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Dr Mable Kekana<br />

Bachelor’s degree and Honours in Diagnostic<br />

Radiography; Diploma in Tertiary Education;<br />

Bachelor of Administration; Masters and Doctorate<br />

in Education.<br />

I am a Senior Lecturer and Head of Radiography<br />

Department at the University of Pretoria. I am also<br />

the chairperson of the School of Healthcare<br />

Sciences. I am passionate about teaching and<br />

learning in Radiography and Healthcare Sciences in<br />

general. My areas of expertise, in addition to<br />

Radiography core modules, are ethics, human<br />

rights and professional practice, research and<br />

community engagement. The onset of the <strong>COVID</strong>-<br />

<strong>19</strong> pandemic posed some challenges in all these<br />

areas. Amendments to both theory and practice<br />

had to effected in a short space of time. Greatest challenges related to clinical training<br />

and assessment as well as collection of data for research purposes. At the University of<br />

Pretoria, we were somehow ready to move to full virtual teaching because we have been<br />

in a hybrid teaching mode since 2016.<br />

I appreciate the opportunity to share my experiences with the global community of<br />

radiographers and imaging technologists. I also regard this as an opportunity to share<br />

experiences as I will also be learning from experiences that are shared by other colleagues<br />

globally.<br />

Dr Merlisa Claudia Kemp<br />

PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)<br />

I am the head of the Department of Medical Imaging and<br />

Therapeutic Sciences at the Cape Peninsula University of<br />

Technology in the Western Cape, South Africa. I teach on the<br />

BSc Diagnostic Ultrasound programme and supervise/cosupervise<br />

Master of Science and Doctor of Radiography<br />

students. I have 20 years of Diagnostic ultrasound<br />

experience and specialise in vascular ultrasound imaging.<br />

I wanted to contribute to the e-<strong>book</strong> to share the<br />

experiences by academics and students during the pandemic<br />

and illustrate how the pandemic exacerbated the already<br />

challenging circumstances faced by the students from disadvantaged socio-economic<br />

backgrounds whilst being students at a historically disadvantaged institution of higher<br />

education, namely CPUT.<br />

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