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Students’ views of learning about an interprofessional world café method
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)
BACKGROUND. Interprofessional education (IPE) and practice were conceived as a means to improve quality of care by bringing together the health and
social professions to learn and work collaboratively in teams. This ...
Promoting Physical Activity and Exercise in Daily Practice: Current Practices, Barriers, and Training Needs of Physiotherapists in Eastern Nigeria
(University of Toronto Press, 2015)
PURPOSE: To investigate current practices, barriers, and training needs for the promotion of physical activity (PA) in physiotherapy practices in eastern Nigeria. METHODS: A total of 141 fully licensed physiotherapists in ...
Perceptions of undergraduate dental students at Makerere College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda towards patient record keeping
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)
BACKGROUND. The creating, maintenance and storage of patients’ medical records is an important competence for the professional training of a dental student.
OBJECTIVE. Owing to the unsatisfactory state of dental records ...
Self-assessment of final-year undergraduate physiotherapy students’ literature-searching behaviour, self-perceived knowledge of their own critical appraisal skills and evidence-based practice beliefs
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)
BACKGROUND. Health professionals and new graduates alike are expected to be efficient in applying evidence-based practice. Research and evidencebased
practice skills are taught in the research modules at university, but ...
The effect of a knowledge-based ergonomic intervention amongst administrators at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
(IOS Press, 2015-07-24)
BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) and neck pain are part of the common work-related musculoskeletal disorders with a large impact on the affected person. Despite having a multifactorial aetiology, ergonomic factors play a ...
The impact of a faculty development programme for health professions educators in sub-Saharan Africa: an archival study
(BioMed Central -The Open Access Publisher, 2015-02-19)
BACKGROUND:
In 2008 the sub-Saharan FAIMER Regional Institute launched a faculty development
programme aimed at enhancing the academic and research capacity of health professions
educators working in sub-Saharan Africa. ...
Community-university partnership to enhance wellbeing of families: factors that sustain it
(Unisa Press, 2016)
Universities have a civic responsibility to engage with communities to capacitate and develop for the purpose of health and wellbeing. Although service learning serves part of this purpose, there is an additional requirement ...
Reflection on an interprofessional community-based participatory research project
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)
BACKGROUND. A collaborative interprofessional research project that involved community members was beneficial to community development.
OBJECTIVE. To draw upon the experiences of academics relating to their involvement ...
Facilitating community-based interprofessional education and collaborative practice in a health sciences faculty: Student perceptions and experiences
(African Journal of Health Professions Education, 2016-08-01)
BACKGROUND. Interprofessional education (IPE) aims at facilitating the collaborative practice of healthcare professionals. However, students have varied
experiences with IPE and the collaborative practice initiatives ...
The effect of occupational-related low back pain on the functional activities among manual workers in construction companies
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
INTRODUCTION: Low back pain is the most prevalent musculoskeletal condition and one of the most common causes of
disability in the world. The disability resulting from low back pain continues to plague the
construction ...