Health Professions Education Stellenbosch University

Overview

The Health Professions Education programme at the Stellenbosch University consists of two streams, namely the structured programme and the thesis programme.

The offer

The programme is presented by means of technology-mediated teaching and learning, with one contact session per year. If you are following the structured programme, you must attend the contact sessions. If, however, you have been admitted to the thesis programme, the contact sessions are optional, except if you are unable to submit proof of sufficient research experience as indicated above. In that instance, you must attend and pass the contact sessions for the Educational Research for Change in Health Professions Education and the Research Methodology Component of the Research Assignment modules.

The programme is research based and aims to equip you to understand, critically evaluate and apply the following within teaching and learning contexts in health sciences:

• contemporary and appropriate educational approaches;
• principles of professional practice, with specific reference to ethics, reflection and social responsiveness; and
• findings derived from international and particularly African research in health professions education within the context of diversity and varying levels of resources.