2011-NMMU-Research-Report - Research Management - Nelson ...

International Visitors to the Faculty
Date of visit Name(s) of visitors and contact
staff member in Faculty
Nursing Science
Throughout the year
Mr A Pollard (Survival Technologies)
CP: Ms E Smith
23 January/4 June Mr B Gebru (Boston, USA)
CP: Dr E Ricks
14 February Dr S Silverman (USA)
CP: Ms S du Rand
27/28 March Dr Lambert/Mr van Nugeteren
(University of Johannesburg)
CP: Dr P Jordan
13 March Dr L Siefert (University of North
Carolina, USA)
CP: MS S du Rand
17 April Dr A Crichton (Bhisho)
CP: Prof RM van Rooyen
23 - 26 April Dr L Andersson (University of
Gothenburg, Sweden)
CP: Mr K Topper
13 - 30 May Mr G Gillitzer and Ms R Larsen (College
of Saint Benedict and Saint John's
University, USA)
CP: Dr P Jordan and Ms M Williams
14/15 May CHENMA (Collaboration for Higher
Education for Nursing and Midwifery
in Africa)
Partners: NEPAD (The New
Partnership for Africa’s Development),
NMMU (DNS), Brazzaville (Congo),
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)
CP: Dr S James
Nature of
involvement/visit
Consult regarding simulation
equipment and related technologies
Research consultation and
management: developing a Mobile
Health Information System for
professional nurses
Workshop on "using coaching in
nursing education"
Consultants: develop new EMC
programme
Outcome of visit
97
Support educators/
students by providing stateof-the-art
training aids
Proposal drafted and time
plan finalised
Learning to use alternate
and creative training
strategies
Finalised EMC curriculum -
waiting for approval
Workshop on "assessment practices" Learning to better monitor
and evaluate students’
academic performance
using alternate measures
Discussion concerning the training of
new health care profession
Collaboration concerning the
Swedish-RSA Mental Health Research
Project
Student and academic staff exchange
programme with the purpose of
internationalisation, networking and
benchmarking for both universities
Develop education and training
programmes to prepare specialist
nurses and midwives (postgraduate
programmes, in particular Magister
level) in the three West African
Francophone countries
BEMC is currently in
the planning phase.
Negotiations are
underway with regard
to the training of clinical
associates
Finalised time plan:
articles to be submitted
for 2012
Cultural and clinical
learning experience
gained by both parties
Planning is underway