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Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by UP Author "Bac, Martin"
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Can the re-engineering of PHC and/or the introduction of community paediatricians be the solution? Bac, Martin (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2012-11)No abstract available.
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Bac, Martin; Pattinson, Robert Clive; Bergh, Anne-Marie (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-11)Gert Sibande District is a predominantly rural district in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (SA), with a population of just over 1.1 million. It has a high prevalence of HIV infection and pregnancy-related hypertensive ...
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Hugo, Johannes F.M.; Slabbert, J.; Louw, Jakobus Murray; Marcus, Tessa S.; Bac, Martin; Du Toit, Pieter Hertzog; Sandars, J.E. (Open Journals Systems, 2012-12)The Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice (BCMP) is a new degree at the University of Pretoria (UP), designed to create a new category of mid-level medical workers, namely clinical associates. UP produced its first 44 ...
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Koortzen, Michiel; Biggs, Lourens W.; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Turner, A.C. (Astrid); Bac, Martin; Volpe, Mark (Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Cogent, Taylor and Francis Group, 2020-07-16)BACKGROUND : A clinical associate (ClinA) is a mid-level health professional who may only practise under the supervision of a medical doctor. By extension, medical students need to be prepared for this responsibility. ...
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Bergh, Anne-Marie; Bac, Martin; Hugo, Johannes F.M.; Sandars, John (BioMed Central, 2016-07-11)BACKGROUND : Quality improvement is increasingly becoming an essential aspect of the medical curriculum, with the intention of improving the health care system to provide better health care. The aim of this study was ...
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Bac, Martin; Bergh, Anne-Marie; Etsane, Mama Elsie; Hugo, Johannes F.M. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-05-28)BACKGROUND : The short timeframe of medical students’ rotations is not always conducive to successful, in-depth quality-improvement projects requiring a more longitudinal approach. AIM : To describe the process of inducting ...
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Bac, Martin; Meyer, Ellenore D. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-03)Are medical students and doctors in South Africa well informed on how to handle questions about euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, and are they able to respond to their patients with information that is correct ...
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Bac, Martin; Hamm, Joris; Van Bodegraven, Petra; Pater, B.; Louw, Jakobus Murray (Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) Ltd and Cogent, Taylor and Francis Group, 2017-01-27)BACKGROUND : One of the reasons to develop training courses for medical mid-level workers in South Africa is a shortage of doctors. The introduction of this new profession has led to task sharing and redefining of ...
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Borresen, Jill; Celie, Bert; Laubscher, Ria; Bac, Martin; Wood, Paola; Camacho, Tanya Chantelle de Sousa; Nolte, Kim; Schwellnus, Marianne; Basu, Debashis; Schwellnus, Martin Peter (Taylor and Francis, 2024)The personal health behaviours, including physical activity, of healthcare professionals influence their counselling practices as they relate to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, despite the importance of producing ...
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Monareng, V.L.; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Bac, Martin; Webb, Elizabeth M. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2019-10)BACKGROUND. The Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice (BCMP) programme was introduced in South Africa as a strategy to fill human resource gaps in both the public sector and rural communities. A previous study explored ...
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Ngcobo, Sanele; Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Elizabeth (Liz); Bac, Martin; Webb, Elizabeth M. (Public Library of Science, 2018-01-19)BACKGROUND : Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in heterosexual men by up to 60%. One HIV infection is averted for every 5 to 15 VMMCs. To conduct ...
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Bac, Martin; Hugo, J.F.M. (Jannie) (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-09)To the Editor : The article by Le Roux et al. raises the question why it is so difficult to re-engineer primary healthcare (PHC) and why the results so far have been disappointing. They highlight the critical role of the ...
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