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What Knowledge Matters in Health Professions Education?
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Jacobs, Cecilia; Van Schalkwyk, Susan – Teaching in Higher Education, 2022
What knowledge matters in health professions education is an issue of debate in the literature, foregrounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and informed by calls for students who are not only clinically competent, but also critically conscious of global health inequity. Building on this work, this paper explores what kinds of knowledge are legitimated…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Medical Education, Universities, Foreign Countries
Use of an Intelligent Tutoring System for a Curriculum on Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Feasibility for Implementation
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Shakila Dada; Cathy Flores; Kirsty Bastable; Kerstin Tönsing; Alecia Samuels; Sourav Mukhopadhyay; Beatrice Isanda; Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe; Unati Stemela-Zali; Saira Banu Karim; Legini Moodley; Adele May; Refilwe Morwane; Katherine Smith; Rahab Mothapo; Mavis Mohuba; Maureen Casey; Zakiyya Laher; Nothando Mtungwa; Robyn Moore – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Over 8 million children with disabilities live in Africa and are candidates for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), yet formal training for team members, such as speech-language therapists and special education teachers, is extremely limited. Only one university on the continent provides postgraduate degrees in AAC, and…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Curriculum Development, Technology Uses in Education
Re-Engineering the Curriculum at a Rural Institution: Reflection on the Process of Development
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Naude, A.; Wium, A. M.; du Plessis, S. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2011
The Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology at the University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus) redesigned their curriculum at the beginning of 2010. The template that was developed shows the horizontal and vertical integration of outcomes. Although the outcomes of the entire process met the requirements of the Health Professions Council…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Health Occupations, Speech Language Pathology, Foreign Countries