Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Languages
Courses and conferences
Professional registrations
Publications
References
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Mareike Rabe

Mareike Rabe

Durbanville

Summary

Mareike Rabe, MBChB, MMed (FamMed), FCFP, is a family physician with more than a decade of clinical experience in primary and emergency care in the North West and Western Cape Provinces. Since 2020 she has worked as a clinical editor, currently for the Knowledge Translation Unit, where she leads a team of doctor clinical editors who are developing de nuovo or updating clinical content as part of the Practical Approach to Care Kit programme. She has contributed to clinical content across the life course (adult, youth, and child) and associated training curricula.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Clinical Editor (lead Since January 2024)

Knowledge Translation Unit
06.2022 - Current

Clinical content development:

  • Developing, expanding, and updating clinical guidance, training programmes and materials
  • Regular scanning and review of evidence, guidelines, and policies
  • Medical writing, editing, and proofreading

Internal and external stakeholder engagement:

  • Engaging with various stakeholders as part of the clinical content curation process

Project Management:

  • Producing clinical content of good quality, managing workload efficiently and delivering outputs within stipulated timeframes
  • Managed multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality editorial work.

Manuscript Reviewer

Self
07.2021 - Current

Journal of HIV Medicine of Southern Africa

South African Family Practice Journal

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine

Contributor for the AOSIS eCPD platform

AOSIS Publishing
01.2021 - Current

Contributor for EMGuidance CPD platform

EMGuidance
06.2021 - 12.2023

Locum General Practitioner

Momentum Health, Self
10.2021 - 05.2022

Clinical Medical Officer

City Of Cape Town
07.2020 - 09.2021
  • Performing clinical duties in a health district with a high HIV and TB burden
  • Providing clinical support and mentorship to nursing staff
  • Participating in research projects and relevant community activities

Registrar in Family Medicine

North West Province Department of Health
01.2016 - 06.2020

• Successful completion of registrar training program

  • Successful completion of exit examination and research component
  • Clinical work in the district, supporting the primary health care team
  • Quality improvement projects, audits, and surveys in the district
  • Teaching and training of undergraduate students
  • Supervising and mentoring junior colleagues
  • Facilitating, organizing, and teaching the Basic Emergency Skills Course (BEST) in the North West Province

Locum General Practitioner

Wilmed Park Private Hospital, Accident&Emergencies
01.2014 - 03.2016
  • Running Accident and Emergency Unit
  • Performing manometry and pH studies
  • Conscious sedation and procedure for Bone Marrow Aspiration
  • Resuscitation in all wards, including ICU
  • Emergency medical flights conducted by GERIJO air ambulance
  • Assisting in theatre, predominantly for caesarean sections

Community Service - Medical Officer

Klerksdorp-Tshepong Hospital Complex
01.2013 - 12.2013
  • Managing theatre staff
  • Emergency Medicine and Casualty duty
  • Administering General, Regional and Local Anaesthesia

Internship

Klerksdorp-Tshepong Hospital Complex
01.2011 - 12.2012

Education

Masters of Medicine, Family Medicine -

University of The Witwatersrand
01-2020

Fellowship of The College of Family Physicians -

Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
01-2020

Diploma in HIV Management -

Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
01-2017

Diploma in Anaesthesia -

Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
01-2013

MB.ChB -

University of Stellenbosch
01-2010

Matriculated -

Tygerberg High School
01-2004

Languages

English
Afrikaans

Courses and conferences

2023:

Public Health Association of South Africa (PHASA) conference (delegate) 

National Department of Health Primary Healthcare conference (presenter)

2021:

Good Clinical Practice Basic Online Course (Academic Advance)

Southern African HIV Clinicians Society Conference

Basic Life Support (BLS) course

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) course

2018:

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course

2014 - 2022:

South African Academy of Family Physicians Annual Conferences

2015:

Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course

Professional registrations

  • Independent Medical Practitioner, HPCSA, MP 0727369
  • Board of Health Care Funders, PR 0530565
  • Member of the South African Academy of Family Physicians
  • Member of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society
  • Blood and bone marrow donor

Publications

Journal publications:

  • Mareike Rabe, Huibrecht C. Lion-Cachet, Melaku A. Eyassu, 2020, Characteristics and outcomes of older people on antiretroviral therapy in Tlokwe Clinics, South Africa., Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 21(1), https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v21i1.1066
  • Mareike Rabe, 2022, Telehealth in South Africa: A guide for healthcare practitioners in primary care., South African Family Practice, 64(1), https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v64i1.5533

Publications with the Knowledge Translation Unit:

Clinical decision support algorithms, Practical Approach to Care Kit: 

  • Primary care guide for the Adolescent and Youth, 2024, Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness Edition, eBook, print
  • Practical Approach to Care Kit: Primary care guide for the child - with updated EPI schedule, 2023, Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness Edition, eBook, print
  • Adult Primary Care: symptom-based integrated approach to the adult in primary care, 2023, South African Edition, eBook, print
  • Practical Approach to Care Kit: Primary care guideline for adults, 2023, Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness Edition, eBook, print

Contributed to training materials and online courses: 

  • Cardiometabolic Conditions, 2024, Western Cape PDC Online School
  • Outbreaks: Rabies, Mpox, 2024, Western Cape PDC Online School
  • Adult Primary Care (APC) 2023 Full Course and Update Course, 2024, NDoH Knowledge Hub
  • Cholera: An Update for HCWs, 2024, Western Cape PDC Online School
  • Initial Management of All Victim-Survivors of Sexual Offences, 2024, Western Cape PDC Online School
  • Medication Management of Victim-Survivors of Sexual Offences, 2024, Western Cape PDC Online School
  • Introduction to PACK Child, 2023, Western Cape PDC Online School
  • HIV Prevention and Management Course, 2023, Western Cape PDC Online School
  • TB Prevention and Management Course, 2023, Western Cape PDC Online School

References

  • Ms Faye Eshraghi

Chief Operations Officer: The Knowledge Translation Unit

083 500 0145, Faye.Eshraghi@uct.ac.za

  • Doctor Jurgens Staats

Family Physician: Margaret River, Australia

082 789 1966, drjstaats@gmail.com

  • Doctor Sandy Picken

082 927 3904, sc.picken@gmail.com

Timeline

Clinical Editor (lead Since January 2024)

Knowledge Translation Unit
06.2022 - Current

Locum General Practitioner

Momentum Health, Self
10.2021 - 05.2022

Manuscript Reviewer

Self
07.2021 - Current

Contributor for EMGuidance CPD platform

EMGuidance
06.2021 - 12.2023

Contributor for the AOSIS eCPD platform

AOSIS Publishing
01.2021 - Current

Clinical Medical Officer

City Of Cape Town
07.2020 - 09.2021

Registrar in Family Medicine

North West Province Department of Health
01.2016 - 06.2020

Locum General Practitioner

Wilmed Park Private Hospital, Accident&Emergencies
01.2014 - 03.2016

Community Service - Medical Officer

Klerksdorp-Tshepong Hospital Complex
01.2013 - 12.2013

Internship

Klerksdorp-Tshepong Hospital Complex
01.2011 - 12.2012

Masters of Medicine, Family Medicine -

University of The Witwatersrand

Fellowship of The College of Family Physicians -

Colleges of Medicine of South Africa

Diploma in HIV Management -

Colleges of Medicine of South Africa

Diploma in Anaesthesia -

Colleges of Medicine of South Africa

MB.ChB -

University of Stellenbosch

Matriculated -

Tygerberg High School
Mareike Rabe