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The negative influence of the hidden curriculum in medical education is often foregrounded in the literature. This scoping review explores the positive influence of the hidden curriculum on medical student’s learning, offering recommendations to harness its potential for teaching and learning. Following Arksey and O’Malley’s six-stage review proces...
Background
COVID-19 pandemic measures resulted in the de-escalation of non-COVID-19 healthcare provision.
Methods
A retrospective cross-sectional study of routinely collected data was done to investigate the effect of COVID-19 policies on the healthcare utilization and mortality of children younger than 5 years in Eastern Cape Town, South Africa....
Background:
The correct treatment of very ill and injured children is critical, yet little is known about the competencies of South African (SA) junior doctors in managing these children.
Methods:
This survey documents SA junior doctors' reported resuscitation training opportunities, experience, skills and knowledge.
Results:
A total of 118 do...
Issue: Health professions education (HPE) is intimately linked with teaching and learning in the clinical environment. While the value of authentic clinical experiences is acknowledged, whether learning actually occurs is to a large extent dependent on students' behaviors and attitudes. The kinds of student behaviors and attitudes that are necessar...
Background:
Data from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) show higher morbidity and mortality in children with acute respiratory illness (ARI) from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). However, whether SARS-CoV-2 infection is distinct from other causes of ARI in this regard is unclear. We describe clinical characteris...
Background: Identification of SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals is imperative to prevent hospital transmission, but symptom-based screening may fail to identify asymptomatic/mildly symptomatic infectious children and their caregivers. Methods: A COVID-19 period prevalence study was conducted between 13 and 26 August 2020 at Tygerberg Hospital, testin...
An authentic workplace setting provides the ideal opportunity for assessment of students' clinical competence at the 'does' level of performance. Final-year dental students in the Department of Paediatric Dentistry at the University of the Western Cape are evaluated in the clinical environment on a daily basis through multiple clinical evaluations...
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Children seem relatively protected from serious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) related disease, but little is known about children living in settings with high tuberculosis and HIV burden. This study reflects clinical data on South African children with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-C...
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Young infants with a possible serious bacterial infection (SBI) are a very common presentation to emergency centres (ECs). It is often difficult to distinguish clinically between self-limiting viral infections and an SBI. Available evaluation algorithms to assist clinicians are mostly from high-income countries. Data to inform clinical p...
Multisystem Inflammatory syndrome in children with COVID-19 can mimic acute appendicitis, and clinicians should be aware of this and look for markers of MIS-C while considering treatment for possible appendicitis.
Calls have emerged to improve the medical education process through scholarly teaching and education research. Little is known about the development as health professions educators of students enrolled in postgraduate Master’s-level programmes in an African context. This study explored the first-year experiences of students enrolled in the MPhil in...
Background. The opening of the new Khayelitsha District Hospital in April 2012 coincided with a change in referral pathway to Tygerberg Hospital (TBH) for children requiring specialist care. Objective. To determine the disease burden impact of the referral pathway change on paediatric short-stay ward admissions at TBH. Methods. A retrospective coho...
Vertically transmitted pediatric HIV, or mother-to-child transmission, is a preventable disease. In many developed countries, antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for vertical transmission prevention (VTP) have virtually eliminated childhood infection and improved maternal survival. Progress in addressing the needs of children infected and affected by HIV/AI...
