Vuyo, an AfOx fellow at the University of Oxford and academic literacies lecturer at CPUT in South Africa, reflects on digital literacies and transforming South African Higher Education. This episode of ‘Conversations in Med Ed’ is a departure from the usual Health Professions Education conversations to look at Higher Education more broadly. In episode thirteen we chat with Dr Vuyokazi Mntuyedwa, a current AfOx fellow (in the African Oxford initiative – working with Dr Danica Sims) and academic literacies lecturer from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in South Africa. Vuyo briefly shares her journey from a first-generation student to university lecturer before diving deeper into her AfOx research on digital literacies of first-year students transitioning from high school to university. She ends by reflecting on 16 June, Youth Day in South Africa, calling on students to be proactive in seeking educational opportunities and working with universities to transform Higher Education. Burning buildings mentality culture when there is a disagreement between the students and the management must end. If you would like to connect with Dr Mntuyedwa, you can reach out to her on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-vuyo-mntuyedwa-phd-157477b8/) or email her at: vuyo.mntuyedwa@gmail.com.
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Vuyo, an AfOx fellow at the University of Oxford and academic literacies lecturer at CPUT in South Africa, reflects on digital literacies and transforming South African Higher Education. This episode of ‘Conversations in Med Ed’ is a departure from the usual Health Professions Education conversations to look at Higher Education more broadly. In episode thirteen we chat with Dr Vuyokazi Mntuyedwa, a current AfOx fellow (in the African Oxford initiative – working with Dr Danica Sims) and academic literacies lecturer from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in South Africa. Vuyo briefly shares her journey from a first-generation student to university lecturer before diving deeper into her AfOx research on digital literacies of first-year students transitioning from high school to university. She ends by reflecting on 16 June, Youth Day in South Africa, calling on students to be proactive in seeking educational opportunities and working with universities to transform Higher Education. Burning buildings mentality culture when there is a disagreement between the students and the management must end. If you would like to connect with Dr Mntuyedwa, you can reach out to her on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-vuyo-mntuyedwa-phd-157477b8/) or email her at: vuyo.mntuyedwa@gmail.com.
Chatting with Luzaan Kock on innovative interprofessional education (IPE), Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and finding where you are meant to be
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Chatting with Luzaan Kock on innovative interprofessional education (IPE), Indigenous Knowledge Systems, and finding where you are meant to be
Luzaan honestly and passionately shares her journey from physiotherapy into interprofessional education, including details on how to innovatively embed IPE within health professions education for education and health impact In episode six we chat with Dr Luzaan Kock, a lecturer in the Interprofessional Education (IPE) unit in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. Luzaan never planned to be anything other than a physiotherapist, but due to frustrations felt in a lack of impact in her clinical practice she made an unexpected move into Health Professions Education – specifically IPE. Dr Kock authentically and passionately shared her learning and the exciting IPE research and innovations she has been a part of, including using social constructivist and Indigenous Knowledge System approaches to IPE, and worldclass in-person and virtual, local and international, ‘world cafes’ and ‘amazing races’. The values and principles of IPE are clear throughout. She ends by stating that while she has had much to learn and made mistakes along the way (addressing her ‘flaws’ but also encouraging listeners not to be afraid to make a ‘fool’ of themselves), she has found her place and feels deep joy and fulfilment in her new, impactful profession. Please feel free to connect with Luzaan via LinkedIn at Luzaan Kock-Africa [http://www.linkedin.com/in/luzaan-kock-africa-73076581], view her research on her Google Scholar profile [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GNUCp4wAAAAJ&hl=en]; more specifically, here are some of her publications on: IKS [https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.7196/AJHPE.2019.v11i4.1238], Amazing Race [https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/ajhpe/article/view/1664/1063], AfriVIPE [https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/ajhpe/article/view/2486/1070] which were mentioned in this episode. Lastly, you can email Luzaan at: lkock@uwc.ac.za and see the university’s IPE unit webpage here: Interprofessional Education Unit [https://www.uwc.ac.za/study/all-areas-of-study/units/interprofessional-education-unit/overview]
Conversations in Med Ed
Vuyo, an AfOx fellow at the University of Oxford and academic literacies lecturer at CPUT in South Africa, reflects on digital literacies and transforming South African Higher Education. This episode of ‘Conversations in Med Ed’ is a departure from the usual Health Professions Education conversations to look at Higher Education more broadly. In episode thirteen we chat with Dr Vuyokazi Mntuyedwa, a current AfOx fellow (in the African Oxford initiative – working with Dr Danica Sims) and academic literacies lecturer from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in South Africa. Vuyo briefly shares her journey from a first-generation student to university lecturer before diving deeper into her AfOx research on digital literacies of first-year students transitioning from high school to university. She ends by reflecting on 16 June, Youth Day in South Africa, calling on students to be proactive in seeking educational opportunities and working with universities to transform Higher Education. Burning buildings mentality culture when there is a disagreement between the students and the management must end. If you would like to connect with Dr Mntuyedwa, you can reach out to her on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-vuyo-mntuyedwa-phd-157477b8/) or email her at: vuyo.mntuyedwa@gmail.com.
