• Perspectives and discourses on teaching evaluations in a South African university 

  Nsibande, Rejoice N.; Modiba, Maropeng M. (Routledge, 2024)

  The paper reports on a study that explored selected lecturers’ perspectives and discourses on a university’s Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) policy in South Africa; particularly what the policy prioritised in terms ...
• Neurophobia : the inconvenient truth 

  Venter, Gerda; Bosman, Marius C.; Lubbe, Johanna (Spanish Association of Anatomy, 2023-09)

  Medical schools have implemented strategies in response to neurophobia to counteract the negative perception and improve neuroscience experiences for undergraduate medical students. In this study, we explored the attitudes, ...
• A reflexive lens on preparing and conducting semi-structured interviews with academic colleagues 

  Buys, Tania Lee; Casteleijn, Daleen; Heyns, Tanya; Untiedt, Hannelie (Sage, 2022-11)

  In qualitative research, researchers often conduct semi-structured interviews with people familiar to them, but there are limited guidelines for researchers who conduct interviews to obtain curriculum-related information ...
• Ensemble averaging using remote sensing data to model spatiotemporal PM10 concentrations in sparsely monitored South Africa 

  Arowosegbe, Oluwaseyi Olalekan; Roeoesli, Martin; Kuenzli, Nino; Saucy, Apolline; Adebayo-Ojo, Temitope Christina; Schwartz, Joel; Kebalepile, Moses Mogakolodi; Jeebhay, Mohamed Fareed; Dalvie, Mohamed Aqiel; De Hoogh, Kees (Elsevier, 2022-10)

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• Neurophobia : a side effect of neuroanatomy education? 

  Venter, Gerda; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene); Bosman, Marius C. (Springer, 2022-11)

  Neuroanatomy in the medical curriculum tends to be challenging for both lecturers and students. Students and lecturers perceive the relevance and importance of neuroanatomy differently. If not taught sufficiently, students ...
• Incorporating Ubuntu principles in a tutor training programme to promote academic success and wellbeing 

  Ndwambi, Mueletshedzi; Hlabane, Sipho; Motlhabane, Daniel; Malgas, Antoinette (University of Johannesburg, 2022-04)

  Tutoring is one of the important components of student support designed to enable students to achieve their learning goals and improve overall success rates. Due to the pandemic, the use of educational technologies has ...
• Differential expression of platelet activation markers, CD62P and CD63, after exposure to breast cancer cells treated with Kigelia africana, Ximenia caffra and Mimusops zeyheri seed oils in vitro 

  Gomes, Monica N.; Fru, Pascaline; Augustine, Tanya N.; Moyo, Davison; Chivandi, Eliton; Daniels, William M.U. (Routledge, 2022)

  Cancer patients, including breast cancer patients, live in a hypercoagulable state. Chemo- and hormone- therapy used in the treatment of breast cancer increases the risk of thrombosis. Due to differences in health care ...
• The management of student success in extended curriculum programmes : a case study of the University of Pretoria Mamelodi campus, South Africa 

  Ogude, Nthabiseng Audrey; Majozi, P.C.; Mathabathe, Kgadi Clarrie; Mthethwa, N.E. (Higher Education South Africa (HESA), 2021-09-18)

  For three decades, numerous South African scholars have researched the efficacy of access programmes in providing alternative pathways to careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics through foundation ...
• Higher education uses community engagement-partnership as a research space to build knowledge 

  Machimana, Eugene Gabriel; Sefotho, Maximus Monaheng; Ebersohn, L. (Liesel); Shultz, Lynette (Springer, 2021-02)

  The purpose of the current article was to compare the retrospective experiences of community partners with higher education (HE) qualifications, in community engagement (CE) in order to inform global citizenship as a HE ...
• Student support and transition through a buddy programme to foster social integration 

  Naidoo, Ana; Byles, Hestie; Kwenaite, Sindi (African Minds, 2021)

  The University of Pretoria (UP) began offering formal academic student support in 2011 when the first faculty student advisor (FSA) was appointed. Although many more FSAs were subsequently appointed, assistance to all the ...
• Using a social media project as a way to get students to communicate conservation messages to the general public 

  Shrader, A.M. (Adrian); Louw, Ina (Routledge, 2023)

  For conservation biologists to be effective, they need to be able to communicate to the general public. In today’s world, communicating means tapping into social media platforms. To get our final-year undergraduate students ...
• The use of reflective photography in a large service-learning module 

  Jordaan, Martina; Jordaan, Dolf (Common Ground Research Networks, 2021)

  The Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) at a university in South Africa presents a compulsory undergraduate course, Community-based Project (code: JCP). It entails students working ...
• Quality of service provisioning through resource optimisation in heterogeneous cognitive radio sensor networks 

  Awoyemi, Babatunde Seun; Maharaj, Bodhaswar Tikanath Jugpershad (Elsevier, 2021-01)

  Recently, cognitive radio sensor networks (CRSN) have evolved as a result of the introduction of cognitive capabilities to conventional wireless sensor networks. In most CRSN designs, secondary users and/or sensor nodes ...
• The teaching mix matters : rethinking veterinary education at a South African university 

  Pienaar, M.; Mostert, El-Marie (University of the Free State, 2021-03)

  Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a shift in teaching and learning practices. The University of Pretoria in South Africa was not entirely unprepared for this event, since the university’s teaching strategy ...
• From work-integrated learning to virtual case studies : navigating an alternative to fieldwork in paediatric occupational therapy 

  Van Niekerk, Karin; Uys, Kitty; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene) (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-09)

  Work-integrated learning (WIL) is a crucial component of learning in the undergraduate occupational therapy (OT) programme. WIL provides essential work exposure, allows for theory-practice integration and forms part of ...
• Teaching pharmacology online : not just another narration 

  Cordier, Werner; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene) (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-09)

  The COVID-19 pandemic placed educators in unique circumstances, not only due to their discipline- and student-specific considerations, but also their personal and professional milieu. Given a series of sudden ...
• Do we assess what we set out to teach in obstetrics : an action research study 

  Adam, Sumaiya; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene); Van Rooyen, Marietjie (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-06)

  BACKGROUND: Medical education empowers students to transform theoretical knowledge into practice. Assessment of knowledge, skills and attitudes determines students' competency to practice. Assessment methods have been ...
• Breaking the isolation : online group assignments 

  Adam, Sumaiya; Coetzee, Melantha; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene) (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-09)

  The COVID‑19 pandemic forced educators to go online in a hurry in 2020 and adapt their teaching and assessment approaches. However, despite the urgency, teaching and assessment still need to remain constructively aligned, ...
• Do we assess what we set out to teach in obstetrics : an action research study 

  Adam, Sumaiya; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene); Van Rooyen, Marietjie (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-06)

  BACKGROUND. Medical education empowers students to transform theoretical knowledge into practice. Assessment of knowledge, skills and attitudes determines students’ competency to practice. Assessment methods have been ...
• Bringing literature to life : a digital animation to teach analogue concepts in radiographic imaging during a pandemic - lessons learnt 

  Essop, Hafsa; Lubbe, J.C. (Irene); Kekana, Mable (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2021-09)

  The fourth industrial revolution is upon us, bringing with it modern trends and new imaging equipment and techniques to radiography. While resource-rich institutions have successfully moved from analogue to digital equipment, ...

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