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Susan van Schalkwyk

Susan van Schalkwyk, M Phil, PhD., is Professor in Health Professions Education and Director of the Centre for Health Professions Education in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.
Institution
Stellenbosch University
Job Title
Director of the Centre for Health Professions Education

Apart from her supervision of postgraduate students, she has more than 17 years’ experience in academic staff development. Two main strands of work relate to doctoral education and developing academic writing, on the one hand, and curriculum renewal informed by transformative learning theory, on the other.

Susan is a B-rated researcher with the South African National Research Foundation and a Fellow of the international Association of Medical Educationalists (AMEE). She serves on the editorial boards of the African Journal of Health Professions Education, Medical Education and Advances in Health Sciences Education and has authored or co-authored more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.