About SAAHE
The Southern African Association of Health Educationalists (SAAHE) is an association of health sciences educators from South African universities, NGOs and government and private sectors. The focus of SAAHE is on improving the quality of teaching and learning in health sciences education so as to enhance the delivery of high quality, affordable and sustainable health care to South Africans in both the public and private sector. The SAAHE community is made up of predominantly physicians but there are an increasing number of professionals in the Allied Health Sciences, including physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses and range of other professional disciplines. All members are committed to improving teaching and learning in medical and health professional education.
SAAHE was conceptualized in 2004 and currently has more than 350 active members across the southern African region. There are six regional chapters in South Africa, each with two representatives who sit on the SAAHE Council. Three Council members constitute the SAAHE Executive which is located in one of the six chapters. The Executive rotates between chapters every three years and is currently located in the Central region.
SAAHE has a number of agendas – to showcase ‘best practice’ in health sciences education, to stimulate debate and discussion regarding the education of health practitioners, and to develop teaching and educational research capacity in health sciences educators. To this end, regional conferences were held in the Western Cape in 2004 – 2007; a National Conference has been held annually since 2008.
Upcoming events
Join us in Bloemfontein for the 2025 conference.
Date: 30 June – 4 July 2025
More details to follow soon
It is with great excitement that we invite you to the AGM and Public Lecture of the Simulation Special Interest Group on 28 November 2024 at 15:00 (UCT+2).
We have a great line up of speaker for the afternoon and we hope that you will be able to join us. The over all theme of the session is: Choosing Wisely when Designing Simulation Scenarios. The lectures will be followed by our AGM for 2024 – we have great news for the 2025 Conference.
Our speakers are:
Dr. Sandra Monteiro is a scientist with the MERIT Center, appointed to the Department of Medicine, at McMaster University, Canada. She has a second appointment to the Centre for Simulation Based Learning as the Assistant Director of Simulation Scholarship. Dr. Monteiro is internationally recognized for her research program on clinical reasoning and her expertise in measurement principles and competency assessment. In a prior secondment to Touchstone Institute, (2014 – 2021), she served as the Director of Research and Analysis and supported the development of several competency-based assessments for various regulated healthcare professions in Canada. Looking ahead, Dr. Monteiro is interested in research that examines our assumptions related to education, assessment and equity in healthcare.
Jennifer Watermeyer is a Professor in the Department of Speech Pathology and Director of the Health Communication Research Unit (HCRU) at the University of the Witwatersrand. She uses qualitative methods and an interdisciplinary lens to explore communication and interpreting practices in healthcare settings, understand how people in these spaces experience care, and find ways of supporting and enhancing communication. Her recent SoTL work has focused on understanding communication processes in student-led telepractice and simulated learning experiences. Jennifer is an NRF-rated researcher and a member of ASSAf. She serves as the Chair of the University’s Non-Medical Human Research Ethics Committee.
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Kind Regards
A/Prof K. Henrico
Sim SIG Chair.