scholarly journals Implementing community-based education in basic nursing education programs in South Africa

Curationis ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N.G. Mtshali
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Curriculum Planning ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Education

Education of health professionals using principles of community-based education is the recommended national policy in South Africa. A paradigm shift to community based education is reported in a number of nursing education institutions in South Africa. Reviewed literature however revealed that in some educational institutions planning, implementation and evaluation of Community-based Educational (CBE) programmes tended to be haphazard, uncoordinated and ineffective, resulting in poor student motivation. Therefore the purpose of this study was to analyse the implementation of community-based education in basic nursing education programmes in South Africa. Strauss and Corbin’s (1990) grounded theory approach guided the research process. Data were collected by means of observation, interviews and document analysis. The findings revealed that collaborative decision-making involving all stakeholders was crucial especially during the curriculum planning phase. Furthermore, special criteria should be used when selecting community learning sites to ensure that the selected sites are able to facilitate the development of required graduate competencies. Collaborative effort, true partnership between academic institutions and communities, as well as government support and involvement emerged as necessary conditions for the successful implementation of community-based education programmes.

scholarly journals Conceptualisation of community-based basic nursing education in South Africa: a grounded theory analysis

Curationis ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Mtshali
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
South African ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
The South ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Education ◽  
Community Based Learning

Community-based education is about a decade old in basic nursing education in South Africa, An extensive review of literature revealed that although CBE was a familiar concept in South Africa, there was however, limited understanding of what this phenomenon means. The purpose of the study was to analyse the concept ‘community-based education’ with the aim of discovering shared understanding of this phenomenon in basic nursing education within the South African context. Strauss and Corbin’s (1990) grounded theory approach was used to guide the research process. The South African Nursing Council’s (SANC) education committee, the National Department of Health, human resources division representatives as well as seven nursing education institutions with well-established CBE programmes participated in the study. The data was collected by means o f observations, interviews and document analysis. Purposive sampling and later theoretical sampling was used for selecting interviewees. This resulted in a total o f 45 interviewees. The data collection and initial data analysis took place concurrently. Descriptive analysis followed by conceptual analysis was performed using Strauss and Corbin’s model. The findings in this study revealed that community-based education is education that uses the community extensively, especially the under-developed and under-resourced settings, for learning purposes in order to enhance relevance of nursing education to the needs of the South African population. The core discriminatory characteristics o f CBE were found to include; primacy of the community as a learning environment; the early exposure of students to community-based learning experiences; community-based learning experiences dominating the curriculum, exposure to community-based learning experiences throughout the curriculum, vertical sequencing of community-based learning experiences in a curriculum, starting from primary settings to secondary and later tertiary health care settings to facilitate the development of competencies required when serving in all these settings, and lastly, learning through providing service to the underresourced communities. Community involvement and partnership, problem-centred learning, valid assessment of learning emanated as important characteristics of CBE but which were identified as gaps in the existing programmes. Recommendations focused on these gaps as well as to the problem of community-based learning experiences which were mainly concentrated in first and/or second year levels in most o f the programmes.

scholarly journals Rationalisation of Nursing Education in Limpopo province: Nurse educators’ perspectives

Curationis ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
T.R. Makhuvha ◽  
M. Davhana-Maselesele ◽  
V.O. Netshandama
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nurse Educators ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Process Data ◽  
The Government

Nursing education institutions are facing a challenge of realigning its functioning according to the changes that are taking place within the country. The intention of the government post apartheid was to correct the imbalances which were brought about by the apartheid government and the following regulations and policies influenced the change in nursing education, that is, Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP), White Paper on Higher Education (WPHE), and the National Qualification Framework (NQF) (South Africa, 1995:6). In 1996 the government introduced the first democratic constitution of the Republic of South Africa (RS A) according to Act 108 of 1996. In the light of those increasing changes in nursing education, led by political change, the experiences of nurse educators is a critical issue facing nursing campuses. The purpose of this study was two-fold; namely: to explore and describe the experiences of nurse educators with regard to the rationalisation of nursing education and to use information obtained to describe guidelines for the effective rationalisation of a nursing college in the Limpopo Province. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design was used. Qualitative interviews were conducted with nurse educators who worked in nursing colleges before and after 1994. Measures to ensure trustworthiness were applied and ethical issues were adhered to throughout the research process. Data was analysed following Tesch’s method (Creswell 1994:154-155). The research established that nurse educators experienced dissatisfaction in several areas relating to the rationalization of nursing education. Support was also expected from bureaucracy at higher level. This study developed guidelines to policy makers and nurse educators to ensure effective rationalisation process.

scholarly journals Effect of community-based education on undergraduate nursing students’ skills: a systematic review

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arezoo Zeydani ◽  
Foroozan Atashzadeh-Shoorideh ◽  
Fatemeh Abdi ◽  
Meimanat Hosseini ◽  
Sima Zohari-Anboohi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing Students ◽  
Community Based Education ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing

Abstract Background Community-based education, as an effective approach to strengthen nurses’ skills in response to society’s problems and needs has increased in nursing education programs. The aim of this study was to review the effect of community-based education on nursing students’ skills. Methods For this systematic review, ProQuest, EMBASE, Scopus, PubMed/ MEDLINE, Cochran Library, Web of Science, CINAHL and Google Scholar were searched up to February 2021. The methodological quality of the studies was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT). Seventeen studies were included in this systematic review. Inclusion criteria included articles published in English and were original articles. Results In all studies, undergraduate nursing students’ skills were improved by participation in a community-based education program. Community-based education enhances professional skills, communication skills, self-confidence, knowledge and awareness, and critical thinking skills and teamwork skills in undergraduate nursing students. Conclusions Community-based education should be used as an effective and practical method of training capable nurses to meet the changing needs of society, to improve nurses ‘skills and empower them to address problems in society.

scholarly journals Early Communication Intervention within a Community-based Intervention Model in South Africa

1999 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Lisl Fair ◽  
Brenda Louw
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Early Intervention ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Communication Intervention ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Early Intervention Service ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Early Communication ◽  
Intervention Service

Infants and toddlers with special needs within the developing context in South Africa are not currently receiving adequate early communication intervention services. The development of a model for service delivery to this population is imperative for the successful implementation of early communication intervention in the developing context in South Africa. The basic model of early intervention service delivery provides a theoretical basis for early intervention service delivery but has certain limitations when applied to the developing context in South Africa. Community-based intervention is proposed as an avenue for the delivery of health care services within primary health care although constraints in the application of community-based intervention exist. An integrated model of early communication intervention service delivery within community-based intervention is proposed and illustrated by presenting a case example.

scholarly journals A community-based education programme to reduce insecticide exposure from indoor residual spraying in Limpopo, South Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Eskenazi ◽  
David I. Levine ◽  
Stephen Rauch ◽  
Muvhulawa Obida ◽  
Madelein Crause ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Indoor Residual Spraying ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Education ◽  
Insecticide Exposure

scholarly journals Communities’ views, attitudes and recommendations on community-based education of undergraduate Health Sciences students in South Africa: A qualitative study

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Langalibalele H. Mabuza ◽  
Paula Diab ◽  
Stephen J. Reid ◽  
Busisiwe E. Ntuli ◽  
Penelope S. Flack ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Student Teaching ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Education ◽  
Health Sciences Students ◽  
The University

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 with university staff. This study explored the communities’ views, attitudes and recommendations regarding CBE undertaken by these students, in order to improve the qualityof community support for these programmes.Method: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted at CBE placement sites of students from the Faculties of Health Sciences of the University of Limpopo (UL), University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and University of the Western Cape (UWC) during 2010 and 2011. Focus group discussions were held with site facilitators, community leaders and patients, and interviews were audio recorded, transcribed and translated into English where necessary. Data were analysed using NVivo (version 9).Findings: CBE was seen to benefit communities, students and host institutions as there was perceived improvement of service delivery, better referral to hospitals and reduction of workloads on site staff.CBE was also seen as having potential for recruiting professionals who have better orientation tothe area, and for motivating school pupils for a career in health sciences. Students acquired practicalskills and gained confidence and experience. Challenges included poor communication between universities and host sites, burden of student teaching on site facilitators, cultural and religious sensitivity of students and language barriers.Conclusion: The study revealed that communities have an important role to play in the CBE offuture health care professionals. CBE activities could be better organised and managed through formalised partnerships.

scholarly journals Breeding Practices and Traits Preferences of Goat Keepers at Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality, South Africa: Implication for the Design of Breeding Programs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thobela Louis Tyasi ◽  
Jones Ng’ambi ◽  
Stanley Mogashoa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Body Size ◽  
Coat Color ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Local Municipality ◽  
Breeding Practices ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract Identification of breeding practices and traits preferences by farmers for selection of breeding animals to be parents of the next generations is the crucial step to the successful implementation of community-based breeding programs (CBBPs). The aim of the study was to detect breeding practices and traits preferences by farmers at Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality, South Africa to determine their relevance in establishing a CBBPs. A structural questionnaire was designed and administered to 183 randomly selected goat keepers from 4 villages. Across the 4 communities, the majority of goat keepers were males with the traditional purposes, sales and meat production as their main reasons of keeping goats. Spring breeding season was practiced using natural mating system controlled mainly by means of castration and culling of poor reproductive or undesired goats for breeding. The most important common farmers’ preference traits among the four communities were twining ability, good mothering ability and body size in breeding does, and mating ability, growth rate and body size in breeding bucks. However, the selection of breeding stock might also include qualitative traits such as coat color of goats. The results from this study are useful for designing CBBPs for indigenous goats in Lepelle-Nkumpi Local Municipality.

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