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Communities' views, attitudes and recommendations on community-based education of undergraduate Health Sciences students in South Africa: A qualitative study
(2013)Background: Medical and Health Sciences students in South Africa undertake community-based education (CBE). Health professionals based at host sites are jointly responsible for training of these students in conjunction ... -
How social media can tell the world about university research
(José Frantz, 2020)Research impact is primarily measured by publication in high-ranking journals, the majority of which are in English. This narrow measurement focusing on scientific journals, together with exclusionary language policies, impedes ... -
Learning to be a health activist
(José Frantz, 2020)In 2009, Professor Alan Christoffels from the South African National Bioinformatics Institute and Professor Trish Struthers from the School of Public Health decided to join forces on a multidisciplinary project aimed at ... -
Partnership for first-year students in innovative programme
(José Frantz, 2020)Over the past few years, much emphasis at higher education institutions in South Africa has been placed on constructing higher education in a more collaborative manner. The #RhodesMustFall movement followed by #FeesMustFall ... -
Promoting excellence in teaching in health education through the development of partnerships
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)INTRODUCTION: The Faculty of Community and Health Sciences (FCHS) reviewed its curricula for 1994, allowing the Primary Health Care (PHC) approach to be the foundation of teaching and learning in health. To institutionalize ... -
Scorecard can help monitor children’s psycho-social health and wellbeing
(José Frantz, 2020)Healthy early childhood development is fundamental to success and happiness, not only during childhood but throughout the course of a person’s life. This not only includes linguistic and cognitive development but also ... -
Social support for digital inclusion of women in South African townships
(Elsevier, 2022)Despite strong evidence of its critical role in facilitating digital inclusion, social support – the emotional, instrumental and informational aid received from support networks to assist an individual’s use of digital ... -
What social innovation and development can do for a university
(José Frantz, 2020)Invention and innovation are two different concepts. In thecase of an invention, an investment of resources financial or otherwise is made, with the outcome being new knowledge. Innovation, on the other hand, is the ...