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Reshaping healthcare communication
21 MAY 2019 | STORY NIÉMAH DAVIDS. PHOTO MICHAEL HAMMOND.
The formation of the Patient Partner Programme, an innovative, multidisciplinary approach to addressing several gaps in the health sciences communication curriculum, has made significant headway with its “dynamic” approach to teaching and learning.

by Terri Chowles
eHealth News, South Africa
With support from the medical technology company Beckton Dickinson (BD), the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Clinical Skills Centre, a division in the Department of Health Sciences Education, has refurbished a learning space in Groote Schuur Hospital as a dedicated Safety in Health Simulation Centre.

26 March 2018, 7:43 PM | Mariska Botha | @SABCNewsOnline
The centre is set to revolutionise the training of specialists and other health professionals throughout the continent.
A new Safety in Health Simulation Centre has been opened at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town.
This is a first for the African continent.

Congratulations to Health Science Education lecturer Marvin Jansen on his #mg200young selection