PEP-talks
Here you can find out more about the workshops to empower healthcare professionals, parents & youth workers…
Workshops for Paediatric Healthcare Professionals
Workshops for peadiatric healthcare professionals covering topics like Peadaitric Pain Management, The Rights Of Children In Healthcare and much more.
Talks and Support Groups for Parents
Talks and Support Groups for Parents include topics like Becoming a Pain Investigator and Children's Understanding of Healthcare Encounters
Workshops for Youth Workers and Volunteers
This workshop will equip youth workers and volunteers from churches and other organisations to adequately support children facing illness, pain and suffering from a Christian perspective
The PEP-talks presenter
Dr Annemarie Oberholzer, PEP-Talk presenter and Coordinator of the PEProgram, has many years of experience as a Registered Nurse in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit before she ventured into the area of the Psycho-social Support of children in hospital. She held workshops for staff on paediatric pain management and trained volunteers and students on the psycho-social support of children in hospital. She did her Doctoral Degree in Professional Nursing Science at the University of Johannesburg, developing a model for the facilitation of support in order to empower children in healthcare. She then completed a Post-doctoral Research Fellowship at the University of South Africa (UNISA), focusing on the spiritual support of children in healthcare
What people say about PEP-talks
It was very informative…
Adequate time for input and discussions…
The passion and knowledge of the presenter stand out…
It is great to understand the different types of pain and how the body reacts to it…
I wish there can be many more training of this sort…
I learned to practically use the theory in actual situations…
I got so many new ideas that I can implement…
I am truly inspired…
Empower a child today
“A sick child is much more than his or her sickness. A person with a disability is much, much more than a handicap”
Fred Rogers