Tag: saahe

Short podcast series on health professions education in South Africa

Jun 21, 2024

in Education, Health, Podcast

health professions education, hpe, phd research, research outputs, saahe, scholarship

A few years ago I initiated a project in SAAHE where I started interviewing recent PhD graduates to promote the work being done in South African health professions education. I realised recently that I hadn’t captured that series here as part of my portfolio, so I’ve posted it here for my own records.
An introduction to artificial intelligence in clinical practice and education

Jul 9, 2018

in AI, Clinical, Education

ai, algorithms, artificial intelligence, bias, clinical education, clinical practice, deep learning, health professions education, healthcare, machine learning, physiotherapy education, saahe, transparency

Two weeks ago I presented some of my thoughts on the implications of AI and machine learning in clinical practice and health professions education at the 2018 SAAHE conference. Here are the slides I used (20 slides for 20 seconds each) with a very brief description of each slide. This presentation is based on a…
SAAHE podcast 01 – Patient-centredness, with Elize Archer

Sep 22, 2017

in Podcast

Elize Archer, patient-centredness, phd, research, saahe

I recently launched a new SAAHE initiative where we have conversations with people doing interesting work in health professions education. In this conversation, I talk to Elize Archer, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Stellenbosch. Elize conducted her research on patient-centred approaches to clinical practice among medical students. In our conversation, we discuss…
Digital literacy in an international sample of physiotherapy students

Jul 5, 2016

in Conference

digital literacy, e-learning, physiotherapy, saahe

This is one of the presentations that I recently gave at the 2016 SAAHE conference. Digital literacy of an international group of physiotherapy students from Michael Rowe
Open Online Courses in Health Professions Education: A systematic review

Jul 5, 2016

in Conference

health professions education, mooc, ooc, open online course, presentation, saahe, systematic review

This is the presentation that I gave at the recent SAAHE conference in Port Elizabeth. Open Online Courses in Health Professions Education: A systematic review from Michael Rowe
SAAHE 2016 conference

Jun 28, 2016

in Conference

notes, saahe, tweets, twitter

I usually post my notes after a conference but this year at SAAHE I mainly used Twitter to keep track of my thoughts during the sessions, which was great because we probably saw more activity on Twitter in PE than ever before. Here is the conference feed using the #saahe2016 hashtag. Note : While it’s great that…
Design principles for blended learning environments: a presentation

Sep 14, 2015

in Conference

blended learning, design principles, open online courses, saahe, the network, towards unity for health

I’m going to be at the 2015 SAAHE conference for the next couple of days, which is being held in association with The Network: Towards Unity for Health. Yesterday I gave a workshop on Setting up and running an open online course, as well as a presentation on developing Design principles for blended learning environments.…
Starting new projects and catching up with old ones

Jul 23, 2014

in Conference, Technology

android developer preview, android l, clinical courses, material design, mobile app, open online course, professional ethics, saahe, snapplify

It’s been a long time since I’ve updated my blog, for a few very good reasons. The first and most important is that in the middle of last year my daughter was born. I took time out from as many non-essential work-related activities as possible so that I could spend time with her whenever I could. During…
My presentation at the 2014 SAAHE conference

Jun 25, 2014

in Conference

course, ethics, online, open, open online course, physiopedia, physiotherapy, saahe

Here is the presentation I plan on giving at the SAAHE conference tomorrow. It describes an open online course that I ran in collaboration with Physiopedia last year, and now presents some of the results obtained from student interviews.
2014 SAAHE conference in Cape Town

May 20, 2014

in Conference

saahe, south african association of health educationalists

One of the reasons that I’ve been quite on this blog lately is that I’m working on the SAAHE 2014 organising committee, and we’re starting to gear up for the conference in a little over a month. I thought I’d write a little progress update, just in case you’re considering registering but hadn’t made up…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-06-25

Jun 25, 2012

in Digest

saahe, saahe12, south african association of health educationalists

RT @rikusmellet: RT @PaulaBarAsh: Dr McMillan: 92% SA schools don’t have functioning libraries. #SAAHE # RT @paulabarash: Dr Evans: replies= visit radiography, make friends with Nurses they know a lot, go to Paeds -kids always want to have fun # RT @paulabarash: Dr Evans: asked students what the learning opportunities on the ward were when…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-06-18

Jun 18, 2012

in Digest

impact factor, keynote speakers, publication, research, saahe, saahe12, safri, south african association of health educationalists

Here are the keynote speakers for #saahe12 http://t.co/iR5MDWYA # Looking forward to the SAAHE conference in Bloemfontein coming up in a week. Make sure to follow #saahe12 # Hypocrisy in the Profession of Education http://t.co/EQMe7XzX # The demise of the Impact Factor: The strength of the relationship between citation rates and IF is down… http://t.co/E7enutNU…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-03-14

Mar 14, 2011

in Digest

apartheid, API, ebooks, Google, mendeley, piracy, poster, reflection, saahe, safri, scribd, social networks, twitter, USD

Will E-Book Prices & Restrictions Lead to E-Book Piracy? http://ow.ly/1sa2pu. Pirating ebooks illegal but not unethical # Mendeley Launches $10,001 API Contest for Open Science Apps http://ow.ly/1sa2nX # Google Funds Preservation of Apartheid History http://ow.ly/1sa2j6 # @RachaelLowe Thanks. Lots more to talk about, but limited space on poster. Still trying for WCPT. Would be awesome…
SAFRI residential session

Mar 11, 2011

in Education, PhD, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media, Teaching

africa, ethics, medical education, palliative care physician, physiotherapy, research, saahe, safri, Worcester

I’ve recently finished the second residential session of SAFRI, a programme for the development of research in medical education in Africa. I spent a big part of 2010 working on my SAFRI project (link to project notes), which I’ll be presenting at this years SAAHE conference in Potchefstroom. One of the main assignments for this session…
Using social networks to develop reflective discourse in the context of clinical education

Mar 10, 2011

in Assignments, Conference, Education, Ethics, Health, PhD, Physiotherapy, Research, Social media, Technology

clinical reasoning, ethical reasoning, facebook, health professional education, healthcare professional students, medical education, online discussions, poster, reflection, reflective discussion, research, saahe, safri, social network, social networks, teacher

My SAFRI project for 2010 looked at the use of a social network as a platform to develop clinical and ethical reasoning skills through reflective discussion between undergraduate physiotherapy students. Part of the assignment was to prepare a poster for presentation at the SAAHE conference in Potchefstroom later this year, which I’ve included below. I…
Facebook, friends and students

Jan 13, 2011

in Ethics, Research, Students, Teaching

behaviour, facebook, for us all, friends, learning, private social network, saahe, social, social networking project, social networking research project, students, teaching

This is post is the first of what I hope will be several reflections on the softening boundaries between my social and professional lives, and how they influence each other. When I started teaching in the department about 3 years ago, I decided that I wouldn’t accept friend requests on Facebook from any of our…
Research plan for 2011

Jan 7, 2011

in Conference, PhD, Research

AMEE, Congress South African Association, Delphi, ece, goals, heltasa, Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association, International Association, phd, ple, research, saahe, south africa

I’ve just been asked by one of my supervisors for my research goals for 2011. This will include my own work, as well as planning how our undergraduate and Masters students’ work might feed into some of the bigger projects. The first goal I have for 2011 is to submit 2 articles based on my first…
Reflections on SAAHE 2010

Jul 28, 2010

in Conference, Research

dedicated wireless access, health education, internet access, medical education, reflection, research, saahe, south africa, wireless access

The SAAHE conference has come and gone for the 3rd year running. It’s been an interesting and engaging 3 days, and since I’ve already posted all my notes, these are just a few thoughts on what it’s like having a conference in South Africa. And it’s the last post, I promise. To get the negative…
SAAHE conference – Day 3

Jul 24, 2010

in Conference

Belgium, health education, healthcare team, medical education, reflection, saahe, SAAHE2010, scholarship of teaching and learning, sotl

How can teachers improve their teaching using concepts that matter? (Prof. Joke Denekens) We have to reduce the context, content and noise when moving from a clinical setting to an educational setting. In an educational setting, we have to create context and content There are, in principle, similarities between South health system and the Belgium…
SAAHE – Social networks and reflective practice in clinical education

Jul 24, 2010

in Conference, Education, Health, Research

clinical education, clinical practice, Michael Rowe, practice knowledge, presentation, reflection, reflective practice, research, saahe, social networks

Here is my presentation from the SAAHE conference. Social networks and reflective learning View more presentations from Michael Rowe.