The overarching aim of the ReachIT project is to design, develop, and implement a tiered, interactive, and contextually relevant online research support platform for postgraduate students and supervisors within the College of Health Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). The platform seeks to improve research learning experiences, enhance supervision quality, and ultimately increase research output and postgraduate throughput across disciplines.
We would like to thank the University’s Capacity Development Programme (UCDP) for supporting this project.
About The Project
Background
ReachIT is a multi-tiered research project which includes six studies with the final goal being a fully functional online hub for post-graduate researchers and supervisors.
The proposed six study titles are as follows:
- Perspectives of Postgraduate Students and Supervisors in Health Sciences at a South African University.
- Global Perspectives of Postgraduate Research Students in Health Sciences: A Scoping Review
- Global perspectives of postgraduate research supervisors in health sciences: A scoping review.
- Scoping review on: The role of technology in shaping post-graduate research supervision practices in healthcare: a scoping review.
- The effects of an interactive online platform for healthcare research on the postgraduate learning experience at a South African university: A longitudinal study
- ReachIT: The outcomes of an online platform enabling a guided postgraduate health science learning experience at a South African university
Study Site
The School of Health Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
Study Team
Collaborators
Dr Naimah Ebrahim Khan (Ph.D Optom.) (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Prof Marien Alet Graham (Ph.D Math. Stats.) (University of South Africa)
Contact Details
Dr Rouxjeanne Verumeulen: VermeulenR@ukzn.ac.za
Miss Fatima Haffejee: haffejeef@ukzn.ac.za
Dr Saira Karrim: Karrimsb@ukzn.ac.za