• 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

• 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 11^th 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
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• Academic environment
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• Student academic development and support
• Undergraduate teaching
• Postgraduate supervision and teaching
• Research
• Academic writing

Area(s) of Expertise

• Algemene / Generiese Vaardighede onderrig en ontwikkeling
• Studente retensie
• Studente-leer, ontwikkeling en ondersteuning
• Kwalitatiewe  navorsing
• Eerste-Jaar ondervinding
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Courses Presented

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

COMMUNITY/SERVICE LEARNING & INVOLVEMENT


Facilitator for MBChB I students’ clinic visits

Coordination and facilitation of student learning and development seminars for Motheo TVET, Bloemfontein



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