Centenary of the UCT Faculty of Health Sciences

Health Sciences undergraduate education at UCT: A story of transformation

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Nadia Hartman, Harsha Kathard, Gonda Perez, Steve Reid, James Irlam, Geney Gunston, Vicki Janse van Rensburg, Vanessa Burch, Madeleine Duncan, Derek Hellenberg, Ian Van Rooyen, Mantoa Smouse, Cynthia Sikakane, Elmi Badenhorst, Busayo Ige

Abstract


Undergraduate education and training in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town has become socially responsive. A story of transformation that is consonant with wider societal developments since the 1994 democratic elections, outlining the changes in undergraduate curricula across the faculty, is presented.

Authors' affiliations

Nadia Hartman, Education Development Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town

Harsha Kathard, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town

Gonda Perez, Dean’s Office, University of Cape Town

Steve Reid, Primary Health Care Directorate, University of Cape Town

James Irlam, Primary Health Care Directorate, University of Cape Town

Geney Gunston, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town

Vicki Janse van Rensburg, Education Development Unit, University of Cape Town

Vanessa Burch, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town

Madeleine Duncan, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town

Derek Hellenberg, Department of Family Medicine, University of Cape Town

Ian Van Rooyen, Department of African Languages, University of Cape Town

Mantoa Smouse, Department of African Languages, University of Cape Town

Cynthia Sikakane, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Cape Town

Elmi Badenhorst, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town

Busayo Ige, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Cape Town

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Keywords

undergraduate education, curriculum, socially responsive, transformation

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South African Medical Journal 2012;102(6):477-480.

Article History

Date submitted: 2012-01-27
Date published: 2012-03-02

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