scholarly journals Integrated Decentralized Training for Health Professions Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: Protocol for the I-DecT Project

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. e19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pragashnie Govender ◽  
Verusia Chetty ◽  
Deshini Naidoo ◽  
Ntsikelelo Pefile
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Health Professions Education ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Institutional, gender and racial profiles of South African optometrists

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Nirghin ◽  
N. Ebrahim Khan ◽  
K. P. Mashige
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Population Distribution ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Free State ◽  
Racial Categories ◽  
The North ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Gender Profile ◽  
The University

This paper sets out to profile optometric gradu-ates in South Africa. The 2008 register of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) was used to identify the number of registered optometrists, their qualifications and institutions where they obtained their primary optometry qualification. The gender and racial profiles of these optometrists were obtained from the institutions where they qualified. A comparison of the profiles ofthe registered practitioners pre-democracy (1930-1994) and post-democracy (1995-2008) was made. Few (28.1%) of the optometrists were trained in the years 1930-1994, while the rest (71.9%) were trained from 1995-2008. During the period of1930-1994, 64.2% of the optometrists were males and 35.8% were females and from 1995 to 2008, the gender profile changed to 66.4% females and 33.6% males. In the pre-democracy period (1930-1994), almost three quarters (74%) of the registered optometrists were White, 15.3% were Indians, 7.9% were Black and 2.8% were Coloured. Many (56.9%) that were registered pre-1994 were trained at the Technikon Witwatersrand (TWR), 17.1% were trained at the University of Durban Westville (UDW), 11.9% at the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), 6.7% at the University of the North (UNIN) and 7.4% had trained in institutions outside South Africa. The percentage of White optometrists post-democracy (1995-2008) decreased to 44.3%, while those of Indians increased to 22%, Blacks increased to 28.9% and Coloured to 4.8%. Almost half (48.2%) of the optometrists in the post-apartheid era (1995-2008) were trained at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), TWR and RAU, 21.5% at UDW and University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), 23.7% at UNIN and the University of Limpopo (UL), 4% at the University of Free State (UFS) and others (2.6%) had trained outside South Africa. As at 2008, the majority (51.7%) of all registered optometrists were White, 22.2% were Black, 21.9% were Indian while 4.2% were Coloured and included 57.8% females and 42.2% males. The results of this study indicate that the number of females in all racial categories has increased post-democracy. Although the number of Black optometrists has increased in the post-democracy era, the increase does not yet reflect the national population distribution. Optometry departments need to improve on the equity targets.(S Afr Optom 2011 70(3) 123-128)

scholarly journals Embodying human rights in #FeesMustFall? Contributions from an indecent theology

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Grassow ◽  
Clint Le Bruyns
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Human Rights Abuses ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The University

This article focuses on the #FeesMustFall (FMF) movement and the question of a human rights culture. It provides evidence from the specific context of FMF at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, which exposes human rights abuses and violence to the dignity of protesting students. To advance a human rights culture within the higher education sector in the context of FMF, the article highlights the role of theology – ‘indecent theology’ (as espoused by Marcella Althaus-Reid) – in revealing the problem and promise of higher education institutions in the quest for a more liberating and responsible society. It is only through interrogating the narratives that sustain the current university structures – and continue to oppress the poor and the marginalised – that South Africa will be able to begin to construct a society that is respective of the rights of all.

scholarly journals Umuganda for improved health professions education in Rwanda: Past, present and future in the training of health professionals at the University of Rwanda

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Flinkenflogel ◽  
P Kyamanywa ◽  
B Asiimwe-Kateera ◽  
S Musafiri ◽  
PC Kayumba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Health Professions Education ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Innovations to Enhance the Quality of Health Professions Education at the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences–NECTAR Program

2014 ◽  
Vol 89 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. S88-S92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiratidzo E. Ndhlovu ◽  
Kusum Nathoo ◽  
Margaret Borok ◽  
Midion Chidzonga ◽  
Eva M. Aagaard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Professions ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Health Professions Education ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Zimbabwe
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