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
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…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-professions-education-chpe/staff-development-opportunities-2025
Staff Development Opportunities (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…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-professions-education-chpe/learning-hub-resources-media
Learning Hub: Resources & Media
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…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-professions-education-chpe/research-publications
Research & Publications
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…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/health-professions-education-chpe/contact
Contact us
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, Room 268A Mrs…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-professions-education-chpe/health-professions-education-hped-scientific-committee
Health Professions Education (HPEd) Scientific Committee
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…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-human-performance/unlocking-health-human-performance
Unlocking health & human performance
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…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/centre-health-human-performance/sport-science-biokinetics
Sport Science & Biokinetics
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,…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/pssa2025-old
PSSA2025
Physiology Society of Southern Africa Congress 2025 Hosted by the North-West University 24-27 August 2025 Important dates Call for Abstracts: 20 May 2025 Abstract submission deadline: 30 June 2025 Notification of abstract acceptance/rejection: 14 July 2025 latest…http://health-sciences.nwu.ac.za/lifestyle-diseases/withdrawal-application-process