Part II Program and notices
Welcome to the Part II page of our Department.
Provisional FCA II Theory Tutorial Programme 2022
Mondays 15h00 via Zoom
(Dates to be confirmed once CMSA confirms exam dates)
Version 2 (28 December 2021)
Please click here – Part II 2020 for the relevant reading material(2020 link)
| MONTH | DATE | TOPIC | SUBJECT | TUTOR |
| January | 10th | Orientation | Orientation | Gopalan, Taylor, De Castro |
| 17th | Cardiac 1 | CPB / OPCAB; Myocardial protection | Kusel | |
| 24th | FCA II EXAM WEEK | |||
| 31st | Cardiac 2 | Congenital heart disease, Infective endocarditis | Ballim | |
| February | 7th | Cardiac 3 | Hypertension, Cardiac failure | Ramsamy |
| 14th | FCA I EXAM WEEK | |||
| 21st | Cardiac 4 | Valvular heart disease; Pulmonary hypertension | Kusel | |
| 28th | Cardiac 5 | Dysrhythmias; Defibrillation | De Castro | |
| March | 7th | Echo 1 | TBC | Kusel |
| 14th | Stats | Applied stats & ethics | Govender | |
| 21st | PUBLIC HOLIDAY | |||
| 28th | Respiratory | Asthma & COPD; Pre-op Pulmonary Assessment | Houston | |
| April | 4th | CLINICAL COURSE STELLENBOSCH | ||
| 11th | Endocrine 2 | Phaeochromocytoma / Adrenal; Pituitary | VD Bosch | |
| 18th | PUBLIC HOLIDAY | |||
| 25th | Endocrine 1 | Diabetes Mellitus; Acute Pancreatitis; Carcinoid | P Reddy | |
| May | 2nd | FCA II ORALS | ||
| 9th | Endocrine 3 | Thyroid; Parathyroid | VD Bosch | |
| 16th | Neuro 1 | Cerebral Protection; C-spine injury | Nkomentaba | |
| 23rd | Neuro 2 | TBI & ICP; Intracranial aneurysms | Ramsamy | |
| 30th | Neuro 3 | Posterior Fossa; Cerebral function monitors | Bechan | |
| June | 6th | Vascular 1 | Cardiac for non-cardiac; Perioperative risk; Carotid | De Castro |
| 13th | Ultrasound | Ultrasound in ICU | Skinner | |
| 20th | ICU 1 | SIRS, Sepsis; Antimicrobials | De Vasconcellos | |
| 27th | ICU 3 | ARDS / VILI / Covid; Respiratory Failure | Govender | |
| July | 4th | FCA II EXAM WEEK PROVISIONAL | ||
| 11th | ICU 2 | Shock & Resuscitation; Monitors of tissue perfusion | Gopalan | |
| 18th | ICU 4 | Nutrition; Abdominal Hpt / ACS; Palliation | Govender | |
| 25th | FCA I EXAM WEEK | |||
| August | 1st | Vascular 2 | Aortic Disease; Peripheral Vascular disease | De Castro |
| 8th | Airway | Assessment; Equipment; Algorithm | Ramburuth | |
| 15th | CLINICAL COURSE DBN | |||
| 22nd | Obstetrics 1 | Obesity in pregnancy; NCEMD report; HIV & PMTCT | Satyapal | |
| 29th | Obstetrics 2 | APH, PPH; Pre eclampsia; AFE | Cronje | |
| September | 5th | Obstetrics 3 | Cardiac disease in pregnancy | Bechan |
| 12th | GIT | Acute & Chronic liver Disease | De Vasconcellos | |
| 19th | Paeds 2 | ENT & Misc (PONV; CP; Downs) | Taylor | |
| 26th | Paeds 1 | Neonatal emergencies | Cronje | |
| October | 3rd | Paeds 3 | Pain & regionals; Ex Prem, AIDN; MH; Syndromic child | De Castro |
| 10th | Pain 1 | Acute Pain | Bechan | |
| 17th | FCA II ORALS PROVISIONAL | |||
| 24th | Haem | Porphyria; Haemophilia; Jehovahs; Blood conservation; DVT | De Vasconcellos | |
| 31st | Trauma | Trauma | Taylor | |
| November | 7th | Pain 2 | Chronic Pain, palliation | Bechan |
| 14th | PART II REFRESHER PROVISIONAL | |||
| 21st | Renal 1 | ARF; Renal protection; Extra-corporeal | Skinner | |
| 28th | Renal 2 | CRF & RRT | Kisten | |
| December | 5th | Thoracic 1 | Pre-op Assessment; Lung Resection; OLV (incl paeds) | Ramsamy |
| 12th | Thoracic 2 | Mediastinal masses, tracheal surgery | Ballim | |