Table 1.
Characteristics of the health professions education scholarship units
| Unit characteristics | No. of units |
|---|---|
| Unit names and descriptors | |
| Department of Health Sciences Education (fully fledged academic departments within the relevant health sciences or medical faculty) | 3 |
| Center for Health Professions Education (autonomous entity within the relevant health sciences or medical faculty which may or may not have academic status) | 5 |
| Division Health Sciences Education (situated within a department) | 1 |
| Country | |
| Botswana | 1 |
| South Africa | 6 |
| Uganda | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 |
| Unit director’s highest degree | |
| PhD | 7 |
| MB, ChB (Medical Degree)a, Master’s degree in Medicineb | 2 |
| Qualifications of unit members | |
| PhD = 2; Masters = 4 | 1 |
| PhD = 3; Masters = 1 | 1 |
| PhD = 3; Masters = 1 | 1 |
| PhD = 3 | 1 |
| PhD = 2 | 2 |
| PhD = 1 | 2 |
| Medical Doctor = 1 | 1 |
| Unit reports to: | |
| Deputy Dean/Vice-Dean/Assistant Dean for education/teaching and learning typically in a medical or health sciences faculty | 5 |
| Principal of College/Dean of Faculty (medicine and/or health sciences) | 3 |
| Deputy Vice-Chancellor (University leader: teaching and learning) | 1 |
| Units’ funding sources | |
| Fully funded by the institution | 6 |
| Partially funded by institution, partially funded from other sources | 3 |
| Unit history | |
| New director (past 1–2 years) for new or reorganized unit | 5 |
| Experienced director (4 years or more) of an established or reorganized unit | 4 |
a MB, ChB (6-year undergraduate qualification in Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)
b Master’s in Medicine (requirement to become a specialist in SSA, equivalent to a consultant)