Department
Office of the Dean: Health Sciences
DEANS OFFICE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Office
Francois Retief Building: Block A A115
- Leadership and management of student academic development
- Leadership and management of student academic support
- Postgraduate supervision and teaching
- Staff development session presenter
- Undergraduate teaching
- Research
- Committee representation
- Service Learning
QUALIFICATIONS
Health
- Diploma in General Nursing
- Diploma in Midwifery
- Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing
- Diploma in Community Health
- Advanced Diploma in Nursing Administration
- Degree in Community Health
Education
- Degree in Nursing Education (BCur)
- Master’s in Higher & Further Education Studies
- Ph.D. Higher Education Studies
- Certificate in qualitative research
- Certificate in assessment in higher education
OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professional nurse at Moroka Hospital and Poloko Psychiatric Hospital.
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Training officer at Poloko Psychiatric Hospital
- Training officer at Free State Province Family Planning Unit
- Lecturer at Mangaung Nursing College
- Lecturer at the University of the Free State
- Senior lecturer at the University of the Free State
- Head of Department - Division Student Learning and Development, UFS
RESEARCH
- Four (4) registered projects with the Faculty of Health Sciences Ethics Committee
- Publications in accredited journals
- Chapter in a book: Title: Performance management of academic staff in South African Higher Education (2004), Handisa Printers, ISBN: 0-86886-688-1
- Presently writing a Scholarly book: Title: Towards a humanistic pedagogy: Teaching students in complex and demanding academic environments.
- Reviewer for National and International conference abstracts
- Reviewer for Peer-Reviewed Journals
- Presentations at international, national and local conferences / workshops / seminars
- Member of Research Committees
- Member of Conference Scientific Committee / Editorial Board
- Examiner of postgraduate dissertations/theses
- Reviewer and chairperson for NRF applications
AWARDS
- NRF bursary
- ETDP-SETA bursary
- MESAB award for outstanding service and support in mentor programmes in South African higher education institutions
- Best education paper at AstraZeneca Faculty Forum 2001
- Merit award
- Co-author of best poster presentation at AstraZeneca Faculty Forum 2007.
- GOOT (Grow Our Owm Timber) award 2009-2010
- Vice-Chancellor`s Prestige Scholars Programme 2011-2013.
- Fulbright visiting scholar at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) 2013.
- Golden Key Int
Publications (Short List)
- Beylefeld, AA & Jama MP 2002. Incorporating transferable skills in an undergraduate medical curriculum: learning from experience, South African Journal of Higher Education, 16(1) 113-121.
- Beylefeld, AA, Joubert, G., Jama, MP and de Klerk B 2003. Lectures, students and community members sharing the responsibility of assessing project based presentations. South African Journal of Higher Education, 17(2): 5-12.
- Hay, H & Jama, MP 2004. Changing trends in the performance of medical students: a case study. South African Journal of Higher Education, 18(2): 233-249.
- Jama, MP, Mapesela, MLE & Beylefeld, AA. 2008. Theoretical perspectives on factors affecting the academic performance of students. South African Journal of Higher Education, 22(5): 992-1005.
- Jama, MP, Coetser, JA. 2016. The electrocardiogram made (really) easy: Using small-group tutorials to teach electrocardiogram interpretation to final-year medical students. African Journal of Health Professions Education 8(2):140 -143. DOI:10.7196/AJHPE.2016.v8i2.451.
- Jama, MP. 2016. Academic guidance for Undergraduate Students in a South African Medical School: Can we guide them all? Journal of Student Affairs in Africa 4(2), 13-24. DOI 10.18820/jsaa.v4i23.
- Jama, MP. 2017. Applying a humanistic pedagogy to advance and integrate humane values in a medical school environment. Perspectives in Education 35(1), 28-39. DOI 10.18820/jsaa.v4i23.
- Jama, MP. 2018. Maximising the First-Year Experience through the Incorporation of Generic Skills in a Medical Curriculum at the University of the Free State. Journal of Student Affairs in Africa 6(1), 77-91. DOI 10.24085/jsaa.v6i1.2699.
Non-accredited journal/conference proceedings
- Jama, MP. 2004. “Widening access of female students to medical education at the University of the Free State: a case study”. Proceedings of the 11th International Ottawa Conference on Medical Education. Barcelona, Spain. 6-8 July 2004. Education Medica 7(3) 131.
- Ogah, AO; Jama, MP; Brits H. 2016. Psychometric properties of the objective structured clinical examination in the Paediatrics department of a resource limited institution in East Africa. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences 4(11A) 3868-3875.
- Ogah, AO; Jama, MP; Brits H. 2016. Measuring the quality of the objective structured clinical examination in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department of a resource-limited institution in East Africa. Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences 4(11A) 3876-3882.
Chapter in a book
Jama MP. 2004. Performance management: School at University A.: Case Study 2. Performance Management of Academic Staff in South African Higher Education; a developmental research project. Handisa printers, Bloemfontein. ISBN 0-86886-688-1.
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- Student retention
- Humanistic research / pedagogy
- Humane values
- Academic environment
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- Undergraduate teaching
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- Kwalitatiewe navorsing
- Eerste-Jaar ondervinding
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MGEN1513 General Skills in the MBChB Programme
LLLS1524 Lifelong Learning Skills in the MBChB Programme
MACC1512 General Skills in the B Medical Science Programme
HPEI7900 Intoduction to Health Professions Education in Masters Programme in Health professions Education
COMMUNITY/SERVICE LEARNING & INVOLVEMENT
Facilitator for MBChB I students’ clinic visits
Coordination and facilitation of student learning and development seminars for Motheo TVET, Bloemfontein