Centre for Health Science Education

The Centre for Health Science Education is a unit in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. It is an academic centre within the faculty, and its work sits at the intersection of health professions education and educational research.

Its research strengths lie in professional identity formation, professionalism, primary care education, workplace-based assessment and blended learning. The publication data also shows attention to faculty development, portfolio assessment and curriculum design in clinical teaching, with a focus on the hidden curriculum and the influence of culture, race and gender on medical training.

Further themes include decentralised training, online clinical teaching, symbolic access and inclusion in clinical learning environments. The research is grounded in South African and broader African contexts, with studies that examine medical education and health sciences education in relation to equity and socially responsive practice.