Shaping the aspirational healthcare system: undergraduate exposure in South Africa and the role of global surgery

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dc.contributor.advisorMaswime, Salome
dc.contributor.advisorGordon Chivaugn
dc.contributor.authorFrancis, Peace
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-11T12:40:03Z
dc.date.available2025-02-11T12:40:03Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.updated2025-02-11T12:39:01Z
dc.description.abstractGlobal Surgery is a burgeoning field especially in the low-and-middle-income country (LMIC) context. While exposure is increasing, research shows students are often exposed incidentally and not through the formal curriculum. Research also shows that there is no coherent pedagogy around Global Surgery education. In this qualitative, phenomenological study, nine final and penultimate year medical students were interviewed in semi-structured interviews to unpack their understanding of and exposure to Global Surgery. Five themes were extracted from the data – understanding of global surgery and its principles, undergraduate exposure to global surgery, benefits of global surgery, perceived flaws related to global surgery and roles for medical students in global surgery. Participants in this study had a systemic understanding of Global Surgery – they identified clear benefits of Global Surgery including its ability to strengthen health systems through multidisciplinary approaches. Participants also spoke to a lack of Global Surgery exposure in formal curriculum despite seeing many contextual benefits of exposure. As a new field we see the current lack of exposure and lack of established pedagogy as an opportunity for LMICs to define a Global Surgery pedagogy that can shape an aspirational healthcare system.
dc.identifier.apacitationFrancis, P. (2024). <i>Shaping the aspirational healthcare system: undergraduate exposure in South Africa and the role of global surgery</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of General Surgery. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40918en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationFrancis, Peace. <i>"Shaping the aspirational healthcare system: undergraduate exposure in South Africa and the role of global surgery."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of General Surgery, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40918en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFrancis, P. 2024. Shaping the aspirational healthcare system: undergraduate exposure in South Africa and the role of global surgery. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of General Surgery. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40918en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Francis, Peace AB - Global Surgery is a burgeoning field especially in the low-and-middle-income country (LMIC) context. While exposure is increasing, research shows students are often exposed incidentally and not through the formal curriculum. Research also shows that there is no coherent pedagogy around Global Surgery education. In this qualitative, phenomenological study, nine final and penultimate year medical students were interviewed in semi-structured interviews to unpack their understanding of and exposure to Global Surgery. Five themes were extracted from the data – understanding of global surgery and its principles, undergraduate exposure to global surgery, benefits of global surgery, perceived flaws related to global surgery and roles for medical students in global surgery. Participants in this study had a systemic understanding of Global Surgery – they identified clear benefits of Global Surgery including its ability to strengthen health systems through multidisciplinary approaches. Participants also spoke to a lack of Global Surgery exposure in formal curriculum despite seeing many contextual benefits of exposure. As a new field we see the current lack of exposure and lack of established pedagogy as an opportunity for LMICs to define a Global Surgery pedagogy that can shape an aspirational healthcare system. DA - 2024 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Medicine LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2024 T1 - Shaping the aspirational healthcare system: undergraduate exposure in South Africa and the role of global surgery TI - Shaping the aspirational healthcare system: undergraduate exposure in South Africa and the role of global surgery UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40918 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/40918
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationFrancis P. Shaping the aspirational healthcare system: undergraduate exposure in South Africa and the role of global surgery. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Division of General Surgery, 2024 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40918en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066Eng
dc.publisher.departmentDivision of General Surgery
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectMedicine
dc.titleShaping the aspirational healthcare system: undergraduate exposure in South Africa and the role of global surgery
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMSc
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