Lizemari Hugo-Van Dyk is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Nursing where she is responsible for coordinating the second-year nursing undergraduate theoretical and practical modules (legacy programme). Lizemari holds a PhD degree in Nursing. Her field of interest and specialty is clinical learning in nursing education and she has published several articles on this subject.  She consequently designed and is presenting a short learning online clinical facilitator training programme for healthcare professionals. Currently, she is also developing and will be presenting the Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Education commencing in 2023. Lizemari won awards for her research in learning and teaching and holds a grant for interdisciplinary research.

Her other passion is health professions education. Hence, she serves on several departmental and faculty educational-focused committees to share ideas and learn with and from others. Regionally, she serves on the Southern African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE) Central Committee holding the academic portfolio and nationally, on the National SAAHE Board as secretary and representative of SAAHE Central. 

Lizemari has successfully supervised several Master students and has acted as an external postgraduate assessor for several higher education institutions. she is involved in several projects within and outside the borders of South Africa. She is the principal investigator of interprofessional, national and international research projects.

Nyoni, C.N., Dyk, L. Hugo-Van Dyk. & Botma, Y. 2021. Clinical placement models for undergraduate health professions students: A scoping review. BMC Medical Education, 21(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-03023-w

Botha, B.S., Hugo-van Dyk, L. & Nyoni, C. 2021. The reality of virtual reality at a South African university during the COVID-19 pandemic. African Journal of Health Professions Education. 13 (3), 199. https://doi.org/10.7196/AJHPE.2021

Hugo-Van Dyk, L. & Botma, Y. 2021. Consensus on topics for preceptor training. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 100286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2021.100286

Hugo-van Dyk, L. & Botma, Y., 2020. The contribution of nursing preceptors to the future nursing workforce. African Journal of Health Professions Education 12 (3), 109-113. https://doi.org/10.7196/AJHPE.2020.v12i3.1372

Hugo, L. & Botma, Y., 2019. Looking beneath the surface of a preceptor-training programme through a realist evaluation. Evaluation and Program Planning 73 (1), 195-202.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2019.01.005

Hugo, L., Botma, Y., & Raubenheimer, J.E., 2018. Monitoring preceptors’ supportive role: a measuring instrument for increased accountability. Nurse Education Today 67 (1), 83–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2018.05.006

Lizemari`s research focuses on nursing education, specifically:

• Clinical facilitation/preceptorship
• Clinical learning
• Clinical learning environment 
• Emotional intelligence
• Medical Humanities
• Student support
• Simulation: Virtual reality