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Mokhachane, Mantoa; George, Ann; Wyatt, Tasha; Kuper, Ayelet; Green-Thompson, Lionel – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2023
The under-representation of minoritized or previously oppressed groups in research challenges the current universal understanding of professional identity formation (PIF). To date, there has been no recognition of an African influence on PIF, which is crucial for understanding this phenomenon in places like South Africa, a society in which the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Identity, Activism, Social Change
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Hansen, Anthea; Engel-Hills, Penelope; Jacobs, Cecilia; Blitz, Julia; Cooke, Richard; Hess-April, Lucia; Leisegang, Kristian; Naidoo, Niri; Volschenk, Mariette; van Schalkwyk, Susan – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2023
Global health inequities have created an urgency for health professions education to transition towards responsive and contextually relevant curricula. Such transformation and renewal processes hold significant implications for those educators responsible for implementing the curriculum. Currently little is known about how health professions…
Descriptors: Social Responsibility, Allied Health Occupations Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Principles
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Ramklass, Serela S.; Vithal, Renuka – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2022
Interactions between faculty and students in higher education has the potential to influence and shape many aspects of teaching, learning, curricula, student experiences and performance, yet has received little attention as an area of study. This study investigates student-faculty interactions within a physiotherapy curriculum from the…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Physical Therapy, Foreign Countries
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Burch, V. C.; Norman, G. R.; Schmidt, H. G.; van der Vleuten, C. P. M. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2008
High stakes postgraduate specialist certification examinations have considerable implications for the future careers of examinees. Medical colleges and professional boards have a social and professional responsibility to ensure their fitness for purpose. To date there is a paucity of published data about the reliability of specialist certification…
Descriptors: Generalizability Theory, Physicians, Foreign Countries, Specialists
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Burch, V. C.; Sikakana, C. N. T.; Yeld, N.; Seggie, J. L.; Schmidt, H. G. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2007
Introduction: Racially segregated schooling, a legacy of Apartheid policies, continues to hamper education in South Africa. Students entering university from suboptimal circumstances are at significant risk of demonstrating poor academic performance and dropping out of their programmes. Attempts to address the educational needs of these students…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Municipalities, Educational Needs, Racial Segregation