CEU Health is the Continuing Education Unit for the University of Cape Town’s Faculty of Health Sciences
We facilitate short courses, seminars and workshops offered by the various departments in the Faculty primarily for the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of healthcare professionals. Our aim is to continually introduce new courses that will cover relevant and topical issues in the medical and health sciences field.
Details on all courses offered will be available on the website and is updated on a regular basis.
Upcoming Events
Argue Better! Ethical Reasoning for Health Professionals
Basic HIV Counselling
Trauma Informed Practice
Fundamentals of Behaviour Change
Advanced HIV and Adherence Counselling
Ultrasound Guided Vascular Access Course
Basic Counselling Skills
Introduction to Palliative Care
Understanding End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) and Dialysis
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ethics & Policy in Africa
Forensic Photography
Introduction to Death Scene Investigations & Fingerprinting
Trans-Oesophagel Echocardiography
Excellence in Deceased Donation and End-of-Life Care Course
Discrete Choice Experiments for Health Economists and Professionals
Trauma Informed Research Methodologies
What others say
Feedback from our course participants:
"Exceeded all expectations. Great balance of topics with lots of learning, thinking, reflection. Well designed and well run. Much appreciated!! – Senior Family Physician"
- Introduction to Healthcare for Adolescents, 2024 Dept of Paediatrics
"Excellent facilitators with clear passion and knowledge from working on the ground, which is invaluable. "
- Basic Counselling Skills, 2024 Dept of Psychiatry and Mental Health
"It was a great course! Heidi was such a joy and made the course so easy to understand and presented it very well!"
- Argue Better! Ethical Reasoning for Health Practitioners, 2024, The Ethics Lab
"Excellent teaching! Ward rounds, OPD sessions and tutorials were wonderful!"
- Management of Skin Disorders in Primary Care, 2023; Dept of Dermatology
Excellent Course; good hands-on experience. I loved the expertise the examiners had and the insight they provide. The use of different ultrasound machines helped with adjusting to different machine models- Basic Focused Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography, 2023; Dept of Anaesthesia
Overall a valuable and well organised experience that is definitely going to be useful in my career moving forward.- Disaster Medicine, 2023; Dept of Emergency Medicine