Julie Phillips receives prestigious funding grant
Prof. Julie Phillips was recently awarded a research funding grant to the amount of R754 000, as part of a collaborative project […]
Conran Joseph conducting research in Sweden
As nGAP lecturer in the Department of Physiotherapy (UWC), I spent my dedicated research time for 2018 at Karolinska Institute (KI), situated […]
End of orientation week
Yesterday marked the end of the orientation week for the incoming class of 2019. They’ve spent the last few days making new […]
December 2018 graduation ceremony
It’s always with a sense of enormous pride and excitement when we have our graduation ceremonies at UWC. Congratulations to all of the graduating students, and especially Dr Lela Mukaruzima and Dr Ryan Groenewald who received their PhDs from the Department of Physiotherapy today!
Farewell lunch for the physiotherapy department
Yesterday we had our farewell lunch at Avontuur wine estate in Somerset West.As you can see, it was very sophisticated.
Farhana Karachi graduates with PhD
Congratulations to Ms Farhana Karachi who, earlier this week, graduated with her PhD from the University of Stellenbsoch. The title of her research project is the Implementation and evaluation of a validated evidence-based physiotherapy protocol in a surgical ICU: A controlled before- and after-study.
Michael Rowe presents at the Reimagine Education conference in San Francisco
Prof. Michael Rowe has recently returned from a week-long visit to San Francisco to attend the Reimagine Education conference. Prof. Rowe was short-listed for the award in the category of Hybrid learning, for the work he has done on blending online and physical learning environments in the area of professional ethics.
Julie Phillips in Sweden for several international research visits
Professor Julie Phillips spent several months in Sweden over 3 visits as part of a series of research visits linked to her project on the adaptation and validation of the Reason for Change (SA-R4C) instrument among physiotherapy students in the Western Cape. In addition, Prof. Phillips held meetings with potential students from Uppsala University who would like to come to SA for 2-month exchange visits in 2019.
Physiotherapy at the SAAHE conference in Durban
The annual SAAHE conference is an important event in South African health professions education (HPE), and this years meeting was held in July in Durban. The conference was attended by several staff member from Physiotherapy, who all presented the results of their research in HPE.
Michael Rowe visits Melbourne as part of a research and teaching visit
Earlier this year Prof. Rowe was fortunate to spend two months in Melbourne as part of a research visit to the Physiotherapy […]