qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, designed the project, literature review, collected data, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts, managed research team, participated in analysis of data
position: Deputy director
South Africa
My focus is on health professions education with a particular interest in faculty development and postgraduate studies.
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, contributed to drafts, participated in analysis of data, designed the project
position: Deputy director (Research)
South Africa
I am a practising Anatomical Pathologist with a keen interest in all aspects of Health Professions Education, especially in clinical reasoning, inter-professional education, leadership, postgraduate training.
qualifications: MMed
contribution: original concept, designed the project, contributed to drafts
position: Director
South Africa
Principal family physician, Worcerster Hospital, associate professor, division of family medicine and primary care,faculty of health sciences, university of Stellenbosch. Director Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, HFHS, SU. Working in regional hospital Worcester. Involved with for both undergraduate and post graduate family medicine training. Responsible for undergraduate rural rotation. Involved in rural roll out of ARV program for AIDS patients. Research interest: Training of family physicians for rural practice, undergraduate education, e-learning.
qualifications: MBA
contribution: designed the project, contributed to drafts, participated in analysis of data
position: Deputy dean, Community Interaction
South Africa
qualifications: MSc(PubHlth)
contribution: literature review, contributed to drafts, original concept
position: Senior research assistant
South Africa
qualifications: MMed
contribution: designed the project, contributed to drafts
position: Director
South Africa
Ben van Heerden Director: Centre for Health Professions Education Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Stellenbosch University South Africa
qualifications: PhD
contribution: original concept, designed the project, contributed to drafts, participated in analysis of data
position: Deputy dean, Education
South Africa
Professor in Family Medicine and Principal Investigator Stellenbosch University Collaborative Capacity Enhancement in Districts (SUCCEED), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Family physician, medical educator, researcher. Experienced in family medicine and health professions education research. Special interest areas include training for rural practice, improving and maintaining competence of practitioners in rural practice with an interest in effective and relevant continuing professional development, clinical communication skills training, teaching postgraduate students to become effective teachers themselves.
Creating positive early rural placements in medical education
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Discharge against medical advice in rural and remote emergency departments
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Retention of early-career GPs as independent specialists in former training practices
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Rural GP Association of Scotland (RGPAS) Annual Conference #RGPAS24, 15–17 November 2024, Inverness, Scotland
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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