Browsing by Author "Rowe, Michael"
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The role of blended learning in clinical education: A systematic review
Rowe, Michael; Frantz, Jose M.; Bozalek, Vivienne (Association for Medical Education in Europe, 2012)BACKGROUND: Developing practice knowledge in healthcare is a complex process that is difficult to teach. Clinical education exposes students to authentic learning situations, but students also need epistemological access ... -
The role of rehabilitation care workers in South African healthcare: A Q-methodological study
Gamiet, Shamila; Rowe, Michael (AOSIS, 2019)The South African Department of Health identified the need to train a new cadre of community health worker (CHW) in the field of rehabilitation as part of their 2030 Health Plan that aims to improve primary healthcare (PHC) ... -
Structured feedback on students’ concept maps: the proverbial path to learning?
Joseph, Conran; Conradsson, David; Nilsson Wikmar, Lena; Rowe, Michael (BMC, 2017)BACKGROUND: Good conceptual knowledge is an essential requirement for health professions students, in that they are required to apply concepts learned in the classroom to a variety of different contexts. However, the use ... -
Structured feedback on students’ concept maps: the proverbial path to learning?
Rowe, Michael (BMC, 2017)Good conceptual knowledge is an essential requirement for health professions students, in that they are required to apply concepts learned in the classroom to a variety of different contexts. However, the use of traditional ... -
Student and staff perceptions and experiences of the introduction of Objective Structured Practical Examinations: a pilot study
Frantz, Jose M.; Rowe, Michael; Hess, Danelle; Rhoda, Anthea; Sauls, Hess; Wegner, Liezel (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2013)Background. The Objective Structured Practical Examination (OSPE) is widely recognised as one of the more objective methods of assessing practical skills in healthcare programmes, including undergraduate physiotherapy ... -
Technology-mediated learning in physiotherapy education: the social construction of practice knowledge.
Frantz, Jose M.; Rowe, Michael (Aosis Publishing, 2013)Clinical practice is complex, requiring practitioners to interpret a diverse range of inter-related variables in order to make clinical decisions as part of patient management. This process is often intuitive and therefore ... -
These may not be the courses you are seeking: a systematic review of open online courses in health professions education
Rowe, Michael; Osadnik, Christian R.; Pritchard, Shane; Maloney, Stephen (BMC, 2019)Introduction: Open Online Courses (OOCs) are increasingly presented as a possible solution to the many challenges of higher education. However, there is currently little evidence available to support decisions around the ... -
The use of a wiki to facilitate collaborative learning in a South African physiotherapy department
Rowe, Michael (South African Society of Physiotherapy, 2012)The dominant form of teaching in higher education remains the lecture, even though evidence suggests that it alone is inadequate to facilitate the development of the higher order thinking skills required in clinical practice. ... -
The use of assisted performance within an online social network to develop reflective reasoning in undergraduate physiotherapy students
Rowe, Michael (Informa Healthcare, 2012)Background: The development of practice knowledge is an important component of clinical education and reflective reasoning is known to play a role in its development. Online social networks may have some potential for ... -
The use of information and communication technology by South African physiotherapy students
Rowe, Michael; Struthers, Patricia (South African Society of Physiotherapy, 2009)The global shift toward the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in health education and practice has been shown to enhance both the educational opportunities and the support provided to students and ... -
The use of smartphone apps in clinical practice: A survey of South African physiotherapists
Rowe, Michael; Sauls, Berenice (OpenJournals Publishing AOSIS (Pty) Ltd, 2020)In 2017, there were more than 325 000 health-related and medical apps in the app stores of all major mobile operating systems, with some of these apps having been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times (Pohl 2017). ... -
Using Google Drive to facilitate a blended approach to authentic learning
Rowe, Michael; Bozalek, Vivienne; Frantz, Jose M. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)While technology has the potential to create opportunities for transformative learning in higher education, it is often used to merely reinforce didactic teaching that aims to control access to expert knowledge. Instead, ... -
Using video to learn practical techniques in physiotherapy education
Rowe, Michael; Sauls, Berenice (South African Medical Association, 2020)The traditional approach to developing practical skills in physiotherapy education presents several challenges. Because of larger class sizes, it is difficult for all students to see clearly what is being demonstrated, ...