EDITOR

VANESSA BURCH

DEPUTY EDITOR

JUANITA BEZUIDENHOUT

EDITORIAL BOARD

ADRI BEYLEFELD, University of 

the free state

JUANITA BEZUIDENHOUT,  

stellenbosch University

VANESSA BURCH,  University of 

cape town

ENOCH N KWIZERA,  

walter sisUlU University

PATRICIA MCINERNEY, University 

of the witwatersrand

JACQUELINE VAN WYK,  

University of KwaZUlU-natal

HMPG

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Contents
EDITORIAL

Why publish?  (about medical and health professional education in Africa)
Marietjie de Villiers

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ARTICLES
Skilling up medical laboratory technologists for higher roles in  

biomedical sciences: A needs analysis
Christian C Ezeala

3
Improving undergraduate clinical supervision in a South African context

E Archer
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The needs of biomedical science training in Africa: Perspectives from 
the experience of young scientists

Denis Zofou, Seye Abimbola, Carmelle T Norice, Moses Samje, Zoumana 
Isaac Traore, Oyewale Oyediran A, Chinedu Oraka, Daudi Mussa Kadigi

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SHORT REPORTS
One-on-one consultation on protocol development and statistics analysis 

in health sciences postgraduate students
Elena N Libhaber, Merryll Vorster

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Perceptions of female medical students on gender equality gains at a  

local university
Ellenore Meyer-van den Heever, Jose Frantz

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ABSTRACTS
Southern African FAIMER Regional Institute (SAFRI) Poster Day, 

Cape Town, March 2011 and SA Association of Health Educationalists 
(SAAHE) Conference, Johannesburg, July 2010

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CPD
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AJHPE
African Journal of Health Professions Education

December 2011, Vol. 3  No. 2