Dr Sue Higgins-Opitz
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Dr Sue Higgins-Opitz |
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Telephone |
+27 (0)31 2608679 |
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Campus |
Westville |
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Research Interests |
Learning, Teaching & Assessment of Physiology |
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Designation |
Honorary Senior Lecturer |
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| Biosketch | Registered as a Medical Scientist with the South African Health Professions Council (previously Medical and Dental Council) since April 1986
Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society (1979 – to date ) Member of : |
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List of Publications |
Peer-reviewed articles in SAPSE accredited publications (Listed in descending order i.e. from most recent backwards) 1. Tufts MA, Nadar A, Higgins-Opitz SB. Student perceptions of the introduction of PowerLab® practicals into a first year Sport Science physiology service module (In preparation for submission to Advances in Physiology Education) 2. van Wyk JM, Naidoo SS, Higgins-Opitz SB, Moodley K. Feminisation of medicine: perceptions of final year medical students at a South African medical school. (submitted to Social Science & Medicine in April 2014) 3. Naidoo SS, van Wyk JM, Moodley K, Higgins-Opitz, SB. An evaluation of Stress in Medical Students at a South African University. SA Family Practice Journal (accepted for publication in September 2013) 4. Higgins-Opitz SB, Tufts M (2014) Performance of first year Health Sciences students in a large, diverse, multi-disciplinary, first semester, physiology service module. Advances in Physiology Education 38:161-169 (Impact factor 1.22) 5. Higgins-Opitz SB, Tufts M, Naidoo I, Essack S (2014). Perspectives of student performance in the Health Sciences: how do physiology and professional modules compare? South African Journal of Higher Education 28: 436-454 6. Tufts MA, Higgins-Opitz, SB (2012) Medical physiology education in South Africa: what are 7. Higgins-Opitz SB, Tufts M (2012) Active physiology learning in a diverse class: an analysis of |
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