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AJHPE
African Journal of Health Professions Education

December 2010, Vol. 2  No. 2

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

Editor 

Daniel J ncayiyana

Managing Editor 

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emma Buchanan

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Contents
EDITORIAL

Collaboration: Hope for the future
Juanita Bezuidenhout

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ARTICLES
Continuing education in geriatrics for rural health care providers in 

Uganda: A needs assessment
Mary Ajwang, Joshua K Muliira, Ziadah Nankinga

3
A survey of wound care knowledge in South Africa 
Francois Coetzee, Johan Coetzee, Dirk Hagemeister

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Evaluation of the Parallel Rural Community Curriculum at Flinders 

University, South Australia: Lessons learnt for Africa
I D Couper, P S Worley

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Research productivity of academics in a physiotherapy department:  

a case study
JM Frantz, A Rhoda, P Struthers, J Phillips

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The African Health OER Network: Advancing health education in 

Africa through open educational resources
Sarah Hoosen, Kathleen Ludewig Omollo

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Teaching biopsychosocial competence and the principles of the primary 

health care (PHC) at the patient’s bedside
Lauraine Vivian, Sean McLaughlin, Charles Swanepoel, Vanessa Burch

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Fresh simulation options in critical care nursing education

Elize Archer
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CPD
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