Open AccessHealth Sciences undergraduate education at UCT: A story of transformation
Author(s) -
Nadia Hartman,
Harsha Kathard,
Gonda Perez,
Steve Reid,
James Irlam,
Geney Gunston,
Vicki Janse van Rensburg,
Vanessa Burch,
Madeleine Duncan,
Derek Hellenberg,
Ian van Rooyen,
Mantoa Smouse,
Cynthia Sikakane,
Elmi Badenhorst,
Busayo Ige
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.5680
Subject(s) - medicine , curriculum , medical education , transformation (genetics) , democracy , pedagogy , sociology , law , biochemistry , chemistry , politics , political science , gene
Undergraduate education and training in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town has become socially responsive. A story of transformation that is consonant with wider societal developments since the 1994 democratic elections, outlining the changes in undergraduate curricula across the faculty, is presented.