Departmental academic review

Strategic Research
A Strategic Planning Workshop was held in January 2012 to review the Directorate’s progress against its 2010 Operational Plan, review its progress against the key outcomes of it Research Strategy workshop held in 2011, and review its mission and objectives in relation to UCT’s six strategic goals as well as the Faculty’s Strategic Plan 2010-2015.
The PHCD’s over-arching research objectives are to:

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  Enhance research collaboration
  
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  Develop trans-disciplinary research collaboration within the university
  
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  Promote the Faculty’s research strategy
  

The PHCD’s primary goals are to:

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  Integrate a primary health care approach into the FHS curricula
  
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  Extend and develop the FHS clinical teaching platform in rural and primary care sites
  
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  Deepen community engagement within the health service and the FHS curricula
  
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  Enhance the recruitment and support of students of rural origin in the FHS
  

The PHCD’s operational goals are to:

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  Pay more attention to post-graduate teaching and develop a post-graduate teaching plan
  
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  Interact more with clinical departments
  
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  Re-orientate more health professionals to the PHC Approach
  
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  Encourage students to publish research and present to different stakeholders
  
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  Seek external funding from agencies
  
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  Write new grant proposals with respect to rural elective funding and research projects