Social accountability and nursing education in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorArmstrong, S.J
dc.contributor.authorRispel, L.C
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-15T12:33:50Z
dc.date.available2016-02-15T12:33:50Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentEpidemiology and Biostatistics
dc.descriptionKIMen_ZA
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: There is global emphasis on transforming health workforce education in support of universal health coverage. OBJECTIVE: This paper uses a social accountability framework, specifically the World Health Organization's six building blocks for transformative education, to explore key informants' perspectives on nursing education in South Africa. METHODS: Using a snowballing sampling technique, 44 key informants were selected purposively on the basis of their expertise or knowledge of the research area. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the key informants after informed consent had been obtained. The interviews were analysed using template analysis. RESULTS: South Africa has strategic plans on human resources for health and nursing education, training, and practice and has a well-established system of regulation and accreditation of nursing education through the South African Nursing Council (SANC). Key informants criticised the following: the lack of national staffing norms; sub-optimal governance by both the SANC and the Department of Health; outdated curricula that are unresponsive to population and health system needs; lack of preparedness of nurse educators; and the unsuitability of the majority of nursing students. These problems are exacerbated by a perceived lack of prioritisation of nursing, resource constraints in both the nursing education institutions and the health training facilities, and general implementation inertia. CONCLUSION: Social accountability, which is an essential component of transformative education, necessitates that attention be paid to the issues of governance, responsive curricula, educator preparedness, and appropriate student recruitment and selection.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationArmstrong, S.J., Rispel, L.C. 2015. Social accountability and nursing education in South Africa.Global Health Action; 8:27879en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/19535
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectNursesen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectEducation, Nursingen_ZA
dc.subjectSocial Responsibilityen_ZA
dc.titleSocial accountability and nursing education in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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