Category: Scholar
Area: Ophthalmic Nursing
Current position and company: Retired, EMERITUS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, UCT
E-mail: [email protected]
Qualifications: PhD, MSc, B Cur Iet A (Nursing Education, Administration, Community Nursing Science), PG Dip Ophthalmic Nursing, Critical Care N, RN, M
Areas of expertise:Ophthalmic Nursing; Vital Signs Early Warning Score Systems (in particular Modified Early Warning Scores (MEWS).
Unique contribution/vision:
Since 2021, at the invitation of the UCT Community Eye Health Institute, a member of the ORBIS Diabetic Retinopathy project funded by the World Diabetes Foundation, I train doctors and nurses in eye screening and vision testing in community health care settings.
I supervise implementation of MEWS in public hospitals.