AJHPE
African Journal of Health Professions Education  

March 2022, Vol. 14, No. 1

AJHPE is published by the South African Medical Association 
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EDITORIAL BOARD
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Vanessa Burch
University of Cape Town

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORS
Michelle McLean
Bond University, QL, Australia

Deborah Murdoch-Eaton
Sheffield University, UK

DEPUTY EDITORS
Jose Frantz
University of the Western Cape

Jacqueline van Wyk
University of KwaZulu-Natal

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Champion Nyoni
University of the Free State

Werner Cordier
University of Pretoria

Rhena Delport
University of Pretoria

Patricia McInerney
University of the Witwatersrand

Ntombifikile Mtshali
University of KwaZulu-Natal

Gonzaga Mubuuke
Makerere University

Anthea Rhoda
University of the Western Cape

Marietjie van Rooyen
University of Pretoria

Susan van Schalkwyk
Stellenbosch University

Elizabeth Wolvaardt
University of Pretoria

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ISSN 2078-5127

EDITORIAL
2 ...And then there was COVID
 P McInerney

RESEARCH
3 An innovative educational strategy for learning and teaching clinical skills during the    
 COVID-19 pandemic
 C N Nyoni, A E Fichardt, Y Botma

8 Justice as fairness in preparing for emergency remote teaching: A case from Botswana
 M S Mogodi, D Griffiths, M C Molwantwa, M B Kebaetse, M Tarpley, D R Prozesky

13 Teaching and learning considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic: Supporting multimodal student  
 learning preferences
 F Ally, J D Pillay, N Govender

17 Module evaluation for emergency remote teaching – an oral hygiene case study during the   
 COVID-19 pandemic
 M Cupido, N Gordon, N Behardien

26 Undergraduate dental students’ perspectives on teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic:  
 Results from an online survey conducted at a South African university using a mixed-methods approach
 R Moodley, S Singh, I Moodley

33 The effect of the initial months of the COVID-19 national lockdown on MMed training activities at the  
 University of the Free State
 C Meyer, C Barrett, G Joubert, N Mofolo

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