Prof Thomas Edward (Ted) Sommerville
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Prof Thomas Edward (Ted) Sommerville |
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Telephone |
031 260 4409 |
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sommer@ukzn.ac.za |
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Campus /Hospital |
Medical School / King Edward VIII Hospital |
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Research Interests |
Medical education |
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Designation |
Principal Specialist |
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| Biosketch | MBChB at UCT, with an intercalated BSc(Med), majoring in Physiology. DA and FFA in Durban. MEd and PhD in Higher Education through the Faculty/School of Education UN/UKZN. Left HoD post at R K Khan Hospital in 2003 to take post of Director & HoD, School of Undergraduate Medical Education at University. Continued teaching and examining FCA Primary, as well as lecturing and facilitating undergrad students. Sabbatical in Leicester 1995-6 and a locum in New Zealand in 2002. Currently semi-retired, facilitating research, writing papers, tending bonsai and teaching at the local primary school. | |
| List of Publications | Computers in medicine [Mike Farquarson Memorial essay prize] T.E.Sommerville iNyanga 41 88-97 1972
Battle casualty statistics P.Moore, R.Muller, T.Sommerville 1 Field Ambulance Unit, SAMS 1-21 1978 Midazolam, a new intravenous induction agent for anaesthesia A.Holloway, J.Brock-Utne, T.Pavy, T.Sommerville S.Afr.Med.J. 61274-276 1982 Information yield from routine preoperative chest radiography and electrocardiography T.E.Sommerville, W.B.Murray S.Afr.Med.J. 81 190-196 1992 Assessment of vocal cord function using tussometry R.Caranza, N.Nandwani, T.Sommerville Br.J.Anaesth. 76 290P 1996 Curriculum reform at the University of Natal Medical School – purging content and changing paradigm MEd[HE] dissertation University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg 2000 “Looking at the glass half full”: exploring collaborative mixed group learning as a transformative force for social inclusion in a south african higher education setting Veena S Singaram, T Edward Sommerville, Cees P M van der Vleuten, Diana H J M Dolmans 2011 Alternation: International Journal for the Study of Southern African Literature and Languages 18 (2) 96-113 Problem-based learning in South Africa Ted Sommerville, Veena Singaram in Handbook of College and University Teaching: Global Perspectives J Groccia, M Al-Sudairy, W Buskist, eds SAGE Chapter 29 pp 457-474 2012 People and pedagogy: problem-based learning in the MBChB curriculum at UKZN medical school T E Sommerville PhD [HE] thesis (UKZN) 2012 Perceptions of the pedagogy of problem-based medical education in Durban, South Africa T E Sommerville in Visions, challenges and strategies: PBL Principles and methodologies in a Danish and global perspective L Krogh, A A Jensen, eds Aalborg University Press pp 243-261 2013 Race, power, performance and perception: practical and theoretical observations in higher education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal T E Sommerville 2013 Alternation 20 (1) 74 – 99 Secondary education influences on higher education performance T E Sommerville SA Journal of Higher Education 28 (3) 2014 [in press] The heart as a pump T E Sommerville in Conceptual Blending: an analysis of effective pedagogic practices W Hugo, ed [in press] Fairness in using negative marking for assessing true/false questions F Haffejee and TE Sommerville The Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning 2014 [in press] |
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