7 articles in this issue
Anna-Marie Welman,Cynthia Spies
High fidelity simulation within nursing education continues to gain momentum. In sub-Saharan Africa vast amounts of money are invested towards the implementation of simulation to complement nursing education. Since the use of simulation is a fairly new ad... see more
Maureen Nokuthula Sibiya,Masamo Lekhuleni
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) has been widely and increasingly used since its inception in 1975. It was specifically focused on assessing the clinical skills of medical students. Since then the OSCE has been adapted for use in other... see more
Yvonne Botma
Purpose: Facilitating learning in the clinical context is a complex act for which preceptors should be trained. However, there is no consensus on what should be included in a training programme for preceptors. The purpose of the article is to describe the... see more
Gisela Hildegard van Rensburg,Pat Mayers,Lizeth Roets
Knowledge transfer is an inevitable process in higher education where research outputs are largely associated with the production of Masters’ and Doctoral graduates. The supervision of postgraduate students at universities is therefore one of the core res... see more
Una Kyriacos
Background: Routine monitoring of patients’ clinical and physiological status by nurses includes the use of vital signs (observations) charts for recording findings. Charts that incorporate early warning score (EWS) systems are designed to ‘track’ signs o... see more
Carin Maree,Heila van Wyk
Interprofessional education in health has been identified as a strategy to improve collaborative practice in health care. A need to move away from the training of the various professionals in silos has been identified as a mechanism to address the challen... see more
Isabella Maria Coetzee,Tanya Heyns
Higher education is experiencing a time of change that is rife with challenges. The times call for educators in the nursing profession to facilitate learning in a way that students are empowered to become future leaders in the profession. Appreciative inq... see more