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An integrated learning curriculum for radiography in South Africa
Author(s)
Engel-Hills, Penelope Claire
Date Issued
2005
Type
Thesis
Publisher
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Abstract
The most significant changes and challenges to radiography in South Africa are rapid
technological changes in the fields of imaging and radiation oncology, the changing status
of radiographers as members of the multi-disciplinary health care team and the socioeconomic
impact of post-apartheid ideology, policy and legislation with regard to both
higher education and health provision. This altered landscape in which academic and
clinical work is accomplished has impacted on radiography education. Curricula must
change in order to equip graduates to work effectively in the modern workplace and the
Integrated Learning Curriculum (ILC) is one such curriculum response. The traditional
radiography curriculum of connecting subject-based theory education with interspersed
clinical experience where there is reliance on students connecting or applying the subject
content taught in the classroom to clinical practice was challenged. The ILC planned to
enhance the integration of teaching, learning and assessment in the academy and workplace
in a transforming South Africa. This study took advantage of the opportunity to capture
data and learning from this curriculum renewal.
The research was guided by the questions: I) What is the nature of radiographic
knowledge? 2) What curricular options would facilitate radiographic knowledge? 3) What
would enable or constrain successful curriculum implementation? 4) Is the ILC an
appropriate curriculum for Radiography? This study facilitated a 'layered' understanding of
integration and integrated curriculum through exploration of the concept 'integration'. This
was achieved through; a national survey that investigated opinion on the status of
radiography education in South Africa in 2003; interpretation of the context within which
the ILC was located; a search of relevant literature; and a case study that gathered data over
a three-year period.
Findings support the notion that the workplace is a key influence on higher education
curricula and that an integrated learning curriculum suits radiography.
technological changes in the fields of imaging and radiation oncology, the changing status
of radiographers as members of the multi-disciplinary health care team and the socioeconomic
impact of post-apartheid ideology, policy and legislation with regard to both
higher education and health provision. This altered landscape in which academic and
clinical work is accomplished has impacted on radiography education. Curricula must
change in order to equip graduates to work effectively in the modern workplace and the
Integrated Learning Curriculum (ILC) is one such curriculum response. The traditional
radiography curriculum of connecting subject-based theory education with interspersed
clinical experience where there is reliance on students connecting or applying the subject
content taught in the classroom to clinical practice was challenged. The ILC planned to
enhance the integration of teaching, learning and assessment in the academy and workplace
in a transforming South Africa. This study took advantage of the opportunity to capture
data and learning from this curriculum renewal.
The research was guided by the questions: I) What is the nature of radiographic
knowledge? 2) What curricular options would facilitate radiographic knowledge? 3) What
would enable or constrain successful curriculum implementation? 4) Is the ILC an
appropriate curriculum for Radiography? This study facilitated a 'layered' understanding of
integration and integrated curriculum through exploration of the concept 'integration'. This
was achieved through; a national survey that investigated opinion on the status of
radiography education in South Africa in 2003; interpretation of the context within which
the ILC was located; a search of relevant literature; and a case study that gathered data over
a three-year period.
Findings support the notion that the workplace is a key influence on higher education
curricula and that an integrated learning curriculum suits radiography.
Additional information
Thesis (DTech (Radiography))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2005.
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