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The diabetic foot is often associated with patients who are on dialysis for kidney failure as a result of their diabetes. There is a well known 'triad' of eyes/kidneys/feet. What health professionals call retinopathy/nephropathy/neuropathy.
Fresh from the long weekend we welcome Ms Lauretta Zikalala to our podiatry practice. Lauretta is our new receptionist and will be the voice of the practice from today. Back at the practice today, (not exactly fresh!) after a tiring but stimulating weekend at the Diabetic Foot Working Group (DFWG) Congress. Armed with some new knowledge and revision of existing, Tshidi and I feel that we have more to offer our patients with diabetes.
Not at all! As I said last week, the 4th year Podiatry Students at the University of Johannesburg(UJ), had their first taste of me starting the lectures on Practice Management and Ethics. There are many concepts to take on board including grasping the difference between ethical values & standards – represented by core values which are aspirational or value-oriented – such as Respect for persons, Human rights, Truthfulness, etc., and ethical guidelines -represented by specific rules or duties associated with professional practice. We started to examine the challenges faced in daily practice and led into how we apply ethical reasoning to move from the understanding of guidelines to using them to influence our practical decision making and choices.
University of Johannesburg 4th year podiatry students are in for a new experience on Tuesday 5th February! For the first time in 12 years I am returning to lecturing. I will be lecturing Private Practice Management, which is part of the course on Health Systems Management. I'm looking forward to re-joining the academic team, despite a dislike of marking. It seems to me that full-time academic life in 2008 is like a road full of potholes called "admin," so I hope I can avoid these potholes as a part-timer! Being burdened with too much "admin" was one my reasons for leaving in 1995!.
