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Building a research agenda in health professions education at a Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences : current research profile and future considerations
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2014-10)Background. To generate evidence in and for health professions education (HPE) that can enable reform and establish new relevance, a comprehensive HPE research foundation is required. Gaps identified in the sub-Saharan ...
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PIQUE-ing an interest in curriculum renewal
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2014-03)Background. The primary aim of undergraduate medical training at South African medical schools is to prepare the graduates adequately for internship. If we are to attain this objective, it is crucial to evaluate the ability ...
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Making use of an existing questionnaire to measure patient-centred attitudes in undergraduate medical students : a case study
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2014-09)Background. Patient-centred care is widely acknowledged as important to achieve improved patient outcomes in healthcare. Therefore, it is vital that medical schools should foster this attitude in their students. Studies ...
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Experiences and needs of mothers of babies diagnosed with Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy due to birth asphyxia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Observations during physiotherapy treatment of babies with Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE) due to birth asphyxia suggested that the mothers of these babies lacked emotional and psychological ...
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Learning in the clinical skills and simulation centre University of Ghana : medical students’ experiences of teaching sessions : an exploratory study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Many Clinical Skills and Simulation Centres have been established in medical institutions around the world. In Ghana, the Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre, University of Ghana Medical School is a ...
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Volunteer, community-based student-run clinics for the underserved : can they be used to attain 21st century medical education goals?
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Community-based education has increasingly become emphasised as an important aspect of health professions education. Not only does it provide opportunities for student-centred learning; it ...
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Best practices for teaching healthcare workers about infection prevention and control : a systematic review
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Education and training of healthcare workers (HCWs) in the theory and practice of infection prevention and control (IPC) is widely regarded as a pivotal measure to reduce the risk of ...
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Evaluation of a pilot "registrar-as-teacher" faculty development program at Stellenbosch University
(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 ...
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Expert evaluation of an on-line course in clinical immunology
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This assignment describes an evaluation by experts of an on-line course in Clinical Immunology offered to medical registrars and scientists as a supplement to a practical rotation. Because of a lack of ...
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Caring behaviours : the perceptions of first and fourth year nursing students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Educators across the health professions are now concerned with the teaching and assessment of professional skills. Caring behaviour is one of the attributes of professionalism in the health sciences ...
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Self-directed learning : status of final year students and perceptions of faculty leadership in a Nigerian medical school : a mixed analysis study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: Self-directed learning (SDL) is the essential mechanism of lifelong learning which, in turn, is required for medical professionals to maintain competency due to advancing technology and ...
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Transition from high school to university : perspectives of first year students at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: Literature shows that the transition from high school to university is fraught with challenges and that there is need to appreciate these challenges from the students’ perspectives ...
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Nursing students perceptions and experiences of high fidelity simulation as a learning and teaching strategy in a resource limited setting
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction and Background High fidelity simulation (HFS) refers to a mannequin that is modeled to represent a human and is programmed to produce physiologic functions such as palpable pulses, voices ...
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Students perceptions of the operating room as a clinical learning environment
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Students undertake their clinical placement in various clinical settings for the exposure to and acquisition of skills related to that particular context. The operating room, for example, is a context ...
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Evaluation of the learning environment of teaching hospitals of twin cities in Pakistan
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background - The College of Phycians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) was established in 1962 and its role is to oversee the postgraduate medical education within Pakistan. At present, various specialties ...
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The perceptions of final year physiotherapy students and their clients regarding their experiences of home visits : an exploratory case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Home-based rehabilitation (HBR) in under-resourced areas in a primary health care context exposes students to the real life situations of clients. The educational experience of HBR, underpinned by the ...
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Finding a home for my professional soul
(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 ...
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Clinical learning environment and supervision : student Nurses experiences within private health care settings in the Western Cape
(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 ...
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Medical students perceptions about a newly implemented clinical skills module
(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’ ...
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Student views on early clinical learning experiences
(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 ...
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Effectiveness of small-group sessions in enhancing students generic skills at the Shifa College of Nursing, Islamabad, Pakistan
(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 ...
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Students perceptions regarding the third year nursing ethics module at Shifa College of Nursing, Islamabad, Pakistan
(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) ...
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Students' perceptions of anatomy as expressed through drawings
(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 ...
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Students’ perceptions of the role and utility of formative assessment feedback on PBL tutorials
(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 ...
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The dual role of a clinical educator as mentor and assessor : influence on the teaching-learning relationship
(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 ...
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Fresh simulation options in critical care nursing education
(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 ...
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The development, implementation and evaluation of a short course in objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) skills
(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 ...
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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
(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 ...
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Perception of integration in the MBChB III programme at Walter Sisulu University
(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 ...
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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
(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 ...
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