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The role of blended learning in clinical education: A systematic review
(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 ... -
Pain as a reason for primary care visits: cross-sectional survey in a rural and periurban health clinic in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
(South Africa Academy of Family Physicians, 2012)Background: The burden of pain in primary care has not been described for South Africa. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of pain in primary care and to characterise pain among adult patients attending a rural ... -
Changes in paediatric HIV-related hospital admissions and mortality in Soweto, South Africa, 1996-2011: light at the end of the tunnel?
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012)Background: With widespread availability of pediatric antiretro- viral therapy and improved access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), it is important to monitor the impact on pediatric HIV-related ... -
Applying a framework for assessing the health system challenges to scaling up mHealth in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2012)Background: Mobile phone technology has demonstrated the potential to improve health service delivery, but there is little guidance to inform decisions about acquiring and implementing mHealth technology at scale in health ... -
Factors associated with patterns of plural healthcare utilization among patients taking antiretroviral therapy in rural and urban South Africa: a cross sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2012)Background: In low-resource settings, patients’ use of multiple healthcare sources may complicate chronic care and clinical outcomes as antiretroviral therapy (ART) continues to expand. However, little is known ... -
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 ... -
Explaining migrant wages: the case of Zimbabwean day labourers in South Africa
(The Clute Institute, 2012)There has been an increasing inflow of migrants and refugees into South Africa during the last two decades. The origin of these migrants is mainly from South Africa’s long-established sources of migrant workers, including ... -
Nutrition management in the adult Crohn's disease patient
(MedPharm Publications, 2012)Malnutrition, nutrient deficiencies and osteoporosis are common in Crohn’s disease patients regardless of disease activity. While the role of diet in the pathogenesis of the disease remains inconclusive, upon diagnosis ... -
HIV/AIDS knowledge, behaviour and beliefs among South African university students
(2012)Globally, South Africa has the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS. In the absence of cure, prevention is the only available method to reduce HIV prevalence rates. This can only be obtained through behavioural change, which is ... -
Evaluation of a new clinical performance assessment tool: a reliability study
(AOSIS publishing, 2012)Clinical practice is an essential requirement of any graduate physiotherapy programme. For this purpose, valid and reliable assessment tools are paramount for the measurement of key competencies in the real-world setting. ... -
Injury prevalence of netball players in South Africa: the need for injury prevention
(SA Society of Physiotherapy, 2012)This study aimed to establish baseline data for injury prevalence, mechanism of injury, injury severity and management of injuries in netball players in South Africa. A cross sectional descriptive design was employed to ... -
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 ... -
Developing telepsychiatry services in KwaZulu-Natal - an action research study
(OMICS Publishing Group, 2012)OBJECTIVE: In 2009, the Departments of Psychiatry and Telehealth of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) initiated a three year project to develop telepsychiatry services in KwaZulu-Natal. This paper describes the ... -
Integrating prevention of mother to child HIV transmission competencies into the nursing curriculum: Methodological lessons from a university-based undergraduate programme
(Oasis OpenJournals, 2012)South Africa (SA) has the highest number of women infected with HIV and AIDS during pregnancy, which results in more than 70 000 infected babies being born each year AIDS is the major contributor to maternal and child ... -
Readiness of health-care institutions in KwaZulu-Natal to implement telespsychiatry
(2012)We assessed the preparedness of health districts and designated hospitals in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province for proposed telepsychiatry services. An e-health readiness questionnaire for developing countries was administered ... -
Effectiveness and feasibility of telepsychiatry in resource constrained environments? A systematic review of the evidence
(OMICS Publishing Group, 2012)OBJECTIVE: A review of systematic reviews of the effectiveness and feasibility of videoconference-based telepsychiatry services for resource constrained environments was conducted. Specifically with the aim of producing ... -
Research in lower middle income countries – recommendations for a national mental health research agenda in South Africa.
(2012)In the current mental health environment in South Africa, the development of a relevant mental health research agenda poses several challenges. This paper provides a brief overview of the current state of published research ... -
The relationship between low back pain and physical activity among nurses in Kanombe Military Hospital
(Bookbuilders Editions Africa, 2012)Low back pain is said to be a major health threat which leads to disability in high and low-income countries. Nurses have been singled out amongst professional workers as one of those that are most prone to suffer from ... -
Physiotherapy Students’ Use of Online Technology as part of their Learning Practices: A Case Study
(Aosis, 2012)The relevance of non-technical skills have long been acknowledged as important components of clinical learning, and there is evidence that integrating technology can facilitate their development by encouraging reflection, ... -
Sportsmen’s experience of the impact of massage by somatologists in enhancing aerobic performance
(AFAHPER-SD, 2012)For the purpose of massages before and after sports events, sportsmen are increasingly visiting somatologists working at private somatology clinics instead of other massage therapists. Massage is frequently utilised as a ...