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Revitalization of clinical skills training at the University of the Western Cape
Published 2010-09-01“…The purpose of this paper is to share our experiences related to the revitalization of skills training by introducing the skills lab method at the School of Nursing (SoN), University of the Western Cape (UWC). To accommodate the contextual changes as a result of the restructuring of the higher education landscape in 2003, the clinical skills training programme at UWC had to be reviewed. …”
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The academic transitional experiences of masters’ students at the University of the Western Cape
Published 2012-08-01“…The aim of this research study was to describe the academic transitional experiences of masters’ students in the Faculty of Community Health Sciences at the University of the Western Cape. The objectives were to determine the academic preparedness of postgraduate students, to explore their primary motivations for pursuing postgraduate studies, and to assess their utilisation of the available support services at UWC.A quantitative, exploratory, descriptive research design was employed. …”
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The academic transitional experiences of masters’ students at the University of the Western Cape
Published 2012-08-01“…The aim of this research study was to describe the academic transitional experiences of masters’ students in the Faculty of Community Health Sciences at the University of the Western Cape. The objectives were to determine the academic preparedness of postgraduate students, to explore their primary motivations for pursuing postgraduate studies, and to assess their utilisation of the available support services at UWC. …”
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Teaching health promotion: experiences from the University of the Western Cape
Published 2006-02-01“…This article describes and assesses the University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) second year Community and Health Science students’experience in their interdisciplinary, community based health promotion module. …”
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An investigation into current attitudes towards English at the University of the Western Cape
Published 2013-02-01“…<p>This work-in-progess paper describes the writer's current research into the language attitudes, preforences and usage of the student speech community at the University of the Western Cape. It specifically looks at responses to questions on English which formed part of a larger survey questionnaire on South African languages, and attempts an analysis of these results.…”
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Recontextualisation and reappropriation of social and political discourses in toilet graffiti at the University of the Western Cape
Published 2018-11-01“…Applying notions of interdiscursivity, commodification of discourse (Fairclough 1993) and semiotic remediation (Bolter and Grusin 2000), this paper analyses toilet graffiti in men’s and women’s toilets at the University of the Western Cape in order to capture how the toilet walls become platforms where texts associated with other genres and discourses are appropriated, remediated, and transformed for expanded production and consumption of meaning. …”
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Support of students by academics in a nursing foundation programme at a university in the Western Cape
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Are we graduating physiotherapists with the burnout syndrome: Evaluating physiotherapy education at the University of the Western Cape
Published 1996-08-01“…Based on the postulation that burnout actually begins during physiotherapy educational training, this study set out to determine if burnout exists among physiotherapy students at the University of the Western Cape. Using a modified version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, 80.3% of the study sample(N=76) were found to have moderate to high levels of emotional exhaustion, while 14,5% indicated moderate to high levels of depersonalisation. …”
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Insights and Current Debates on Community Engagement in Higher Education Institutions: Perspectives on the University of the Western Cape
Published 2021-04-01“…This study investigated the insights and current debates on community engagement in higher education institutions with specific reference to the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in South Africa. The article argues that although community engagement seems to present some challenges, it has become an integral part of higher education in South Africa and beyond. …”
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What Clinical Competencies do we expect from Physiotherapy Students at the University of the Western Cape
Published 1998-11-01“…The purpose of this study is to identify the clinical competencies that are expected of physiotherapy students at the University of the Western Cape. A list of ten categories of clinical competencies was first compiled from the literature and administered to 2 lecturers, 5 clinical supervisors and 10 final year students, to elicit their perspectives of expected clinical competencies. …”
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Advances made by the University of the Western Cape in the support of remote online teaching and learning for student success and access
Published 2023-06-01“…The response of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) to the crisis of the pandemic will be highlighted. …”
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Advances made by the University of the Western Cape in the support of remote online teaching and learning for student success and access
Published 2023-06-01“…The response of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) to the crisis of the pandemic will be highlighted. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its drivers among dental students at University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Published 2022-10-01“…Contribution: This study has highlighted the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy among dental students at University of the Western Cape, prior to compulsory vacccination implementations.…”
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The development and validation of an intervention for the improvement of academic performance and success of nursing students at a university in the Western Cape, South Africa
Published 2019-01-01“…A three round Delphi study aimed at developing and validating the intervention for improving the academic performance and success of undergraduate nursing students at a university in the Western Cape, South Africa was undertaken. This study forms the last phase of a larger study. …”
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Om die “ruimland […] van nuuts af oop [te] bou”: ’n Woordjie oor Hein Willemse
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Performance in grade 12 mathematics and science predicts student nurses’ performance in first year science modules at a university in the Western Cape
Published 2017-10-01“…The participants included first year Bachelor of Nursing students enrolled at a university in the Western Cape, South Africa. Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed to analyse the data by using the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences versions 24. …”
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