25 years of training doctors at WSU: how have we responded to the 1983 UNITRA Council Guidelines?
- Authors: Kwizera, E N
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Medical education -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Clinical medical -- Teaching and learning
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/801 , vital:29826
- Description: More importantly, Mr VC, Sir, some relatively more recent improvisations have been in the roles I have played in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Problem-based, and Community-based MB ChB curriculum at the then UNITRA (and now WSU) from 1989 to date4-33; particularly my successful introduction of ‘one tutor per tutorial group’ in our programme8,10,12,14. As I will elaborate in due course, one of the secrets of our success as a medical school has been the adaptation of ideas and practices from diverse parts of the world to make them fit in our settings; and needless to say, this has involved a lot of improvisation.
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- Authors: Kwizera, E N
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Medical education -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Clinical medical -- Teaching and learning
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/801 , vital:29826
- Description: More importantly, Mr VC, Sir, some relatively more recent improvisations have been in the roles I have played in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the Problem-based, and Community-based MB ChB curriculum at the then UNITRA (and now WSU) from 1989 to date4-33; particularly my successful introduction of ‘one tutor per tutorial group’ in our programme8,10,12,14. As I will elaborate in due course, one of the secrets of our success as a medical school has been the adaptation of ideas and practices from diverse parts of the world to make them fit in our settings; and needless to say, this has involved a lot of improvisation.
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Exploratory study on empowering rural communities of O.R Tambo District with special reference to Mqanduli
- Authors: Mbelu, Ntandokazi Busisa
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Rural development Rural population Social services, Rural South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Sw
- Identifier: vital:18479 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1009453
- Description: The aim of the study was to explore development of rural communities in the Mqanduli Administrative Area. The exploratory study was further conducted to examine delivery of service to these rural communities. One of the objectives was to empower rural communities for purposes of improving their daily living standards and also to bring about social change.In determining the sample size, forty (40) respondents were selected from Mqanduli Administrative Area. Out of the forty (40) respondents, thirty (30) respondents were selected from the Mqanduli community members, five (5) were O.R.Tambo District Municipality stakeholders and the other five (5) were Social workers from Mqanduli Administrative Area. The instrument utilized to collect data was a questionnaire. Data was analysed using the quantitative and qualitative measure. The outcome of the study indicates that the majority of rural communities in the Mqanduli Administrative Area were in dire need of empowerment which will enable these disadvantaged communities towards development and social change.
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- Authors: Mbelu, Ntandokazi Busisa
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Rural development Rural population Social services, Rural South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Sw
- Identifier: vital:18479 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1009453
- Description: The aim of the study was to explore development of rural communities in the Mqanduli Administrative Area. The exploratory study was further conducted to examine delivery of service to these rural communities. One of the objectives was to empower rural communities for purposes of improving their daily living standards and also to bring about social change.In determining the sample size, forty (40) respondents were selected from Mqanduli Administrative Area. Out of the forty (40) respondents, thirty (30) respondents were selected from the Mqanduli community members, five (5) were O.R.Tambo District Municipality stakeholders and the other five (5) were Social workers from Mqanduli Administrative Area. The instrument utilized to collect data was a questionnaire. Data was analysed using the quantitative and qualitative measure. The outcome of the study indicates that the majority of rural communities in the Mqanduli Administrative Area were in dire need of empowerment which will enable these disadvantaged communities towards development and social change.
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Photodynamic therapy for the Developing World
- Authors: Songca, S P
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Skin -- Diseases -- Photochemotherapy Phototherapy Skin -- Diseases -- Treatment
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/1056 , vital:30559
- Description: This article contains some of the contributing works to the founding of the prestigious journal Tetrahedron and it describes the total synthesis of chlorophyll-a starting from Knorr's pyrrole synthesis and includes more than forty six stages required to reach the target molecule.
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- Authors: Songca, S P
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Skin -- Diseases -- Photochemotherapy Phototherapy Skin -- Diseases -- Treatment
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/1056 , vital:30559
- Description: This article contains some of the contributing works to the founding of the prestigious journal Tetrahedron and it describes the total synthesis of chlorophyll-a starting from Knorr's pyrrole synthesis and includes more than forty six stages required to reach the target molecule.
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Reflections of a Mathematician
- Authors: Mishra, S N
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Mathematics
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/758 , vital:29750
- Description: In this lecture, an attempt is made to convey in a broad sense about mathematics and its applications and the impact it has made outside its own domain. While doing so, we try to dispel the belief (held in certain quarters) that there are two types of mathematics, namely useful mathematics and not so useful mathematics. An attempt is also made to reflect on the role of mathematics in industry along with the challenges of teaching of mathematics in the current environment.
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- Authors: Mishra, S N
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Mathematics
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/758 , vital:29750
- Description: In this lecture, an attempt is made to convey in a broad sense about mathematics and its applications and the impact it has made outside its own domain. While doing so, we try to dispel the belief (held in certain quarters) that there are two types of mathematics, namely useful mathematics and not so useful mathematics. An attempt is also made to reflect on the role of mathematics in industry along with the challenges of teaching of mathematics in the current environment.
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Revolutionary Overthrow of Constitutional Orders in Africa
- Authors: Anyangwe, Carlson
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Constitutional law -- Africa Civil-military relations Coups’d’états Revolutions
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/823 , vital:29828
- Description: The title of my Professorial Inaugural Lecture is ‘Revolutionary Overthrow of Constitutional Orders in Africa’. It is a subject at the intersection of three disciplines: jurisprudence and legal philosophy, constitutional law and power politics, and civil-military relations, i.e. military security policy which is one aspect of national security policy.2 The subject is of interest in at least four aspects: (i) it problematises the inescapable question of governance in the African continent; (ii) it challenges the democratization agenda in Africa - how does one democratize not only political governance but also the instruments of violence in the state? (iii) it challenges African constitutional lawyers and policy makers to seek a constitutional model that addresses the enduring menace of the power of the gun in African affairs and the changing role of the military in African politics; and (iv) it underscores national security and sovereignty concerns.
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- Authors: Anyangwe, Carlson
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Constitutional law -- Africa Civil-military relations Coups’d’états Revolutions
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/823 , vital:29828
- Description: The title of my Professorial Inaugural Lecture is ‘Revolutionary Overthrow of Constitutional Orders in Africa’. It is a subject at the intersection of three disciplines: jurisprudence and legal philosophy, constitutional law and power politics, and civil-military relations, i.e. military security policy which is one aspect of national security policy.2 The subject is of interest in at least four aspects: (i) it problematises the inescapable question of governance in the African continent; (ii) it challenges the democratization agenda in Africa - how does one democratize not only political governance but also the instruments of violence in the state? (iii) it challenges African constitutional lawyers and policy makers to seek a constitutional model that addresses the enduring menace of the power of the gun in African affairs and the changing role of the military in African politics; and (iv) it underscores national security and sovereignty concerns.
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Towards creating a legally literate WSU community for today and tomorrow
- Authors: Mammen, Kuttickattu John
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Legal literacy -- South Africa Law -- Literacy
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/790 , vital:29777
- Description: Legal literacy has been gaining significance in literature in recent years as can be seen from several publications, for example, amongst others, Van Wyk (1983), White (1983), Barrell and Partington (1985), Kawatoko (1995), Andretta (2001), Fischer, Schimmel and Stellman (2003), Oosthuizen (2003), Barry (2006), Hasl-Kelchner (2006), and Schimmel and Militello (2007). In 1948, the world community spoke through the United Nations by establishing a framework for human rights awareness and protection with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). In 1987, several Commonwealth associations founded the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) to promote human rights issues. CHRI’s International Right to Information (RTI) Program focuses on monitoring and supporting the push for recognition and implementation of the right to information throughout the 53 states of the Commonwealth and the institutions of the Commonwealth itself. Generally, legal literacy efforts focus on human rights. It was originally used in a context where citizens, particularly from the marginalized or underprivileged groups, were made to know what the law had to offer them so that they could recognise and challenge injustices much more forcefully. The first step towards that knowledge of the law, which can transform people’s lives, is legal literacy. Legal literacy puts one in the driver’s seat of risk management. Generally, legal literacy efforts focus on human rights.
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- Authors: Mammen, Kuttickattu John
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Legal literacy -- South Africa Law -- Literacy
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/790 , vital:29777
- Description: Legal literacy has been gaining significance in literature in recent years as can be seen from several publications, for example, amongst others, Van Wyk (1983), White (1983), Barrell and Partington (1985), Kawatoko (1995), Andretta (2001), Fischer, Schimmel and Stellman (2003), Oosthuizen (2003), Barry (2006), Hasl-Kelchner (2006), and Schimmel and Militello (2007). In 1948, the world community spoke through the United Nations by establishing a framework for human rights awareness and protection with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). In 1987, several Commonwealth associations founded the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) to promote human rights issues. CHRI’s International Right to Information (RTI) Program focuses on monitoring and supporting the push for recognition and implementation of the right to information throughout the 53 states of the Commonwealth and the institutions of the Commonwealth itself. Generally, legal literacy efforts focus on human rights. It was originally used in a context where citizens, particularly from the marginalized or underprivileged groups, were made to know what the law had to offer them so that they could recognise and challenge injustices much more forcefully. The first step towards that knowledge of the law, which can transform people’s lives, is legal literacy. Legal literacy puts one in the driver’s seat of risk management. Generally, legal literacy efforts focus on human rights.
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Towards Medical Education that is Responsive to Community Needs, while Recognising Community Assets and Capabilities
- Authors: Mfenyana, Khaya
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Medical education -- South Africa Clinical medicine -- Teaching and learning Problem-based learning -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/780 , vital:29753
- Description: Medical education today is under severe tension between “maintenance of standards” and “relevance to the needs of the population served”. A standard is a level of excellence and conventional schools tend to separate “standards” from “relevance” whereas innovative schools do not. This battle has been going on for sometime and in many places including South Africa. de Klerk (1979) warns that South African doctors should not allow the medical standards they have set for themselves to deteriorate because of the pragmatic problems encountered in attempting to attain the primary health care ideal. Daubenton (1990), on the other hand, states that one is excellent only if one is relevant. According to Daubenton, medical education can only be considered excellent if it is responsive and relevant to local needs.
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- Authors: Mfenyana, Khaya
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Medical education -- South Africa Clinical medicine -- Teaching and learning Problem-based learning -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Lectures
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/780 , vital:29753
- Description: Medical education today is under severe tension between “maintenance of standards” and “relevance to the needs of the population served”. A standard is a level of excellence and conventional schools tend to separate “standards” from “relevance” whereas innovative schools do not. This battle has been going on for sometime and in many places including South Africa. de Klerk (1979) warns that South African doctors should not allow the medical standards they have set for themselves to deteriorate because of the pragmatic problems encountered in attempting to attain the primary health care ideal. Daubenton (1990), on the other hand, states that one is excellent only if one is relevant. According to Daubenton, medical education can only be considered excellent if it is responsive and relevant to local needs.
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