Wednesday
Special clinics on a rotating basis, 8:30 - 13:00
Keratinisation disorders
Epidermolysis Bullosa
Vascular birth marks
Thursday
General dermatology clinic, 8:30 - 13:00
Ward consults service (for RXH)
On general clinic days only (Tuesdays and Thursdays) mobile in-hospital patients can be seen at the clinic for a dermatology assessment if sent before 10 am. On other days patients can be referred from the rest of the hospital only by doctor-to-doctor arrangement. GSH dermatology registrar will be available at RXH on a rotational basis. If dermatology service allocated to RXH should be consulted.
In case of emergency please contact the Groote Schuur Hospital Dermatology Registrar-on-call.
Outreach (Clinical and educational)
Field trips
Clinics are visited in the greater Western Cape Province on a rotational basis, the visits are shared among all consultants (including those based at Groote Schuur Hospital) – venues: Mitchell's Plain. Riversonderend, Hermanus, Bredasdorp, Swellendam, Caledon and Villiersdorp.
Weekly Academic Meetings
Day
Time
Description
Venue
Monday
07:30
Dermatology Journal Club
GSH
Wednesday
08:30
Department Clinical Meeting
D3
Friday
08:00
Dermatology Academic morning and Ward Round
GSH
12:00
Paediatric Case presentations
D3
Teaching and training
Teaching occurs during University term
5th-year medical students
• Small group teaching during general clinics (Tuesday and Thursdays) for 3 weeks per month
• Large group lecture 7th floor ICH building 1 lecture every 6 weeks.
6th-year medical students
• 1 tutorial to whole medical rotation – Ward G23 Groote Schuur (Friday morning)
Research
Student Supervision, Research Projects and Collaborations
Dr. Hlela is involved in PhD student supervision, where she is responsible for supervising a number of PhD students around South Africa. The students are actively involved in her Academic Projects and she is currently supervising four students.
Whilst a supervisor she also has a few research projects she is currently conducting, where she collaborates with professionals nationally and around the world:
Project Name
Student Involvement
Collaborations
International/
National
Formulation of a National Multicentre Registry of Infective Dermatitis Associated with HTLV-1 (IDH)
Wisdom Basera
South African Dermatology Society of South Africa
National Collaboration
Mechanisms of Eczema and Allergy Development in ama-Xhosa children in SA
Nonhlanhla Lunjani
Department of Allergy & Professor Mike Levin
National Collaboration
The impact of demographic, environmental, nutritional and infectious influences on the expression of allergy and atopy within the Drakenstein Child Lung Health study.
Professor Heather Zar
National Collaboration
Human T-Lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) integration, HTLV-1-associated infective dermatitis (IDH) and risk of Adult T cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL)
Nare Rakgole
Professor Charles Bangham
International Collaboration
Analysis of HTLV-1 integration sites (IS), proviral load and mutations in pX ORF-I and ORF-II and infective dermatitis associated with HTLV-1 (IDH) development
Felix Dube
Filipe Ferreira de Almeida Rego
International Collaboration
A multicentre study evaluating the efficacy of combining topical antibiotic/steroid/moisturizer therapy compared to standard of care in the treatment of severe atopic dermatitis,a randomized clinical trial.
Dr Noluvuyo Qikani
Dr Aron
Dr Avumile Mankahla
National Collaboration
Epidemiology of HTLV-1 infection in South Africa, the forgotten epidemic.
Dr Diane Hardie
Dr Ashar Dhana
Dr Pravi Moodley
Prof Ahmed Bhigjee
