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Broadening Mental Health Services to Disadvantaged Communities in South Africa: Reflections on Establishing a Community Based Internship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Sherine van Wyk --- Psychology Department, South Africa Anthony V. Naidoo --- Psychology Department, South AfricaThe need to provide mental health services in disadvantaged communities remains a priority in South Africa. This paper illustrates how in consultation and partnership with the peri-urban community of Jamestown, a counselling psychology internship was established to provide a range... -
The development of a scoring tool for the measurement of performance in managing hypotension and intra-operative cardiac arrest during spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia • Authors: Garth Horsten --- Discipline of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa Robert Wise --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South Africa Shaun Ramroop --- Department of Statistics and Biometry, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, South Africa Reitze Rodseth --- Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Department of Anaesthetics, South AfricaBackground: At level one hospitals in South Africa a high annual number of maternal deaths occur due to the unrecognised/untreated complications of spinal anaesthesia. The authors developed a clinical scenario and scoring system to measure intern performance in managing hypotension... -
Intern to independent doctor: basic surgical skills required for South African practice and interns’ reports on their competence
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Frank Peters --- Department of Family Medicine,, South Africa Jacky van Wyk --- Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, South Africa Marietjie van Rooyen --- Department of Family Medicine,, South AfricaBackground: The role and scope of general practitioners in semi-urban and rural areas is poorly understood and documented. An absence of specialist support results in generalists being called to perform surgical procedures. It is imperative that they competently and confidently... -
An evaluation of factors influencing perceptual experiences and future plans of final-year medical interns in the Free State, 2013–2014
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: N Mofolo --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, South Africa J Botes --- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, South AfricaBackground: Medical internship refers to the 24-month period of supervised training in an accredited facility, where newly qualified doctors rotate through all relevant medical domains before starting their community service as medical practitioners. The Free State province has one academic... -
An evaluation of the medical internship programme at King Edward VIII hospital, South Africa in 2016
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Andrew Ross --- Department of Family Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa SS (Cyril) Naidoo Siyabonga DlaminiBackground: In 2005, the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) extended the duration of the internship programme to ensure that all young medical graduates are adequately prepared to work at a district hospital during their year of community service... -
The development of soft skills during internships: The hospitality student’s voice
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Erwin Losekoot --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Earney Lasten --- RMIT University, Vietnam Anne Lawson --- Auckland Institute of Studies, New Zealand Beverly Chen --- Auckland Institute of Studies, New ZealandThis paper considers the value of industrial placements in providing an opportunity for hospitality students to develop soft skills in the workplace in addition to the technical skills learned at their educational establishments. While there are concepts such as “problem-based... -
Students’ experience and commentary on the internship programme of civil engineering training in public universities of Ethiopia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Henok Marie Shiferaw --- University of Gondar, EthiopiaThis paper presents challenges of the internship programme among civil engineering training in public universities of Ethiopia based on students’ experiences and comments. Sample students from two major public universities in Ethiopia shared their experiences. Validated standard questionnaires were used... -
Reconceptualising success in hospitality internships: a new perspective on students’ achievement factors
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Nicole Vermolen --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis viewpoint article examines the challenges and factors influencing student success during hospitality internships, particularly those organised by a hotel management school in collaboration with international host companies. A previous study on the topic highlights that only 21% of students...