Browsing by Author "Hess-April, Lucia"
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Academics’ knowledge and experiences of interprofessional education and practice
Julie, Hester; Hess-April, Lucia; Wilkenson, J.; Cassiem, Wagheda; Rhoda, Anthea (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)BACKGROUND. Interprofessional education (IPE) can be seen as the vehicle to address the health and social problems of society through collaborative approaches. Since IPE should be facilitated by educators who are skilled ... -
Curriculum transformation: a proposed route to reflect a political consciousness in occupational therapy education
De Jongh, Jo-Celene; Hess-April, Lucia; Wegner, Lisa (Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2012)Introduction: Curriculum review is an ongoing, dynamic, long-term process that forms part of occupational therapy education. The Department of Occupational Therapy, University of the Western Cape (UWC) recently responded ... -
Exploring occupational therapy graduates’ conceptualisations of occupational justice in practice: Curriculum implications
Hess-April, Lucia; Smith, Juliana; De Jongh, Jo-Celene (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)BACKGROUND. The concept of occupational justice was derived from a social justice perspective in response to a renewed commitment by the occupational therapy profession to address the occupational needs of individuals, ... -
Occupation-based practice in a tertiary hospital setting: occupational therapists’ perceptions and experiences
Hess-April, Lucia; Dennis, Lynique; Ganas, Nicolette; Phiri, Lungelo; Phoshoko, Pumza (Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2017)Occupation-based practice is an important feature of occupational therapy. There is however limited research regarding occupational therapists’ experiences with occupation-based practice. This study aimed to explore ... -
A situational mapping overview of training programmes for community-based rehabilitation workers in Southern Africa: strategies for strengthening accessible rural rehabilitation practice
Hess-April, Lucia; Ned, Lieketseng; Tiwari, Ritika (Frontiers Media S.A., 2020)In 2018, the United Nations global report showed that people with disabilities, who make up 15% of the worlds’ population, have poorer health and rehabilitation access (SDG 3). Without improving the needed person-centered ... -
Understandings and practices: Towards socially responsive curricula for the health professions
Hansen, Anthea; Engel-Hills, Penelope; Hess-April, Lucia (Springer, 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 ...