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AJHPE
African Journal of Health Professions Education

December 2009, Vol. 1  No. 1

Editor

VanEssa burch

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

Editor 

Daniel J ncayiyana

Managing Editor 

J p De v van niekerk

deputy Editor

nOnHlanHla p kHUMalO

assistant Editor 

eMMa BUcHanan

technical Editors 

MariJke Maree 

rOBerT MaTZDOrFF

paUla van Der BiJl

head of Publishing 

rOBerT arenDse

Production co-ordinator 

eMMa cOUZens

art director

siOBHan TilleMans

dtP & design

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clinTOn GriFFin

online Manager

GerTrUDe Fani

hMPG board of directors 

r e kirscH (chair) 

M lUkHele 

D J ncayiyana

M raFF

a THUlare

M veller

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Contents
EDITORIAL

Does Africa need another journal?
Vanessa Burch

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ARTICLES
A survey of nurses’ basic life support knowledge and training at a 

tertiary hospital
M Keenan, G Lamacraft, G Joubert

3
Integrating the primary health care approach into a medical 

curriculum: a programme logic model 
James Irlam, Mpoe Johannah Keikelame, Lauraine Vivian

8
Correlation between different PBL assessment components and the 

final mark for MB ChB III at a rural South African university
Mirta Erotida Garcia-Jardon, Ernesto V Blanco-Blanco, Vivek G Bhat, 

Sandeep D Vasaikar, Enoch N Kwizera, Andrez Stepien
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SHORT REPORT
Students’ perception of different teaching aids in a medical college

S N Baxi, C J Shah, R D Parmar, D Parmar, C B Tripathi
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LETTER
Information about the MPhil in Health Sciences Education at 

Stellenbosch University
Ben van Heerden

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ABSTRACTS
South African Association for Health Educationalists 2008 and 2009 

congresses, held in Cape Town
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CPD
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