• Evaluation of a pilot "registrar-as-teacher" faculty development program at Stellenbosch University 

  Smit, Elizabeth Johanna (Stellenbosch : Stellenboch University, 2014-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A. Background - Registrars play a significant role as teachers for undergraduate medical students and junior doctors in the clinical setting. (Jack et al. 2010; Busari & Scherpbier 2004). Many however ...
• Finding a home for my professional soul 

  Bezuidenhout, Juanita (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-07)

  Juanita Bezuidenhout was born in Johannesburg and went to school in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Windhoek and Lichtenburg, where she matriculated. She obtained her MBChB degree from Pretoria University and her MMed and ...
• Clinical learning environment and supervision : student Nurses experiences within private health care settings in the Western Cape 

  Borrageiro, Filomena (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background - Student nurses indicated that the clinical environment was not conducive to learning because they were part of the ward staff ratio and clinical supervision was inadequate. Upon observations ...
• Medical students perceptions about a newly implemented clinical skills module 

  De Kock, Carina (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  INTRODUCTION: For this MPhil research assignment, I have chosen to write an article based on a small scale research project conducted in the Clinical Skills Centre (CSC) at Stellenbosch University. Medical students’ ...
• Student views on early clinical learning experiences 

  Bray, Farahnaz (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Aim - The aim of this study was to explore second year medical students’ perceptions of their early clinical experiences with a view to improving curriculum development so as to enhance early clinical ...
• Effectiveness of small-group sessions in enhancing students generic skills at the Shifa College of Nursing, Islamabad, Pakistan 

  Daredia, Afshan Saleem (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There is no dearth of evidence of the importance of facilitation for the effectiveness of small-group teaching. However, there is hardly any local literature on the knowledge of untrained facilitators and ...
• Students perceptions regarding the third year nursing ethics module at Shifa College of Nursing, Islamabad, Pakistan 

  Khan, Farida Himat (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Aim: This study aimed to explore the perceptions of third year nursing students regarding the ethics module at Shifa College of Nursing, Islamabad, Pakistan. Methods: Third year nursing students (n=26) ...
• Students' perceptions of anatomy as expressed through drawings 

  Schabort, Desire (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Anatomy remains a foundational subject in the preclinical years of medical and other allied health sciences courses, with exceptionally large volumes of content, and a unique practical aspect: conducting ...
• Students’ perceptions of the role and utility of formative assessment feedback on PBL tutorials 

  Blanco-Blanco, Ernesto V. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

  Introduction: The close interrelation between the processes of learning, assessment and feedback has been recognized and supported extensively in the educational field for many decades. The benefits of the feedback as a ...
• The dual role of a clinical educator as mentor and assessor : influence on the teaching-learning relationship 

  Meyer, Ilse S. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: At the core of clinical education, within the allied health professions, is the teaching-learning relationship between the clinical educator and the student which is reinforced by and grounded in the ...
• Fresh simulation options in critical care nursing education 

  Archer, Elize (Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2010-12)

  Many forms of simulation, as a teaching strategy, have been used successfully over the last few decades. Some of the advantages thereof in health sciences education are that it is a learner-centered training modality that ...
• The development, implementation and evaluation of a short course in objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) skills 

  De Villiers, A.   Archer, E. (Medical & Pharmaceutical Publications (Pty) Ltd -- MedPharm Publications, 2012-02)

  Background: Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) examiner training is widely employed to address some of the reliability and validity issues that accompany the use of this assessment tool. An OSCE skills course ...
• The implementation of a portfolio assessment system for a rural clinical school in South Africa : what can be learned from the implementation of portfolios as an assessment system in a rural clinical school 

  Stidworthy, Jennifer Jane (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A portfolio assessment system was designed to meet the needs of a Rural Clinical School education platform, hosting final year MB ChB students for the duration of their final year. A study entitled “What ...
• Perception of integration in the MBChB III programme at Walter Sisulu University 

  Garcia-Jardon, Mirta (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the SPICES (S: student centred; P: problem-based learning; I: integration; C: community based/hospital based; E: electives; and S: systematic apprenticeship based) model of medical curriculum was ...
• Attitudes and perceptions of first year students towards interprofessional education in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences at the University of the Western Cape 

  Filies, Gerard C. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The setting for this study was the University of the Western Cape, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, first year undergraduate students. All students who participated in the compulsory interprofessional ...
• Preceptors’ and faculty’s opinions about the implementation of preceptorship in the diploma nursing curriculum in Botswana 

  Madisa, Montlenyane (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

  Background: Preceptorship refers to a teaching and learning approach through which a well experienced clinician is contracted to provide clinical teaching, supervision, role‐modeling of professional and clinical practice ...
• The use of a structured formative feedback form for students` assignments in an African health sciences institution : an action research study 

  Mubuuke, Aloysius Gonzaga (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

  Background: Formative feedback is an important process in facilitating student learning as it helps students identify learning gaps early enough and devise means of covering those gaps. Most health professional educators ...
• Ready of not? Perceptions of the strengths and weaknesses of newly qualified medical microbiologists entering practise in South Africa 

  Hoffmann, Rena (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Purpose of the Research: To obtain more comprehensive data on the perceptions of strengths and weaknesses in Medical Microbiological Pathology training against the background of rapidly changing pathology ...
• Die invloed van ʼn diensleerbenadering in die destigmatisering van mediese studente se persepsies teenoor psigiatriese pasiente 

  Snyman, Isak Stefanus De Wet (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Worldwide the stigma attached to psychiatric patients, psychiatric disorders, psychiatrists and the field of Psychiatry is of great concern. The stigmatising perceptions of medical practitioners and medical ...
• Influence of confidence and experience on the competency of junior medical students in performing basic procedural skills 

  De Villiers, Adele   Archer, Elize (African Journal of Health Professions Education, 2011-06)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Studies, mostly done with final-year medical students and doctors, show that the confidence level with which a clinical skill is performed is not a reliable benchmark of actual clinical competence. This ...

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