Conference 2008
Message from Chairperson Prof Julia Mekwa
Comming soon...
Presentations
4th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Health Care Managers
30 and 31 October 2008, CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria
Below is a list of speakers that participated at the above conference. Click on the title to download the presentation. Please note that not all the speakers gave permission for their presentations to be made available.
| Day 1: 30 October 2008 Session 1: Objectives for the Future | |
| Speaker | Presentation |
| Ms Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge | |
| Thomas Bisika | |
| Dr Kerin Begg | |
| Dr Kgosi Letlape | Relevance of the ANC’s health plan. (presentation not available) |
| Mike Waters | An alternative vision for health care.(Presentation not available) |
| Session 2: Leadership Challenges – Working smarter for better outcomes | |
| Prof Stephen Hendricks | |
| Waasila Jassat | |
| Neil Jacobs | |
| Prof Anton Stoltz | |
| Session 3: Public Sector Leadership Challenges | |
| Deon Binneman | Improving the image and reputation of the public health sector . |
| Prof Steven Friedman | Fixing our health system - a civil society perspective. (Presentation not available) |
| Pule Sekawana | |
| Prof Mkhululi Lukhele | |
| Day 2: 31 October 2008 Session 4: Private Sector Leadership Challenges | |
| Andrew Bergh | |
| Dr Trevor Terblanche | |
| Joe Seoloane | Are fees in the private health care sector inflated? If so, what can we do about it? |
| Annelie Meiring | Opportunities and challenges for nurses in the private sector. |
| Session 5: Panel discussion Multi-sector Solutions for Health Care Challenges | |
| Dr Clarence Mini | Human Resource Challenges. Where are the nurses and the doctors? (Presentation not available) |
| Dr Japie du Toit | |
| Melanie da Costa | |
| Dr Laetitia King | |
Background
4th SAIHCM CONFERENCE - 30 & 31 OCTOBER 2008
THEME: INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP
The South African Institute of Health Care Managers (SAIHCM) is inviting managers from all sectors of the health care environment to its 4th annual conference at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria on 30 and 31 October, 2008.
SAIHCM is a Section 21 not-for-profit company that promotes new levels of professionalism, preparedness and effectiveness of health care management in the country.
The theme for this Conference is Inspirational Leadership. It will explore the role that successful health care managers play to positively influence and shape their work environment to resolve the country’s health care challenges in the most productive manner.
Leadership challenges will be addressed in the context of:
- Improving efficiency of health care delivery within current constraints
- Dealing with the expectations about health care delivery into the future
- Developing leaders with vision
- Optimising available human and financial resources across all sectors to respond to the country’s health care needs
- Identifying and developing the potential of others
- Ethical and moral obligations
The target audience of the Conference includes managers in the health care environment in both the private and public health care sector.
The intention of the conference is to establish a greater awareness of the need to continuously develop the management skills of as many health care professionals as possible to effectively address the health care needs of the country.
SAIHCM will also announce the winners of its annual Top Ten Influential Leaders in Health Care Management at the Conference on 31 October.
Programme Committee
Prof Julia Mekwa (Chairperson)
Prof Stephen Hendricks
Dr Gustaaf Wolvaardt
Ms Kathy Dennill
Ms Ida Asia
Ms Magda Naude
Organising Committee
Mr Pieter Swart
Ms Tamlynne Wilton
Ms Magda Naude
Mrs Heather Fitzgerald
Ms Monica Chipeta
Mr Marcus Wolvaardt
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