Thesis(MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT; In order for the transformation objectives of racial and gender diversity to be adequately reflected in
the South African medical profession, it is crucial to understand how Black medical registrars
experience the training environment. This qualitative study presents the experience of ten Black
African medical specialists who completed their registrar training in the Western Cape in the past five
years. Using both thematic and discourse analysis the study aimed to identify and describe the
interpersonal, structural and institutional factors that may impede or promote Black advancement
during registrar training. Participant experiences where contextualised in relation to discourses around
the medical profession as a site of cultural reproduction that has been historically constructed as the
exclusive domain of the White male. The analysis unearths experiences of systemic racism where the
organisational culture of training institutions is experienced as alienating and unwelcoming to Black
professionals. The findings raise the need for a more thorough evaluation of how transformations
efforts are being received in specialist medical education.
Key Words: Black doctors, Transformation in Higher Education, Systemic Racism, Medical
training / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Met die oog op die realisering van die transformasiedoelwitte rakende ras- en geslagsdiversiteit in die
Suid-Afrikaanse mediese professie, is dit deurslaggewend om te verstaan hoe Swart mediese spesialis
studente die opleidingsomgewing ervaar. Hierdie kwalitatiewe studie gee die ervaring weer van tien
Swart Suid-Afrikaanse mediese spesialiste wat die afgelope vyf jaar hulle opleiding in die Wes-Kaap
voltooi het. Deur gebruik te maak van beide tematiese- en diskoersanalise, poog die studie daarin om
die interpersoonlike, strukturele en institusionele faktore wat Swart bevordering tydens professionele
opleiding kan belemmer of bevorder, te identifiseer en te beskryf. Deelnemers se ervarings is
gekontekstualiseer in verhouding tot die diskoerse rondom die mediese professie as terrein van
kulturele voortsetting van wat histories as eksklusiewe domein van Wit mans gegeld het. Die studie
ontbloot ervaringe van sistemiese rassisme, waarin Swart professionele beroepspersone vervreem en
onwelkom voel in die organisasiekultuur van opleidingsinstansies.Die bevindinge beklemtoon die
behoefte aan ‘n meer diepgaande evaluasie van hoe transformasie-pogings ontvang word in mediese
spesialis opleiding.
Sleutelwoorde: Swart dokters, transformasie in tersiêre opleiding, sistemiese rassisme, mediese
opleiding
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/86641 |
| Date | 04 1900 |
| Creators | Thackwell, Nicola Donna |
| Contributors | Swart, Leslie, Chiliza, Bonga, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 115 p. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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