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NEW ETHICS COURSE OFFERED

Ethics and Medical Law

This 5-hour interactive workshop on medical ethics and law challenges participants to think pre-emptively about some of the dilemmas that face practitioners of emergency medicine on a daily basis. During the workshop, issues such as decision-making in ethics, patient consent, negligence, liability, living wills, do not resuscitate orders, and duty to act will surface amongst other relevant topics.

Participants will be encouraged to participate in active discussions that aim to argue ethical dilemmas from various angles thereby ensuring that informed decisions can be made in the future.

Upon completion of the workshop and submission of a completed ethics worksheet, participants will be issued with 10 CEUs for medical ethics.

Prof. Walter G J Kloeck

M.B.,B.Ch(Wits), DipPEC(SA), FCEM(SA), FERC
Registered Specialist in Emergency Medicine

Medical Director, Academy of Advanced Life Support
President, College of Emergency Medicine of South Africa
Executive Director, Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa

Co-author of over 70 international publications and over 1,000 citations relating to Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care

BRIEF CV OVERVIEW

1. Graduated M.B.,B.Ch. at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1978; trained in the Departments of Surgery, Paediatrics, Anaesthesia and Medicine at Baragwanath Hospital from 1979 - 1988, and was awarded the prestigious Jock Gear Memorial Award for Distinguished Service to Hospital and Clinical Departments.
   
2. Obtained the College of Medicine of South Africa's postgraduate Diploma in Primary Emergency Care (Dip PEC) when it was first introduced in 1986 and was appointed Examiner and Convenor for the same Examination in subsequent years.
   
3. Obtained the College of Medicine of South Africa's postgraduate Fellowship of the College of Emergency Medicine (FCEM) by Peer Review in 2004, was appointed Examiner and Convenor for the same Examination in subsequent years, and elected inaugural President of the College of Emergency Medicine (CMSA) in 2004.
   
4. Registered as a Specialist in Emergency Medicine by the Health Professions Council of South Africa, and is co-author of over 70 international peer-reviewed publications relating to Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
   
5. Professional Appointment:
   
   • Medical Director, Academy of Advanced Life Support
6. National Appointments:
   
   • Chairman, Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa (1989 - 2009)
   • President, College of Emergency Medicine of South Africa (2004 - Date)
7. International Instructor Qualifications:
   
   • Basic Life Support (BLS) Instructor Trainer (BLS Faculty, American Heart Association)
   • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Instructor Trainer (ACLS Faculty, American Heart Association)
   • Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Instructor Trainer (PALS Faculty, American Heart Association)
   • Advanced Neonatal Life Support (NRP) Instructor (American Academy of Paediatrics)
   • Medical Advanced Life Support (MedicALS) Instructor (Advanced Life Support Group UK)
   • Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) Instructor Trainer (Advanced Life Support Group UK)
   • Emergency Management of Severe Burns Instructor (Australian and New Zealand Burn Association)
8. Current or Former Honorary Appointments:
   
   • Co-Founder, Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa (RCSA)
   • Co-Founder, Emergency Medicine Society of South Africa (EMSSA)
   • National Emergency Standards Development Committee, Council for Health Service Accreditation of SA (COHSASA)
   • Councillor, College of Family Practitioners of South Africa (CMSA)
   • Councillor and Senator, Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA)
   • Editorial Board, Journal of Trauma and Emergency Medicine
   • Editorial Board, Journal of Hospital and Specialist Medicine
   • Editorial Board, Resuscitation (Official Journal of the European Resuscitation Council)
   • Editorial Board, 2005 and 2010 International Consensus on Emergency Cardiovascular Care and CPR Science with Treatment Recommendations (International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation)
9. Current or Former International Appointments:
   
   • Founder and South Africa's Representative on the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR)
   • Founder Chairman of the Advanced Life Support Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
   • International Fellowship and Honorary Life Membership of the European Resuscitation Council (2008 and 2010)
   • International Reviewer for "Resuscitation", official Journal of the European Resuscitation Council (1993 - Date)
   • International Reviewer for "Emergency Medicine Australasia", official Journal of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (2002 - Date)
   • Faculty for the 1992 American Heart Association's National Conference on CPR & Emergency Cardiac Care (AHA)
   • Faculty for the 1995 International Standardization of In-Hospital Resuscitation Research (Utstein)
   • Faculty for the 1996 International Standardization of First Aid Techniques for the World Health Organization (WHO)
   • Faculty for the 1998 International Standardization of Data Reporting following Major Trauma (ITACCS)
   • Faculty for the 2000 International Guidelines Conference on CPR & Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ILCOR)
   • Faculty for the 2001 International Standardization of Education in Resuscitation (Utstein)
   • Faculty for the 2005 International Consensus on Emergency Cardiovascular Care and CPR Science (ILCOR)
   • Faculty for the 2010 International Consensus on Emergency Cardiovascular Care and CPR Science (ILCOR)
10. Invited International Speaker:
    Australia, Belgium, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Norway, Portugal, Brazil, Canada and USA