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Moving from conversation to commitment: Optimising school-based health promotion in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2013)
Background: Recent evaluation of the Interdisciplinary Health Promotion (IHP) course offered by the University of the Western Cape (UWC) at
schools revealed that the needs expressed by the schools had not changed in the ...
How should universities play the game? Role of the academic sector in sport for development and peace in South Africa
(North-West University, 2017)
Sport for Development and Peace (SDP) refers to the use of sport to promote varied outcomes on and beyond the playing field. It encompasses a range of initiatives and stakeholders including multilateral agencies, governments ...
Structured feedback on students’ concept maps: the proverbial path to learning?
(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 ...
Mapping two measures to the International Classification Of Functioning, Disability and Health and the brief ICF core set for spinal cord injury in the post-acute context
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the extent to which the rehabilitation outcome levels (ROL) and the spinal cord independence measure (SCIM) III could be mapped to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and ...
The use of low-cost simulation in a resource-constrained teaching environment
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 2017)
BACKGROUND. To improve the management of chest trauma at the University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana, we incorporated simulation into a theorybased
chest trauma module by developing procedural guides, checklists and ...
Stroke patients’ outcomes and satisfaction with care at discharge from four referral hospitals in Malawi: A cross-sectional descriptive study in limited resource
(The College of Medicine and the Medical Association of Malawi, 2018)
BACKGROUND
Stroke is the fourth leading cause of mortality and disability in Malawi. There is paucity of studies reporting on acute stroke functional
outcomes, quality of life and satisfaction with care among patients ...
Perceptions and satisfaction of caregivers regarding rehabilitation services from selected rehabilitation centres in the Western Cape
(AOSIS, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Understanding caregivers’ views on rehabilitation services is important as it
may assist in informing healthcare services and patient management.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to explore caregivers’ ...
Client perspectives on reclaiming participation after a traumatic spinal cord injury in South Africa
(Oxford University Press, 2016)
BACKGROUND. The development of rehabilitation services promoting participation in people living with a traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) is of major concern for physical therapists. What the client sees as effective ...
Ownership and attitudes towards technology use in physiotherapy students from seven countries
(Elsevier, 2017)
PURPOSE: To assess differences in prerequisites to blended learning such as technology use and Internet access in an international sample of physiotherapy students from Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Luxembourg, Sudan, ...
A critical pedagogy for online learning in physiotherapy education
(Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2018)
In order to graduate physiotherapy students who are able to thrive in increasingly complex health systems, professional educators must move away from instrumental, positivist ideologies that disempower both students and ...