Promoting excellence in teaching in health education through the development of partnerships

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dc.contributor.authorDaniels, Priscilla
dc.contributor.authorAdonis, Tracy-Ann
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-28T12:34:04Z
dc.date.available2017-04-28T12:34:04Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION: The Faculty of Community and Health Sciences (FCHS) reviewed its curricula for 1994, allowing the Primary Health Care (PHC) approach to be the foundation of teaching and learning in health. To institutionalize a PHC approach, the teaching methodology of service-learning which is premised on the development of partnerships, proved useful in realizing the faculty's goal. AIM: The aim of this study was to identify how to ensure that partnerships develop optimally and in a sustainable fashion to promote excellence and relevance in teaching and development of professional skills in FCHS. Methods: A qualitative study was employed using focus groups with the partners in 2 service-learning programmes in FCHS. RESULTS: Key findings included that capacity building programmes for all partners promotes good training and education in health sciences; partners' roles should be clarified and it's imperative that formalized partnership agreements exist to ensure collaboration and enhance teaching. CONCLUSION: Service-learning serves as an impetus to move higher education in the direction of multi-disciplinarity.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDaniels, P. & Adonis, T. (2007). Promoting excellence in teaching in health education through the development of partnerships. Journal of Community and Health Sciences, 2(2): 1-8en_US
dc.identifier.issn1990-9403
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2768
dc.identifier.urihttp://jchs.epubs.ac.za/index.php/jchs/article/view/13/10
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rightsThis journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectService-learningen_US
dc.subjectPartnershipsen_US
dc.subjectHealth educationen_US
dc.subjectQualitativeen_US
dc.subjectFocus groupsen_US
dc.subjectExcellence in teachingen_US
dc.titlePromoting excellence in teaching in health education through the development of partnershipsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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