Browsing by Author "Amosun, S L"

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    Retrieving physiotherapy patient records in an academic hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa
    (2005) Mkumbuzi, V P R; Amosun, S L; Stewart, A V
    The purpose of this study was to evaluate the process and feasibility of retrieving physiotherapy patient records in an academic hospital in Johannesburg in the Republic of South Africa. Multiple methods of data collection which included a walk-through observation of the whole health facility, aided by a researcher designed checklist, interviews and attempting to retrieve physiotherapy records were employed to evaluate the process of retrieving physiotherapy patient records and to determine the factors that influenced physiotherapy record retrieval. The percentage record retrieval was calculated by dividing the number of physiotherapy patient records that were actually retrieved by the total number of patients billed for receiving physiotherapy for one calendar month. The process of retrieving physiotherapy records was arduous and multi-faceted, requiring the use of multiple recording books, files and boxes to identify the names and hospital numbers of patients who attended physiotherapy. These data were required to retrieve the correct physiotherapy record. A final retrieval rate of 29.7% (n = 769) was achieved. The implications for the quality and planning of physiotherapy services, the legal and professional standing of the physiotherapy profession and implications for the academic functions in this hospital are discussed. The study concluded that the process of retrieving physiotherapy records in different sections of the selected hospital lacked uniformity.
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    Widening Access to undergraduate physiotherapy education in South Africa: Pointers from students records
    (2012) Amosun, S L; Maart, S; Ferguson, G; Manie, S
    In response to the state mandate to improve access and equity in higher education, the admission policy of universities in South Africa (SA) currently employs measures for the redress of past inequalities and racial injustices. As there is no information on the processes to widen access to undergraduate physiotherapy education program in SA, the aim of this reported study was to search for pointers from students’ records in one local university, situated in the Western Province of SA, that would inform the development of strategies that will widen the access for previously disadvantaged population groups and ensure successful academic outcomes. The records of six cohorts of students who earlier applied for and later enrolled in the undergraduate physiotherapy program between the years 2000 and 2005 were retrospectively reviewed. Information pertaining to access, student characteristics, and academic persistence was extracted, reviewed and analysed descriptively. During the period reviewed, approximately equal numbers of Black and non-Black students applied for admission to the program. The proportion of Black applicants meeting minimum admission requirements was less than half of the White/Asian applicants. Less than 50% (105/212) of the offers made to Black applicants were accepted. Forty one percent (43/105) of the enrolled Black students successfully completed the program within the minimum 4 years compared to 75.5% (145/192) of the White/Asian students. Strategies should be implemented to increase awareness and recruitment, improve enrolment rates, and improve retention and throughput for Black students in the undergraduate physiotherapy program of a historically “white” SA university.