Course dates: Course runs for 6 weeks once a year. First course runs Oct - Nov 2024 (applications closed). Dates for 2025 to be announced soon. Watch our social media pages for application dates or click here to be added to a mailing list.

Admission requirements
All applicants need to:

• Have completed basic nurse training and be registered with the South African Nursing Council (or equivalent) as a Professional or Enrolled Nurse. ●    Work with children with a cancer or blood disorder.
• Have previously completed one of the CNDU 16-week ‘Essentials of Nursing’ short courses OR a CNDU Nursing Postgraduate Diploma.  
• Have easy and regular access to a computer (not just a smartphone) and reliable, strong internet connection. Access to a printer may also be beneficial on occasion.  

Course Content

Learning outcome: At the end of the course, participants will be able to

1. Articulate their role, within the complex system and environments in which children are nursed to ensure safe and efficient care for best possible outcomes.
2. Describe cancers and blood disorders common in the region, and the associated diagnostic and treatment modalities. 
3. More confidently provide safe, quality, evidence-based nursing care to a child with a cancer or blood disorder, using the Regul8 Framework as a guide. 
4. Discuss the communication needs and palliative care required by a child and their family during the journey with a cancer / blood disorder. 

Course content:

Format:
The course is offered FULLY ONLINE asynchronously using Vula or Amathuba (UCT’s electronic learning platforms). Course offered in English.

This means that there is no need to be in class, or even online, at any set time in the week. The course can be completed at a time to suit the participant, scheduled around other family/work/life commitments.

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Certification:
A UCT Certificate of Completion will be awarded to those that have completed all learning activities and completed and submitted the Submission Activity for feedback to a suitable standard.

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To apply: click here
We encourage you to apply as soon as the advert for each intake is released. Places on the course are limited and offered on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.

Fees:
R3,500 (Includes full online access to course material and support from Specialist Children’s Nurse Educators).

N.B. If offered a place, FULL payment is required within approx. 5 weeks of the closing date. Failure to make payment by this date will result in loss of your place on the course.

A limited number of African Paediatric Fellowship Programme bursaries are available for nurses from other African countries (not South Africa). To apply for a bursary, tick the appropriate box on the application form and submit the following TWO documents to faiza.pearce@uct.ac.za:

1.     A letter of motivation written by yourself explaining why this course will be beneficial to you and your clinical setting
2.    A letter of motivation from your manager explaining why the applicant's completion of the course will be beneficial to the clinical setting

These letters need to be received before the course application closing date. Failure to complete this process will make one ineligible for a bursary. Please note that there are only a limited number of bursaries available and an application for a bursary does not guarantee receipt of one.