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 GUEST EDITORIAL 86 Going rural – protracted immersion or toe-wetting: Does it matter? O Nkomazana RESEARCH 87 Implementation and outcome evaluation of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative biostatistical reasoning workshops for faculty and postgraduate students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa M Muzigaba, M L Thompson, B Sartorius, G Matthews, N Nadesan-Reddy, S Pillay, U Lalloo 92 Predictors of site choice and eventual learning experiences in a decentralised training programme designed to prepare medical students for careers in underserved areas in South Africa M Muzigaba, K Naidoo, A Ross, N Nadesan-Reddy, S Pillay 99 Exploring the relationship between demographic factors, performance and fortitude in a group of diverse 1st-year medical students S Hamid, V S Singaram 104 Motivated strategies for learning and their association with academic performance of a diverse group of 1st-year medical students S Hamid, V S Singaram 108 Assessing the effect of an online HIV/AIDS course on 1st-year pharmacy students’ knowledge F Suleman 113 Feedback as a means to improve clinical competencies: Consultants’ perceptions of the quality of feedback given to registrars C I Bagwandeen, V S Singaram 117 Feedback as a means to improve clinical competencies: Registrars’ perceptions of the quality of feedback provided by consultants in an academic hospital setting C I Bagwandeen, V S Singaram 121 Third-year medical students’ and clinical teachers’ perceptions of formative assessment feedback in the simulated clinical setting R M Abraham, V S Singaram AJHPE African Journal of Health Professions Education | May 2016, Vol. 8, No. 1, Suppl 1 EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Vanessa Burch University of Cape Town SUPPLEMENT EDITOR Oathokwa Nkomazana University of Botswana 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