Research Articles (Office of the Dean: Health Sciences)

Role and value of simulation in plastic surgery education and training: recommendations for implementation

Nel, C. P. G.; Labuschagne, M. J.; Van Zyl, G. J. (Central University of Technology, Free State, 2021)

The aim of the study was to elucidate the role and value of simulation in postgraduate plastic surgery training. The research questions were: What are the role and value of simulation in postgraduate plastic surgery training? ...
Online faculty development in low- and middle-income countries for health professions educators: a rapid realist review

Keiller, Lianne; Nyoni, Champion; Van Wyk, Chantel (BMC, 2022)

Background Health professions educators require support to develop teaching and learning, research, educational leadership, and administrative skills to strengthen their higher education role through faculty development ...
An online multiple-choice microbiology game for undergraduate medical students: a case study

Struwig, Daleen; Beylefeld, Adri; Hugo, Alwyn; Joubert, Gina (University of the Free State, 2012)

English: Educational games are increasingly used in medical curricula to enhance the process of mastering subject content. Students experience medical microbiology as an exceptional challenge because of unfamiliar terminology ...