PV TOBIAS AND CONVOCATION MEDAL DISTINGUISHED TEACHER AWARDS

For the first time for this category, a team award was offered. In line with their success in the ViceChancellor's Team Teaching Award, the team below is presented with the Faculty Award.

Joint Team Award Winner:

FHS Department of Paediatrics – Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Team

This team teaches the Paediatric Graduate Entry Medical Programme (GEMP) Year 3, Paediatric Physical Examination Skills Online (PPES) course.

TEAM MEMBERS:

Associate Prof Sanjay Lala, Clinical tutor

Associate Prof Ziyaad Dangor, Clinical tutor

Dr Shannon Leahy, Clinical tutor

Dr Ann George, Senior Lecturer

Mr Shogan Ganas, Instructional Designer

Dominique Woolridge, Team Leader: Learning Experience Design

Dr Gerrit Wissing, Director: Centre for Learning, Teaching & Development

VC'S TEACHING AWARDS

Individual Award Winner: Dr Argentina Maria Ingratta

Dr Ingratta, a lecturer in the Department of Internal Medicine at Wits and a physician at Helen Joseph Hospital, won the individual teaching award.

Ingratta took a leadership role in transforming teaching and learning in Internal Medicine, through the use of blended-learning technologies, which support student learning support, and spearheaded the adaptation of material and development of curricula suitable to a South African context.

Team Award Winner: FHS Department of Paediatrics – Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Team

This team teaches the Paediatric Graduate Entry Medical Programme (GEMP) Year 3, Paediatric Physical Examination Skills Online (PPES) course.

Team members:

Associate Prof Sanjay Lala

Associate Prof Ziyaad Dangor

Dr Shannon Leah

Dr Ann George

Mr Shogan Ganas

Dominique Woolridge

Dr Gerrit Wissing

VC'S PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARD

Individual Award Winner: Mrs Lynne Pritchard

Mrs Pritchard is an Administrative Officer in the School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences was joint individual winner in the category Grade 10 to 13. Over 30 years, Pritchard has witnessed developments in Wits’ IT, learning management systems (LMS) and data-capturing platforms. As the interface between student and academic, she has been instrumental in facilitating this transition, particularly by intense training of academics on the ulwazi LMS, often remotely.