Communities' views, attitudes and recommendations on community-based education of undergraduate Health Sciences students in South Africa: A qualitative study

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dc.contributor.authorMabuza, Langalibalele
dc.contributor.authorDiab, Paula
dc.contributor.authorReid, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorNtuli, Busisiwe
dc.contributor.authorFlack, Penelope
dc.contributor.authorMpofu, Ratie
dc.contributor.authorDaniels, Priscilla
dc.contributor.authorAdonis, Tracy-Ann
dc.contributor.authorCakwe, Mandisa
dc.contributor.authorKaruguti, Mugambi
dc.contributor.authorMolefe, Ngkatiseng
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-13T09:34:57Z
dc.date.available2015-10-13T09:34:57Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractBackground: Medical and Health Sciences students in South Africa undertake community-based education (CBE). Health professionals based at host sites are jointly responsible for training of these students in conjunction with university staff. This study explored the communities’ views, attitudes and recommendations regarding CBE undertaken by these students, in order to improve the quality of community support for these programmes. Method: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted at CBE placement sites of students from the Faculties of Health Sciences of the University of Limpopo (UL), University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and University of the Western Cape (UWC) during 2010 and 2011. Focus group discussions were held with site facilitators, community leaders and patients, and interviews were audio recorded, transcribed and translated into English where necessary. Data were analysed using NVivo (version 9). Findings: CBE was seen to benefit communities, students and host institutions as there was perceived improvement of service delivery, better referral to hospitals and reduction of workloads on site staff. CBE was also seen as having potential for recruiting professionals who have better orientation to the area, and for motivating school pupils for a career in health sciences. Students acquired practical skills and gained confidence and experience. Challenges included poor communication between universities and host sites, burden of student teaching on site facilitators, cultural and religious sensitivity of students and language barriers. Conclusion: The study revealed that communities have an important role to play in the CBE of future health care professionals. CBE activities could be better organised and managed through formalised partnerships.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationMabuza, LH, Diab, P, Reid, SJ et al. (2013). Communities’ views, attitudes and recommendations on community-based education of undergraduate health sciences students in South Africa: A qualitative study. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med.,5(1): 1-9en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-2928
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1740
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v5i1.456
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectCommunities
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectPartnerships
dc.titleCommunities' views, attitudes and recommendations on community-based education of undergraduate Health Sciences students in South Africa: A qualitative studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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