Training in human rights for health professionals has increasingly been identified as a critical need for the health sector. This is particularly the case in light of the findings of the Truth Commission that highlighted the role played by training institutions in human rights abuses under apartheid. Recently, professional councils have begun to focus on the extent and quality of teaching in human rights, ethics and law to students in the health professions and have recommended guidelines for the core competencies that would be expected of graduates in these areas.

This course is therefore aimed at teaching staff in institutions training health professionals - Universities, Colleges and other Training Facilities. Participants should ideally be teachers active in undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and in a position to introduce or facilitate ongoing sustainability of training initiatives beyond the course. tutions training health professionals - Universities, Colleges and other Training Facilities. Participants should ideally be teachers active in undergraduate or postgraduate teaching in a position to introduce or facilitate ongoing sustainability of training initiatives beyond the course.

Dates: Monday 16 January - Friday 20 January 2012

Venue: Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Further details

Brochure - Train the Trainer course in Health and Human Rights 2012
Registration Form 2012
Pre-Course Questionnaire

For further information or registration details, please contact Carmen de Koker at the School of Public Health, University of Cape Town.

Phone Phone +27 21 406 6300

Email: Carmen de Koker

Please note that places are limited so potential applicants are encouraged to apply early. Proof of payment for registration will be required for entry into the course

Train the trainer manual and resources

How to use the CD (doc)
Manual - edition 1 (pdf)
Resources (pdf)
Resources (archive of individual files - zip)

Training Trainers for Health and Human Rights: A manual for South African health professional educators by Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven and Leslie London is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 South Africa License

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