Prof Champion Nyoni
Position
Affil Associate Prof
Department
Office of the Dean: Health Sci
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School of Nursing
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UFS
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Short CV

Prof Champion Nyoni, is an Associate Professor at the School of Nursing of the University of the Free State. He is an NRF rated researcher who publishes in the field of health professions education. His research focuses on developing a competent health workforce within low-resource settings. Specifically, he is engaged in research within the transfer of learning niche area- where he focuses on interprofessional education, curriculum development, faculty development, assessment and teaching and learning. He supervises masters and doctoral candidates within nursing and health professions education at the UFS and collaborates globally in his research interests.

Qualifications 

Post Doctoral  Fellowship - University of the Free State

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD Nursing)- University of the Free State 

Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) with Specialisation in Assessment and Accreditation (Distinction)- University of Keele, United Kingdom

Master of Social Science in Nursing (MSocSc Nursing) - University of the Free State 

Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Nursing Science (BSc N(Hons) - University of Zimbabwe

Other Education

International Fellowship in Medical Education (IFME)

Fellow of the Sub-Saharan Africa FAIMER Regional Institute (FSAFRI)

 

 

 

 

Publications

  1. Mukurunge E, Nyoni CN, & Hugo L 2024. Assessment approaches in undergraduate health professions education: towards the development of feasible assessment approaches for low-resource setting. BMC Medical Education 20:24(1):318
  2. Xyrichis A, Cahn P.S., McFadyen A, da Silva Lima B, Wenning B., Costello S., Nyoni CN, McMullin J., and Shiavo R. 2024. Introducing the Journal of Health Equity: a new space for interprofessional and interdisciplinary debates to advance health equity. Journal of Health Equity. 1(1)
  3. Nyoni  CN., Botma Y. & Hugo-van Dyk, L. 2024 Doctoral contribution to nursing science from sub-Sahara Africa: A document review. Nursing Science Quarterly 37(1).
  4. Nyoni CN, Botha R, and Ntsekhe- Mogashoa M.2023. Implemeting virtual interprofessional education in an undegraduate medical program: A feasibility study. Health Professions Education and Research 1(6).
  5. Botha BS, Hugo-van Dyk, L and Nyoni CN. 2023. Simulating infection prevention and control through virtual reality: A vehicle for equity, diversity and inclusivity in Africa. Fronteirs in Educarion 8: 1214321 https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1214321
  6. Masava B., Nyoni CN and Botma Y. 2023. Standards for Scaffolding in Health Sciences Programmes: A Delphi Consensus Study. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development. Vol 10. : https://doi.org/10.1177/23821295231184045
  7. Chipamaunga S., Nyoni C.N., Kagawa M.N., Wessels Q., Kafumukache E., Gwini R., Kandawaswika G., Katowa-Mukwato P., Masanganise R., Nyamakura R., Nyawata I., Pretorius L, Dithole K., Marimo C., Mubuuke A.G., Mbalimba S.N., van der Merwe L., and Prozeskly D. 2023. Response to the impact of COVID-19 by health professions education institutions in Africa: a case study on preparedness for remote learning and teaching. Smart Learning Environments,10:31. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-023-00249-7.
  8. Mulu, M.M. and Nyoni, C.N. 2023 Standards for evaluating the quality of undergraduate nursing e-learning programme in low- and middle-income countries: a modified Delphi study. BMC Nursing 22, 73 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01235-7.
  9. Hugo-van Dyk L, Botma Y, Ndhlovu M, and Nyoni C 2023  A Concept Analysis on the Transfer Climate in Health Sciences Education. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4249749 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4249749.
  10. Shawa M, Masava B, Mutimbe P, Nyoni T, Mokhele K, Shale M, Mukurunge E & Nyoni CN.2023. Fidelity of implementing a competency-based nursing programme during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study. Nursing Open.00: 1-12 https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1677
  11. Nyoni CN, van der Merwe A, Botha BS, Fourie C, Botma Y., Labuschagne MJ & van Wyk R 2023. Health science educator’s simulation debriefing practice needs: A mixed methods study. Journal Education and Health Promotion. https:./doi:10.4103/jehp.jehp_1011_22
  12. Mulu M. & Nyoni CN 2023 Undergraduate e-learning programmes in health professions: An integrative review of evaluation standards in low- and middle-income countries. Plos ONE.18(2).
  13. Keiller L., Nyoni CN & van Wyk C. 2023. A model for the design of online health professions education faculty development courses in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Medical Education 23 (60). DOI:10.1186/s12909-023-04039-0
  14. Bezuidenhout J. Nyoni C, Meyer R & van Schalywk S. 2022 Developing the research question: setting the course of your research travels. (Chapter) in Researching Medical Education Edition 2 – Cleland & Durning (eds)
  15. Masava B, Nyoni CN & Botma Y.2022. Scaffolding in Health Sciences Education Programmes: An Integrative Review. Medical Science Educator (December-online)
  16. Keiller L., Nyoni CN, & van Wyk C. 2022. Online Health Professions Education Faculty Development design for Sub-Saharan Africa: A consensus study. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South Vol 6(3). Pgs 123-141.
  17. Samarasekera, DD, Nyoni CN, Amaral E & Grant J. 2022. Challenges and opportunities in interprofessional education and practice. The Lancet 400(10362), 1495-1497.10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02086-4.
  18. Hugo-van Dyk L, Nyoni CN, Williams M, & Botha BS. 2022. Preceptor support during the COVID-19 pandemic: Recommendations for continuing development.Curationis 45(1),a2370.
  19. Bredenkamp D., Botma Y., & Nyoni CN. 2022. Higher education students` motivation to transfer learning: A Scoping Review. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning 10.1108/HESWBL-03-2022-0057
  20. Cordier W., Dreyer A., Keiller L., Manning D., Nyoni CN., van Wyk, J and Wolvaardt, JE. 2022. The birth of an association: Creating African leaders in health professions education. African Journal of Health Professions Education 14 (2):42 10.7196/AJHPE.2022.v14i2.1676  
  21. Asamani J.A., Christmals CD., Nyoni CN., Nabyonga-Orem K, Nyoni J., Okoroafor S., & Ahmat A. 2022. Exploring the availability of specialist health workforce education in East and Southern Africa: a document analysis. BMJ Global Health, e009555.
  22. Nyoni C.N., Fichardt A.E. & Botma Y. 2022 An innovative strategy for learning and teaching clinical skills during the COVID-19 pandemic. African Journal of Health Professions Education- Special focus issue on COVID-19 14(1)
  23. Keiller, L., Nyoni CN, and van Wyk C. 2022. Online faculty development in low and middle-income countries for health professions education: A rapid realist review. Human Resources for Health 20 (12)https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-022-00711-6
  24. 1.11.   Paignon A., Schwarzler P., Kerry M., Stamm, D., Bianchi M., Xyrichis A., Gilbert J., Cornwall J., Thistlethwaite J., IWG-IPECAT[1] & Huber M., 2022. Interprofessional educator competencies, assessment and training- IPEcat: protocol of a global consensus study. Journal of Interprofessional Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2021.2001445
  25. Showstark, M., Sappio, E.M., Schweickerdt, L. & Nyoni, C.N. 2022 AFRI-VIPE: Simulated patients (SPs) role in virtual interprofessional education (VIPE). Journal of Interprofessional and Practice. Volume 26, March, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2021.100492
  26. Nyoni CN., Hugo-van Dyk L. & Botma Y. 2021 Clinical placement models in undergraduate health professions education: A scoping review. BMC Medical Education 21:598 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-03023-w
  27. Cordier W. & Nyoni C.N. 2021 We Survived. Editorial. African Journal of Health Professions Education- Special focus issue on Innovations in Health Professions Education during the COVID-19 pandemic Vol 12(3) https://DOI:10.7196/AJHPE.2021.v13i3.1596
  28. Botma Y., Heyns T., Filmater C & Nyoni C.N. 2021 WhatsApp to support emergency nursing students during the COVID pandemic. African Journal of Health Professions Education- Special focus issue on Innovations in Health Professions Education during the COVID-19 pandemic Vol 12(3)176-178  https://DOI:10.7196/AJHPE.2021.v13i3.1517
  29. Botha B.S, Hugo-van Dyk L., & Nyoni C.N. 2021 The reality of virtual reality at a South African University during the COVID-19 pandemic. African Journal of Health Professions Education- Special focus issue on Innovations in Health Professions Education during the COVID-19 pandemic Vol 12 (3). 199-200 https://DOI:10.7196/AJHPE.2021.v13i3.1503
  30. Kagawa M.N., Chipamaunga-Bamu S., Prozesky D., Kafumukache E., Gwini R., Kandawasvika G., Katowa-Mukwato P., Masanganise R., Pretorius L., Wessels Q., Dithole K., Marimo C., Mubuuke AG., Mbalinda S.N., van der Merew L & Nyoni C.N.  2021. Assessment of preparedness for remote teaching and learning to transform Health Professions Education in Sub-Saharan Africa in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A protocol for a Mixed Methods Study with a case study approach. JMIR Research Protocols 10 (7): e28905 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/28905
  31. Nyoni C.N. & Goddard V. 2021.Supporting educators in implementing a curriculum innovation: What early adopters in low-resource settings need. Nurse Education Today. Jun 7;104:105002. https://doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105002
  32. Nyoni C.N., Grobler C & Botma Y. 2021. Towards Continued Interprofessional education: Interaction patterns of health professionals in a resource-limited setting. PLOS One 16(7): e0253491. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253491
  33. Drasiku A., Gross J.L., Jones C & Nyoni C.N. 2021 Clinical teaching of university-degree nursing students: Are the staff nurses in Uganda ready? BMC Nursing. 20(4):1-9. https://DOI:10/1186/s12912-020-00528-5
  34. Nyoni CN. 2020 Collaboration: A potential solution to imminent issues facing nursing and midwifery education in Africa? African Journal of Health Professions Education. 12(4):165. https://DOI:10.7196/AJHPE.2020.v12i4.1456
  35. van Wyk J.M., Wolvaardt J.E., & Nyoni C.N. 2020 Evaluating the outcomes of a faculty capacity development programme on nurse educators in sub-Saharan Africa. African Journal of Health Professions Education.12 (4) 201-205. https://DOI:10.7196/AJHPE.2020.v12i4.1389
  36. Masava B., Badlangana L. & Nyoni C.N. 2020. A broken triangle: Students` experiences in learning nursing management in a resource-limited setting. African Journal of Health Professions Education. 12(3)119-123. https://DOI:10.7196/AJHPE.2020.v12i3.1352
  37. Mukurunge E., Badlangana L., & Nyoni C.N. 2020. Group work in a nursing curriculum: A teaching strategy to enhance student engagement. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 12(3), 95. https://DOI:10.7196/AJHPE.2020.v12i3.1358
  38. Nyoni C.N. 2020. Nursing and Midwifery students will be left behind. Editorial. African Journal of Health Professions Education-Special focus issue on Nursing and Midwifery Education in Africa, 12 (3):93. https://DOI:10.7196/AJHPE.2020.v12i3.1441
  39. Nyoni C.N. & Botma Y. 2020 Integrative review on sustaining curriculum change in Higher education: Implications for nursing education in Africa. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences 12 (2020). https://DOI:10.1016/j.ijans.2020.100208
  40. Nyoni C.N. 2020. Nursing education in Africa: Year of the nurse and midwife. Editorial. African Journal of Health Professions Education 12(1):3. https://DOI:10.7196/AJHPE.2020.v12i1.1327
  41. Nyoni C.N., Pietersen E & Reitsma G. 2020. Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice: AfriPEN. African Health Journal, January.
  42. Nyoni C.N., & Botma Y. 2019 A framework for implementing and sustaining a curricular innovation in a midwifery programme in Lesotho. African Journal of Health Professions Education 11(3):96-100. https://DOI:10.7196/AJHPE.2019.v11i3.1153
  43. Nyoni C.N. & Botma Y. 2019 Implementing a competency-based Midwifery programme in Lesotho: A gap analysis. Nurse Education in Practice, 34 72-76. https://DOI:10.1016/j.nepr.2018.11.005
  44. Nyoni C.N. & Reid M. 2019. Perceptions of patients regarding diabetes-related health communication strategies in the Free State, South Africa. Health SA Gesondheid, 24(0),a1089. https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v24i0.1089
  45. Nyoni C.N. & Botma Y. 2018. Sustaining a newly implemented competence-based Midwifery programme in Lesotho: Emerging issues. Midwifery Special issue: Education 59,115-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2018.01.015
  46. Reid M, Walsh C., Raubenheimer J., Bradshaw T., Pienaar M., Hassan M., Nyoni C.N. & Le Roux M. 2018. Development of a health dialogue model for patients with diabetes: a complex intervention in a low-/middle income country. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 8, 122-131. https://DOI:10.1016/j.ijans.2018.05.002
  47. Nyoni C.N. & Botma Y. 2017. Aligning Midwifery summative clinical assessments with the competence-based curriculum through OSCE: The experience of Midwifery educators in Lesotho. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 7, 11-13. https://DOI:10.1016/j.ijans.2017.05.003
  48. Mugomeri E., Khama P., Seshea P.C., Bekele B., Mojayi S, Maibvise C. & Nyoni C.N. 2017. The occurrence and quality of care of non-communicable diseases in patients living with HIV in Maseru, Lesotho: A mixed methods study. HIV and AIDS reviews, 16 (3) 155-162. https://doi.org/10.5114/hivar.2017.67788
  49. Nyoni C.N. & Barnard A. 2016. Professional nurses` perceptions of their training role at a rural hospital in Lesotho. African Journal of Health Professions Education. Vol. 8(2) pg.166-168. https://DOI:10.7196/AJHPE.2016.v8i2.557
  50. Botma Y & Nyoni, C.N. 2015. What went wrong? A critical reflection on educator midwives` inability to transfer education knowledge. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. Vol. 5 (6) pg. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v5n6p1
  51. Masava B., Nyoni C.N., Munangatire T. and Shawa M., 2012. Students` perception of their readiness for clinical practice. African Journal of Health Professions Education. Vol. 4(1) pg.84. https://DOI:10.7196/ajhpe.178

[1] Part of the International Working Group on the IPECAT

Area(s) of Interest

Transfer of learning 

Faculty development 

Teaching and learning in health sciences 

Cognitive load theory 

Interprofessional education 

Technology enhanced education

 

Courses Presented

Introduction to Health Professions Education for Post Graduate Diploma in Health Professions Education and Master of Health Professions Education (Structured)

Nursing Research methodology for Master and PhD in Nursing

 

 

 

Community Service

Prof Nyoni serves on numerous education and healthcare related boards. He is the Chairperson of the Interprofessional.Global, a global confederation of Regional Interprofessional Education Networks. He is also the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Association for Health Professions Education and Leadership (AHPEL). He is a board member of the Africa Interprofessional Education Network (AfrIPEN) and the Pan African Consortium on Technology Enhanced Education (PaCOTEH). He serves as a member of the World Health Organization Advisory Board for the WHO Academy based in Lyon France and further serves as advisor to the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE). He serves on the Senate for the Paray School of Nursing in Lesotho. Prof Nyoni is an advisor to the Sigma Theta Tau International (Sigma) Nurse Education Development Academy based in the United States.

Prof Nyoni serves as in various editorial boards for prestigious journals in health professions education and nursing, namely;

1. Associate Editor for the African Journal of Health Professions Education

2. Associate Editor for the BMC Medical Education

3. International Editor for The Asian Pacific Scholar 

4. Associate Editor for the Journal of Health Equity 

5. Associate Editor for the International Journal of Africa Nursing Science 

6. Associate Editor for Health Professions Education and Research

7. Associate Editor for the Journal of Interprofessional Care 

 

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