An overlying theme throughout the grant is the develop of inclusive and socio-cultural diversity within the clinical and basic health profession sciences in sub-Saharan Africa. Research topics in this theme are focused on the integration of Fidel-Castro and Nelson-Mandela medical students from Cuba (returning to South Africa) and medial students trained in China (returning to Namibia) to work back into the medical curriculum in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as investigating how to improve relationships among students across cultural divides, how to teach learners to care for themselves and their environment, and the student’s perceptions when dealing with death, dying, cadavers and human skeletal material.

Researchers involved

Gerda Botha Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University Academic staff Developing the attributes of cultural humility in the context of cross-cultural medical education and health care service delivery in a cohort of undergraduate	Prof Honey Mabuza Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University Academic staff The field-of-practice experiences of South African and Namibian medical practioners who qualified outside and returned to practice in their own countries	Dr Kamelia Nashed Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences Unviersity Academic staff The field-of-practice experiences of South African and Namibian medical practioners who qualified outside and returned to practice in their own countries