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Showing 1 to 20 of 62 for “"Health Sciences, Education"”.
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Leadership Reimagined: Integrating Futures Thinking into Health Sciences Education
Background: Leadership in Health Sciences Education (HSE) presents a complex and constantly evolving problem that affects health and educational outcomes. Leadership is crucial to any healthcare system, as it can influence health and educational outcomes and drive innovation. However, major gaps in …
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The financing of health care and health sciences education and training in South Africa
… expenditure patterns of institutions training health personnel. This included an investigation of the distribution of income from the various sources by geographic areas (i.e. by province), between historically white and black training institutions and between those institutions that are …
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Teaching communicative competence in Health Sciences Education: An analysis of medical students' first biopsychosocial interview in a clinical setting
… effective doctorpatient relationship. A Primary Health Care-led curriculum places this established relationship at the heart of all interactions and interventions between the patient and the health professional. Medical students at the University of Cape Town are taught in the Clinical Skills …
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Exploring the uptake and integration of emerging technology into pedagogical practices in Health Sciences Education using an activity systems approach
This study investigates integrating educational technology into pedagogy and the role of professional development within a Health Sciences Faculty. It is framed within the interpretivist paradigm and informed by Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and Technological Pedagogical Content …
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Exploring the uptake and integration of emerging technology into pedagogical practices in Health Sciences Education using an Activity Systems Approach
This study investigates integrating educational technology into pedagogy and the role of professional development within a Health Sciences Faculty. It is framed within the interpretivist paradigm and informed by Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and Technological Pedagogical Content …
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Developing indicators for Monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the Primary Health Care Approach in Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town using a DELPHI method
Background The University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences (UCT FHS) adopted the Primary Health Care (PHC) approach as its lead theme for teaching, research, and clinical service in1994 Aim To develop indicators to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the PHC approach in Health …
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A case study for evaluating nursing and health sciences student satisfaction with e-learning
An increased demand for e-learning in nursing and health sciences education is emerging and not enough is known about factors determining nursing student satisfaction with e-learning, therefore studies clarifying how to design and implement efficient e-learning programs to increase student …
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The System Rules Us: Understanding the Perceptions of Foreign International Medical Graduates in the United States Regarding the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates' Certification Process
… fail. This study may contribute to the field of health sciences education in that it provides insight into the unique experiences of a group of FIMGs, and what educators and leaders in the field can learn about them as adult learners.
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Re-imagining doctor-patient relationships in an African context: a transformative educational perspective
Clinician-patient relationships are central to health care, health systems and medical education. Current educational practice of doctor-patient relationships emerged from an episteme rooted in a biomedical understanding of disease, having epistemic and pedagogical roots in Global North contexts. …
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Exploring first year health sciences students' perceptions and experiences of teamwork: an introduction to interprofessional education
… has become an important goal of contemporary healthcare. Therefore, one of the objectives of educating health professionals is to impart teamwork skills. While teamwork skills have become widely acknowledged as important for health sciences education (HSE), teamwork pedagogy within the ambit …
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A social realist study of the mechanisms that condition lecturers emerging assessment practices
… the transformational policies within the higher education space. Assessment is a key driver to advance a socially just medical curriculum, especially in the context of the legacy of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa (SA). Using the existing body of knowledge about assessment from the …
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Medical education and the importance of teaching medical teachers about teaching
This is an overview of medical education today. It deals with tertiary education matters pertinent to medical schools in South Africa, the forces that will inevitably cause medical education to change and the responses of other countries to similar circumstances. These forces are medical, …
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Clinical education in physiotherapy: The experiences of final year students workplace-based learning at the University of Cape Town
Clinical education in the profession of Physiotherapy involves the teaching and training of students in real life clinical settings such as hospitals and clinics. The pedagogical support that Physiotherapy students receive in clinical settings is both formal and informal (Dornan, 2012). In the …
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Exploring students' conceptions of the racial and socio-cultural differences in the learning environment of a medical specialty
Study problem In the education of South African postgraduate medical specialities, various challenges that could have negative impacts on learning are evident. Racial and socio-cultural diversity in South Africa has roots in a previous societal structure that systematically discriminated against …
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Optimizing learning & teaching on paediatric ward rounds
… that knowledge or skill. In the context of health professional education, it is not enough to know the facts of medicine, but learners must also have a positive perception of their selfefficacy in order to practice medicine as a competent physician. The aim of this study was to improve the …
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Proposing clinician competency guidelines for the inclusion of disability in the undergraduate medical curriculum of South Africa - an exploratory study
Introduction Persons with disability make up the largest minority group in the world yet there is a dearth of research both internationally and nationally on how disability is included in professional training curricula for medical doctors. Aim of the study The purpose of this study is to add to …
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Understanding leadership development within new medical schools in Africa
… and multifaceted nature of leadership in Health Professions Education has changed over time. Programme directors associated with medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied health and those involved in a clinical setting typically serve as managers and leaders concurrently. Furthermore, managers …
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The role of medical simulation curriculum in developing acute care clinical competence in undergraduate medical students in South Africa
… curriculum within a South African tertiary education environment. The study consisted of two phases. During phase one, I conducted a modified Delphi study to identify the acute care clinical skills competencies undergraduate medical students need to acquire to prepare them, in the role as …
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Factors influencing lecturer assessment practice in diverse southern contexts
Assessment practice in Health Professionals Education (HPE) has serious consequences for the student and public as it impacts on student learning and outcomes, ultimately certifying a graduate as safe for public practice, and thereby affecting patient care. The goal is for assessment to be …
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How can the process of professional identity formation of a gender-affirming practitioner inform medical curriculum change?
… and gender diverse people experience significant health disparities. Health professionals are generally not adequately prepared by current curricula to provide gender-affirming, holistic care that is respectful of patients' gender identity. Therefore, this study asks the question: How can the …
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