Nonhle Princess Maphumulo

4 year training to obtain skills to equip me as a future Paediatric Consultant

• Leadership skills
• Planning skills
• Procedural skills
• Communication skills
• Patient handling skills
• Administration skills
• ICU and ambulatory medicine skills
• Research skills

• Working in Nursery including NICU
• Working in PRU, POPD and the wards
• Having an opportunity to rotate at IALCH NICU and PICU for 3 months
• Doing invasive procedures and filling in of medico-legal documents
• Managing ICU and high care patients
• Attending academic meetings, grand rounds and problem rounds to gain valuable knowledge and skills
• Presenting at academic meetings and teaching UKZN medical students and KEH interns

Working in Paediatric OPD

• Efficient history taking, clinical examination, investigations and making proper assessments and management of paediatric patients
• Proper referrals to regional and tertiary hospital. Learning good communication skills
• Interdisciplinary team work
• Doing procedures and Interpreting results - Xrays, Blood results, LP, etc

Working in Casualty during calls

• Proper assessment and management of Acute medical and surgical conditions for both children and adults
• Filling in of legal documents e.g. J88, Death Notification Form, etc
• Management of sexual assault cases including legal procedures
• Doing all procedures and learning skills including medical, surgical and orthopaedics procedures and skills

Working in Theatre

• Anaesthetic procedures - GA, Spinal, Regional and Local anaesthesia
• Performing caesarean sections

• Ensuring that minutes and records of all residence advisory team meeting and other meetings as may be required are done in professional manner and filed correctly.
• In partnership with the wardening team I ensured that forms and protocols are developed, updated and made available to students as may be required.
• Communicated all outcomes of decision made by Residence Management Association (RMAT) and the wardening team to all relevant parties.
• Coordinated the sub warden duties and ensured that the workload equitably distributed.
• Worked in close partnership with the wardening team and residence manager to develop an effective communication strategy for the RMAT.
• Kept the wardening team abreast of issues as they arose and assisted other portfolios with their workload when necessary.

• Make communication between the residence and all the bodies that are present (Wardens Sub wardens, House Committee Members, SIDAs, and the general OBZ Square House members)
• Answer incoming calls and make outgoing call if necessary
• Recognize visitors and make sure that they enter the residence by permission
• Give accurate information
• Organising the reception area and keep the Student Information Desk Assistants (SIDAs) in schedule with their shifts. Keep the reception area clean

• Guiding a group of 10 – 15 first year students through their Orientation Programme
• Making first year students feel welcome at their new environment
• Serve answers to inquiries related to the university and student life
• Help them through the transition from High school life to university life