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Consensus Study Report
Reconceptualising health professions education in South Africa
Year of Publication : 2018
Language : en
Keywords : Health professions education (HPE)Inter-professional education and collaborative practice (IPECP)Healthcare education (HCE)Healthcare professional (HCP)Human resources for health (HRH)Health workforceHealth workersInternshipCommunity serviceCompetenciesPrimary healthcare (PHC)Burden of disease (BOD)National Health Insurance (NHI)TrainingTransformative learningSkills mixMedicalMedical schoolClinicalEducationTertiary institutionsHealth Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)NursesDoctorsRural healthCurriculumPedagogyHealth sciences educationFunding health sciences
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Abstract (English) : This consensus study was initiated by ASSAf as a response to the ongoing challenge of shortages of healthcare professionals. The study was conceptualised following an ASSAf workshop on the Lancet report titled Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world.
The study aims to address the full value chain in health sciences education from student selection, through pedagogical developments, unpacking of the current bottlenecks in the system and looking at how the future health sciences education system can be financed and regulated.
Objectives of the study are to provide evidence-based information and recommendations to policymakers and relevant stakeholders on how health professional education might be transformed to improve the health of the nation. This includes the various professions in health.
Some of the key findings of the study include: barriers in student section; inadequate production and retention of skilled health professionals; urban-rural maldistribution of graduates; core competencies’ challenges; internship and community-service obligations and transition; and shortcomings in financing of health sciences education.
Recommendations on how to address the challenges are very practical. It is envisaged that policymakers and relevant stakeholders will implement these for the revitalisation of health professions education in order to improve health of South Africans.
Publisher : Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)
Citation : Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). (2018). Reconceptualising health professions education in South Africa. https://doi.org/10.17159/assaf.2018/0021
Sponsorship : Stellenbosch University Rural Medical Education Partnership Initiative (SURMEPI)
DOI : 10.17159/assaf.2018/0021
ISBN : 9780994711762
Peer Review Status : Peer-Reviewed
ASSAf Strategic Outcomes : Independent, authoritative and influential Scientific Advice | Scholarship support & Supporting Transformation
ASSAf Priority Areas : Service to Society
ASSAf Purpose : Science for Science | Science for Policy
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) : SDG 03 – Good Health and Well-being | SDG 04 – Quality Education | SDG 08 – Decent Work and Economic Growth | SDG 09 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure | SDG 10 – Reduced Inequalities | SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities
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