TY - GEN
T1 - Integrating IT into a South African health sciences curriculum
AU - Masters, Ken
AU - Oberprieler, Gudrun
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This paper describes the introduction of an IT curriculum to support a new Health Sciences curriculum introduced by the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town (UCT). By combining international and local research with an awareness of the South African context, problems of infrastructure, student needs, attitudes, and budget were identified and solved. The paper also details two specific examples to illustrate the mechanisms of the IT curriculum.
AB - This paper describes the introduction of an IT curriculum to support a new Health Sciences curriculum introduced by the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town (UCT). By combining international and local research with an awareness of the South African context, problems of infrastructure, student needs, attitudes, and budget were identified and solved. The paper also details two specific examples to illustrate the mechanisms of the IT curriculum.
KW - Health sciences
KW - Information technology
KW - Integration
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U2 - 10.1109/ITRE.2003.1270607
DO - 10.1109/ITRE.2003.1270607
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:13244289316
SN - 0780377249
SN - 9780780377240
T3 - Proceedings, ITRE 2003 - International Conference on Information Technology: Research and Education
SP - 219
EP - 222
BT - Proceedings, ITRE 2003 - International Conference on Information Technology
T2 - 2003 International Conference on Information Technology: Research and Education, ITRE 2003
Y2 - 11 August 2003 through 13 August 2003
ER -