African Health OER Network: Probing Professionalism Towards Positive Practice

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Term:
2014
Published:
July 29, 2014
Revised:
November 22, 2014

Medical students in South Africa are frequently confronted with mixed messages contributing to uncertainties and dilemmas in their clinical encounters when the gap between theoretical frameworks and the practical realities is illuminated. For instance, learning for and about health and human rights in a spiraling curriculum can be undermined by the recognition that violations can occur in the health system. This website aims to promote a transformative approach to professionalism in which learning can be facilitated by engaging with both the facilitating and hindering influences that characterize clinical practice in South Africa. Digital stories by positive role models offer a collection of reflective insights about Being a Doctor. Resources on probing professionalism can assist students in mediating possible challenging events in their clinical encounters as well as learning from South Africa’s past. The new Six Step Spiral for Critical Reflexivity (SSS4CR) is explained and made available for students and others to use and remix either off or online.

Author: Veronica Mitchell

Institution: University of Cape Town

Course image for Probing Professionalism Towards Positive Practice

This image by University of Cape Town is under a Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Term:
2014
Published:
July 29, 2014
Revised:
November 22, 2014

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Veronica Mitchell