South Africa
Deshini Naidoo is a lecturer within the discipline of OT. Her interests are currently in general occupational therapy practice, more specifically neurological conditions, vocational rehabilitation, paediatrics and occupational therapy education. Deshini currently supervises both undergraduate and postgraduate research projects. She is an emerging research who has started publishing papers and presenting papers at national and international conferences. Deshini has developed an interest in educational research and enjoys using qualitative designs. She has completed a Sub-Saharan African FAIMER regional institute (SAFRI) fellowship. SAFRI focuses on developing educational and leadership capacity in health professional educators.
Original Research 23 April 2021
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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