David Rogers is a Family Physician based in Tintswalo Hospital in Mpumalanga. Born in CapeTown, raised in Durban, David graduated with an MBChB from UCT in 1995. Spells of working in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KZN led to a wide variety of experience and a Diploma in Anaesthetics. After a few years of hospital work in New Zealand, he chose to train further in Family Medicine in the UK and passed his MRCGP(UK) in 2002. He then spent 10 years working in a rural practice in the UK. During this time he developed an interest in medical education and spent 2007-2012 combining UK general practice with a role as Academic Tutor and Small Group Facilitator with the Peninsula Medical School. He joined the Dept of Family Medicine in 2013 as Facilitator for the Tintswalo clinical learning centre. He continues to pursue his interest in medical education and in 2016 completed a Masters in Clinical Medical Education (University of Plymouth). He has an interest in chronic disease management in under-resourced rural contexts, global health and the international movement of health care practitioners, the use of technology to improve medical training in rural sites, health care practitioner resilience, optimising the learning potential in Quality Improvement Projects (QIPs), and standardising the marking of patient studies.

Recent Posters/Presentations/Publications include:

The use of a Wiki to enhance BCMP teaching
Poster Presentation
Rural Doctors of South Africa (RUDASA) conference 2013

Undergraduate factors that influence the global migration of Health Professionals
Teaching session
Rural Doctors of South Africa (RUDASA) conference 2013

Educational Methods to improve Health Professional Resilience
Workshop Session
Rural Doctors of South Africa (RUDASA) conference 2014

Which educational interventions improve healthcare professionals’ resilience? A literature review
Medical Teacher Aug 2016 available at
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0142159X.2016.1210111

Does a brief workshop change clinical associate students’ resilience?
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine Sep 2016
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v8i1.1183

Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice: A new facilitators guidebook
1rst edition 2017
University of Pretoria Dept of Family Medicine


He also enjoys spending time with his wife, and two sons in their bush home in Hoedspruit. They have adopted an orphan bushbaby, and are fostering a badly behaved porcupine just to make sure their life is not too peaceful. When the porcupine allows he enjoys running, mountain biking, triathlons and kayaking.