Short Course in spiritual care and counselling for the sick (Cape Town) Purpose: To have a better understanding of the holistic effects of illness on the person and his/her relationships; To understand the impact of the modern health care environment and ways of functioning within this environment; To have mastered…
Memory work: Telling and listening to Stories of the Heart: Spiritual and pastoral work in loss, dying, death and bereavement (Pretoria) Purpose: To train carers (professional and lay) to provide compassionate emotional and spiritual care and counselling for people living with HIV/AIDS and terminal illness and their families, as well…
MARY JEAN SCOTT SILK 8 NOVEMBER, 1931 – 30 JUNE, 2015 It is with great sadness that we mourn (Dr.) Mary Jean Scott Silk’s passing. She is survived by her 3 children, John now in Atlanta Georgia, Roland from Atlanta Georgia, Carol from Grand Lake Colorado, and their families. Mary…
Doctors, nurses and medical students needed to volunteer for medical outreach in Strandfontein, Cape Town. Last year, “Operation Hope” assisted ±2000 people with medical and food assistance in the Strandfontein community. This year the event will take place on Thursday 24th September from 9am – 16:00pm at Good Hope Christian Centre, Cnr…
Medical Officers needed at Madwaleni Hospital, Eastern Cape. Madwaleni is a rural Eastern Cape district hospital on the Wild Coast, 17km from the beach. They currently have 2 grade 1-3 MO posts vacant and are looking for courageous, dedicated, generalist doctors who are passionate about rural health care to fill these…
CMF SA member, Tamryn Baytopp, was able to attend the Sydenham International Conference in London earlier this year. It is a 7-day conference, aimed at equipping and encouraging students and young doctors to take the lead in their communities. Tamryn had this to say: Kindly sponsored by CMF, I attended…
