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Dr. Masilela is appointed as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physiology, where she teaches service modules for Nursing and Sports Sciences. Her research interests lie at the intersection of precision medicine, pharmacogenomics, and public health. By integrating these disciplines, she aims to transform approaches to the prevention and…
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Charity Masilela
Jan 30, 2025 - Dr. Masilela is appointed as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physiology, where she teaches service modules for Nursing and Sports Sciences. Her research interests lie at the intersection of precision medicine, pharmacogenomics, and public health. By integrating these disciplines, she aims to transform approaches to the prevention and…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-professions-education-chpe/staff-development-opportunities-2025
Staff Development Opportunities (2025)
Mar 07, 2025 - Workshops & Training Sessions – Overview of upcoming faculty development opportunities, including dates, descriptions, and registration links. Indaba Sessions – Information about all campuses' new in-person Indaba events. Guest Lectures & Special Events – Details on special speakers or collaborative events. 2025 CHPE Theme: "The…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-professions-education-chpe/learning-hub-resources-media
Learning Hub: Resources & Media
Mar 07, 2025 - Podcasts & Interviews – Links to CHPE-produced podcasts or relevant external ones featuring CHPE staff. (E.g., Spotify, SoundCloud, NWU-hosted audio.) Webinars & Recorded Sessions – 2024 Staff Development Recordings (Link to past training sessions and Lunch & Learn recordings.) Indaba & Special Events…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-professions-education-chpe/research-publications
Research & Publications
Mar 13, 2025 - Featured CHPE Research – Heymans, Y., Pool, J., Koch, R., Bisschoff, C., Christmals, C., Ebrahim, B., & Olivier, J. (2022). Second-year health students’ perspectives on developing open educational resources. In J. Olivier, C. Du Toit-Brits, A. Dhakulkar, & B. Bunt (Eds.), Contextualised open educational practices: Towards student agency…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/health-professions-education-chpe/contact
Contact us
Mar 10, 2025 - Leadership & Administration Director: Prof Jessica Pool – Associate Professor, SoTL & Faculty Development Expertise: Mentorship, professional development, academic identity ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6839-4419 Email: jessica.pool@nwu.ac.za Potchefstroom Campus Building G16, Office 107 Mrs Paula Jardim – Senior…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-professions-education-chpe/health-professions-education-hped-scientific-committee
Health Professions Education (HPEd) Scientific Committee
Mar 27, 2025 - Overview The Health Professions Education (HPEd) Scientific Committee is the quality control for health professions education research, especially the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research, conducted within the North-West University (NWU) and beyond. Experienced researchers and statisticians critically review proposals presented.…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-human-performance/unlocking-health-human-performance
Unlocking health & human performance
May 15, 2025 - Prof Pieter Kruger is a HCPC and HPCSA registered consultant psychologist and professor of clinical psychology. He has been working in the public and private sectors since 2002. He is currently the Director of the Centre for Health & Human Performance (CHHP) at North-West University in South Africa, the Director of International Operations…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-human-performance/sport-science-biokinetics
Sport Science & Biokinetics
Apr 09, 2025 - Individual & Group Programmes PREGNANCY & POSTNATAL EXERCISE CLASSES Recognising the importance of physical fitness during pregnancy and postpartum periods safe and effective continuous monitoring group sessions aqua sessions improve cardiovascular fitness build muscle strength recover, retrain, restore new…https://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pssa2025-old