Masters Degrees (Centre for Health Professions Education)
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Exploring enrolled nursing and midwifery students’ opinions on professionalism in their clinical placements
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction: Professionalism is a contested concept due to dynamic evolutions and variations in use and application. The term remains hard to define despite the extensive research by many social science ... -
The perceptions of basic science lecturers at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University on their need for health professions educator development
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Faculty development is an institutional imperative that aims to ensure that health professions educators are adequately equipped as educators in their profession. Institutions have thus developed and ... -
A retrospective content analysis of the ambulance emergency assistant refresher course outcomes as covered by free open access medical education (FOAMED) resources
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Continuous professional development (CPD) is a requirement for all healthcare professionals in South Africa. The shift-driven work environment of pre-hospital care often makes attending CPD events ... -
Alignment of current graduate attributes required of medical graduates of the University of Botswana to the expressed needs of users of the Botswana Health Service
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Traditionally, the design of health professions curricula was often guided by traditions, values and priorities of academics. This, however, has led to a mismatch of graduates’ competencies to patient and ... -
The use of peer teaching to promote active learning amongst senior medical students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : A critical review of the curriculum at the University of Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences prompted the faculty to explore educational strategies that would engage students to actively learn. Peer teaching ... -
Exploring medical students’ perceptions on the effectiveness of a clinical skills rotation at a clinical skills laboratory
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Learning skills and competencies through simulation is a safe way of teaching medical students clinical procedures before exposing real patients to their practice. This is the case at the Ziauddin University ... -
Exploring medical laboratory scientist students’ experiences during their fourth year clinical practice period
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS) recently introduced a new degree course for professionals of laboratory medicine. The revision of the qualification has led to the re-evaluation and restructuring of the ... -
The influence of a flipped classroom on the learning approaches of first year Speech-Language and Hearing Therapy students
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Students base their approaches to learning on their perceptions of the educational practices that they are exposed to. The significance of selected educational models is therefore not to be underestimated ... -
Teaching medication administration to nursing students – a scoping review with a decolonial lens
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Medication errors are a worldwide phenomenon. Medication administration errors are one of the most prevalent types of medication errors occurring in the medical field today. Nurses are mainly responsible ... -
Feedback in clinical settings: perceptions of nursing students at a small rural district hospital in the southern part of Namibia
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY: Feedback is one of the basic elements that should be present in all clinical interventions used in clinical education. This is because it delivers the path by which assessment becomes a tool for teaching ... -
Die persepsies van nuut-gekwalifiseerde professionele gesondheidswerkers oor hulle verpligte gemeenskapsdiens in ‘n landelike gemeenskap in die Wes-Kaap
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Every person is entitled to basic health care, but access to health services is a global problem. Many rural communities have no basic health services available, with health professionals concentrated in ... -
Third year medical students’ perceptions of the “Values in Healthcare” selective module on their mental well-being: a pilot study from Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Mental wellbeing is of particular concern in medical students, who exhibit high rates of distress during their training which may persist throughout their careers. Since medical students are reluctant to ... -
Development of an aptitude test that measures language and visual-spatial abilities to identify potential academic vulnerability of students in anatomy
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Students first entering the university, struggle not only with the culture, but more importantly with studying in a language that is not their first / home language. Students at Sefako Makgatho Health ... -
Professionalism for intern blood transfusion biomedical technologists: an exploration of perceptions and potential teaching strategies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Technical skills as well as professional values are essential areas of development in all health professional students including intern biomedical technologists. The aim of this study was to understand ... -
Alienation and engagement as framework for characterizing registrars’ perceptions of their learning environment: an exploratory qualitative study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Alienation and engagement as framework for characterizing registrars’ perceptions of their learning environment: an exploratory qualitative study. Research into students’ learning experiences in higher ... -
Student Nurses’ Experience of Feedback During Clinical Learning at a Rural Nursing School: An Exploratory study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction and background Feedback is an integral element of clinical teaching and acts as a platform for identification and correction of learners’ mistakes to improve their future performances. Without ... -
The status of curriculum mapping of undergraduate medical programmes in South Africa.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction: Medical schools in South Africa have to provide evidence that the curriculum meets standards for accreditation and that graduates can address the health care needs in society. Curriculum ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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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