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Preparing graduates for interprofessional practice in South Africa : the dissonance between learning and practice
(Frontiers Media, 2021)With South Africa's tumultuous history and resulting burden of disease and disability persisting post-democracy in 1994, a proposed decentralization of heath care with an urgent focus on disease prevention strategies ensued ... -
The availability, utilisation and relevance of therapeutic apparatuses in South African occupational therapy clinical practice
(The Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2019-12)The World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) steers the development, use and practice of occupational therapy internationally through numerous operations including policy and research in an effort to homogenise ... -
Transformation of medical education through decentralised training platforms : a scoping review
(James Cook University, 2018)Introduction: Medical education in South Africa is facing a major paradigm shift. The urgency to increase the number of suitable, qualified and socially accountable health sciences graduates has brought to the fore the ... -
The effect of undergraduate students on district health services delivery in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2018)Background. The quality of care, attitudes of staff and long-term recruitment of practitioners have been shown internationally to improve health services as a result of a health facility accepting students for teaching. ... -
Hospital volunteerism as human resource solution : motivation for both volunteers and the public health sector
(AOSIS Publishing, 2017)Background: A volunteer programme with 50 registered volunteers was established in 2007 at a secondary-level public, semi-rural regional hospital in the Cape Winelands, South Africa. This was a rapid response to the extensive ... -
Factors influencing choice of site for rural clinical placements by final year medical students in a South African university
(AOSIS publishing, 2017-04)Background: Most of South Africa’s citizens who live in rural or underserved communities rely on the public health care sector to access quality health care. The value of rural exposure through clinical placements is ... -
Curriculum and training needs of mid-level health workers in Africa : a situational review from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda
(BioMed Central, 2018-07-16)Background: Africa’s health systems rely on services provided by mid-level health workers (MLWs). Investment in their training is worthwhile since they are more likely to be retained in underserved areas, require shorter ... -
South-South Cooperation in health professional education : a literature review
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017)In the literature on the evolution of funding approaches there is criticism of traditional funding strategies and the promotion of inclusive models, such as South-South Cooperation (SSC) and triangular models. The latter ... -
Health sciences students’ contribution to human resources for health strategy : a rural health careers day for grade 12 learners in the North West Province of South Africa
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A peer evaluation of the community-based education programme for medical students at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences: a southern African Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) collaboration
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017)Background. The University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences (UZCHS), Harare, which has a long tradition of community-based education (CBE), has not been evaluated since 1991. An innovative approach was used to evaluate ... -
Being a postgraduate woman : relationships, responsibilities and resiliency
(SUN MeDIA, 2016)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Female students face particular constraints when pursuing postgraduate degrees. The challenges they may face regarding the timing of their studies in relation to lifeline events such as childbearing years ... -
Post-exposure prophylaxis for rape survivors
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2007)[No abstract available]
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