EDITORIAL 3 Cultural competence or speaking the patient’s language? V Burch SHORT REPORTS 4 The development of a reflective vascular training portfolio: Using a country-specific infrastructure J Pillai, T B Rangaka, C Yazicioglu, T Monareng, M G Veller 6 Randomised controlled trials in educational research: Ontological and epistemological limitations M Rowe, C Oltmann 9 Standard setting and quality of assessment: A conceptual approach S S Banda RESEARCH 11 Medical students’ views on the use of video technology in the teaching of isiZulu communication, language skills and cultural competence P Diab, M Matthews, R Gokool 15 Impact of curricular changes to enhance generic skills proficiency of 1st-year medical students D Murdoch-Eaton, A J N Louw, J Bezuidenhout 20 Perceived stressors of oral hygiene students in the dental environment N A Gordon, C A Rayner, V J Wilson, K Crombie, A B Shaikh, S Yasin-Harnekar 25 Balancing the educational choices in the decision-making of a dean of medicine: Fission or fusion? J E Wolvaardt, B G Lindeque, P H du Toit 30 Relationship between student preparedness, learning experiences and agency: Perspectives from a South African university N V Roman, S Titus, A Dison 33 Perceptions of undergraduate dental students at Makerere College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda towards patient record keeping A M Kutesa, J Frantz 37 Fieldwork practice for learning: Lessons from occupational therapy students and their supervisors D Naidoo, J van Wyk 41 On being agents of change: A qualitative study of elective experiences of medical students at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa J Irlam, L Pienaar, S Reid 45 Mapping undergraduate exit-level assessment in a medical programme: A blueprint for clinical competence? C P L Tan, S C van Schalkwyk, J Bezuidenhout, F Cilliers 50 The Umthombo Youth Development Foundation, South Africa: Lessons towards community involvement in health professional education L M Campbell, A J Ross, R G MacGregor 56 Exploring knowledge, perceptions and attitudes about generic medicines among final-year health science students V Bangalee, N Bassa, J Padavattan, A R Soodyal, F Nhlambo, K Parhalad, D Cooppan 59 Home-based rehabilitation: Physiotherapy student and client perspectives D Parris, S C van Schalkwyk, D V Ernstzen AJHPE African Journal of Health Professions Education | May 2016, Vol. 8, No. 1 EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Vanessa Burch University of Cape Town INTERNATIONAL ADVISORS Deborah Murdoch-Eaton Sheffield University, UK Michelle McLean Bond University, QL, Australia SENIOR DEPUTY EDITORS Juanita Bezuidenhout Stellenbosch University Jose Frantz University of the Western Cape DEPUTY EDITORS Jacqueline van Wyk University of KwaZulu-Natal Julia Blitz Stellenbosch University Michael Rowe University of the Western Cape Elizabeth Wolvaardt University of Pretoria ASSOCIATE EDITORS Francois Cilliers University of Cape Town Lionel Green-Thompson University of the Witwatersrand Dianne Manning University of Pretoria Sindiswe Mthembu University of the Western Cape Ntombifikile Mtshali University of KwaZulu-Natal Anthea Rhoda University of the Western Cape Ben van Heerden Stellenbosch University Marietjie van Rooyen University of Pretoria Gert van Zyl University of the Free State HMPG CEO and PUBLISHER Hannah Kikaya Email: hannahk@hmpg.co.za EXECUTIVE EDITOR Bridget Farham MANAGING EDITORS Claudia Naidu Ingrid Nye TECHNICAL EDITORS Emma Buchanan Paula van der Bijl PRODUCTION MANAGER Emma Jane Couzens DTP & DESIGN Carl Sampson HEAD OF SALES & MARKETING Diane Smith I Tel. 012 481 2069 Email: dianes@hmpg.co.za ONLINE SUPPORT Gertrude Fani I Tel. 072 463 2159 Email: publishing@hmpg.co.za FINANCE Tshepiso Mokoena HMPG BOARD OF DIRECTORS Prof. M Lukhele (Chair), Dr M R Abbas, Dr M J Grootboom, Mrs H Kikaya, Prof. E L Mazwai, Dr M Mbokota, Dr G Wolvaardt ISSN 2078-5127 65 An exploration into the awareness and perceptions of medical students of the psychosociocultural factors which influence the consultation: Implications for teaching and learning of health professionals M G Matthews, P N Diab 69 The way forward with dental student communication at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa R Maart, K Mostert-Wentzel 72 An online formative assessment tool to prepare students for summative assessment in physiology S Kerr, D Muller, W McKinon, P Mc Inerney 77 The forensic autopsy as a teaching tool: Attitudes and perceptions of undergraduate medical students at the University of Pretoria, South Africa L du Toit-Prinsloo, G Pickworth, G Saayman 81 Preliminary study: Predictors for success in an important premedical subject at a South African medical school N J Allers, L Hay, R C Janse van Rensburg 84 CPD QUESTIONNAIRE SUPPLEMENT 85 Health professions education and research capacity building in Africa: Opportunities and challenges, from the Medical Education Partnership Initiative at the University of KwaZulu- Natal, Durban, South Africa AJHPE is published by the Health and Medical Publishing Group (Pty) Ltd Co. registration 2004/0220 32/07, a subsidiary of SAMA | publishing@hmpg.co.za Suites 9 & 10, Lonsdale Building, Gardener Way, Pinelands, 7405 Tel. 021 532 1281 | Cell 072 635 9825 l Letters and articles for publication must be submitted online at www.ajhpe.org.za