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A systematic review of the effectiveness of videoconference-based tele-education for medical and nursing education.
(Wiley, 2012)
BACKGROUND: Rural nurses and doctors typically have little opportunity to further their education and training. Studies have shown high participant satisfaction with the use of educational technology, such as videoconferencing, ...
A framework for effective collaboration: a case study of collaboration in nursing education in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Elsevier, 2012)
A fundamental purpose of mergers between higher education institutions (HEIs) in 2002 was to enable
sharing of scarce resources between more advanced universities and those historically disadvantaged by the apartheid ...
A cross-sectional survey to compare the competence of learners registered for the Baccalaureus Curationis programme using different learning approaches at the University of the Western Cape
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)
The purpose of the study was to compare the extent to which the different teaching approaches applied in the Baccalaureus Curationis programme adequately prepare graduating learners for professional competence.
Mental health legislation: does it protect the rights of people with mental health problems?
(SU LIS, 2012)
The International Federation of Social Work places a concern with human rights and social justice at the core of its definition of social work. Social work values are based on “respect for the equality, dignity and worth ...
A Model for Telepsychiatry for South Africa
(2012)
The access of rural Mental Health Care Users in South Africa to specialist psychiatrists and quality mental health care is currently sub-optimal. Health professionals and planners working in psychiatry lack a well-defined ...
Videoconference-based education for psychiatry registrars at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(OMICS group, 2012)
Objective: Psychiatry registrars form the backbone of specialized psychiatric service provision in South Africa. Medical schools are centralized while clinical services need to be widespread and accessible. Video-conferencing ...
The role of health extension workers in improving utilization of maternal health services in rural areas in Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2012)
BACKGROUND: Community health workers are widely used to provide care for a broad range of health issues. Since 2003 the government of Ethiopia has been deploying specially trained new cadres of community based health workers ...
Undergraduate nurses’ experience of the family health assessment as a learning opportunity
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)
The practice of community health nursing (CHN) may enhance the life experiences of families
and communities, particularly amongst the poor and socially marginalised. CHN provides
for a deeper understanding of the health ...
Practice guidelines for videoconference-based telepsychiatry in South Africa
(OMICS Publishing Group, 2012)
Telepsychiatry, the practice of psychiatry over distance using information and communication technologies is, after teleradiology, the most practiced form of telemedicine in the world. As with any new technology, clinical ...