracy [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/pilot_of_new_training_materials_in_5_day_course/feed/ 0 PatchSA expresses deep concern for bereaved families and fellow learners of drowned teenagers https://patchsa.org/press_release_january2020/ https://patchsa.org/press_release_january2020/#respond Thu, 23 Jan 2020 10:44:47 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=1986 PatchSA (Palliative Treatment for Children South Africa) wishes to express our very deepest sympathy for the families, close friends and fellow learners of the two young teenage boys, Enoch Mpianzi and Keamohetsoe Seboko, who died in separate drowning incidents at the beginning of this school year. In addition to our deep sorrow and compassion for [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/press_release_january2020/feed/ 0 Patch launches ‘Because we know you care’ Christmas Appeal https://patchsa.org/because_we_know_you_care_campaign/ https://patchsa.org/because_we_know_you_care_campaign/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:31:01 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=1974 One week before Christmas 2019, Patch has launched an appeal for donations towards the work of the organisation. It's one week before Christmas and as a charity organisation completely dependent on donations to fund our work, Patch has launched a campaign to ask people to make a donation, small or large to allow us to [...]

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]]> https://patchsa.org/because_we_know_you_care_campaign/feed/ 0 Patch attends stakeholder engagement meeting on new draft NCD strategy document https://patchsa.org/meeting_on_ncd_strategy_doc/ https://patchsa.org/meeting_on_ncd_strategy_doc/#respond Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:17:54 +0000 https://patchsa.org/?p=1959 Representing Patch SA, Busi Nkosi, member of the Patch Steering Committee and Advocacy Sub Committee, attended this SANCDA meeting held in Pretoria to discuss the National Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases . She reports on what took place at the meeting. Busi Nkosi, seated on the left, representing PatchSA [...]

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