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Health System Science 2 has been so different to what I expected. I expected to build upon the building blocks of health systems by going more in depth, however there is a history component, and the building blocks aren’t learned separately like in first year they are integrated together in every Core Domain lesson. The history component, especially the Term paper 2, really sparked my interest in HSS. Learning about how past policies and even pandemics affect health systems in the present day was fascinating. A few noteworthy moments for me are how universities and hospitals formed, why anatomy has become the center of medicine studies, how the Spanish flu influenced the decision to have a centralized health system in South Africa and why the HIV/AIDS epidemic was left unattended to until the early 2000s. Throughout Semester one we have learned content that falls under, Core, Cross-cutting, Complementary domains. While I can identify the link between the Core and Complementary domains, the present-day health system and history, I struggle to understand how the cross-cutting domain intersects with the other two domains. More specifically Module 1 where the cross-cutting domain was Teamwork, in Module 2 where it was Presentation Skills and Module 3 where it was Scholarship. Module 4 I tried and gave the best answer possible when prompted. As the year goes on I hope to gain some insight into this by discussing with my peers and maybe asking questions in class. Regarding assigned tasks I also ways make sure to stay up to date or at least try by not being more than two sessions (lectures) behind. Health System Sciences requires a large quantity of time so I make sure to not let it pile up otherwise it will be overwhelmingly difficult to complete when due dates come. This is mistake I learned from in first year and will not repeat. As I work through this course, I realize that I need to work on my writing skills, I have improved as I continue to implement the scholarship and research skill that I have learned. An area that needs addressing is analyzing, I tend to give information but not analyze and use it to support a claim. Module 2, although it’s a reflection illustrates this. I have improved a lot regarding group work. Since I did HSS 1 last year, I have something tangible to compare it to. This year I trust the capabilities of my group members and I’m more open to things not being done my way. There are activities where my approach was not the best and there are some that I contributed the most. I have also learned how to communicate in a clear and respectful way which does not cause conflict. Overall, I would say that my HSS experience is good. Apart from the minor issues that I mentioned above I will say that I am able to understand the coursework and I always put my best effort into the assignments. It has continued to build on the skills I acquired, which are on my About me page, which is what I expected or the most part. What I wrote in first year summaries my experience perfectly, HSS helps me become a more well-rounded person as a future health professional by teaching me time management, how to evaluate situations from a variety of perspectives, how to improve my academic writing, and how to accept the fact that building a good health system takes time.

Instructions 1. Watch the video on The Adler Museum of Medicine. 2. View the presentation on the Adler Museum of Medicine by Prof Catherine Burns. 3. Explore some of the links we have provided to global museums of medicine. 4. There are 3 questions in this worksheet. Answer the questions below. Global Medical Museums Links Below are several links to medical museums that you can explore: 8 Intriguing Medical Museums Around The World 10 Most Fascinating Medical Museums The Wellcome Collection The Wellcome Collection Medical Museum: Anatomical Collections Archive PDF’s for Points of Reference: Adler Inventory of Its Archives PDF Adler Inventory of Official Publications in SA and UK Adler Bulletin: 1975 to 2014 Catalogue of Titles and Subjects Adler Bulletin Edition 2012: Vol 38, Nr 2 of 2012 Find all resources in this folder, here. Question 1 On what page of the Adler Inventory of the Archive will you find any information on Prof J M Watt? (Note we have provided you with a PDFof this in this folder, here. -- but it is also available on the Adler Museum of Medicine website.) - Editorial : Appreciation of the “Literary Expression” of the Adler Museum, An / Watt, J M (1975) Vol.1 No.2 : 1 - Memories of the Medical School of the University of the Witwatersrand - Part 1 / Watt, J M [Emeritus Professor] (1976) Vol. 3 no. 1 : 6-8 - Memories of the Medical School of the University of the Witwatersrand - Part 2 / Watt, J M [Emeritus Professor] (1976) Vol. 2 No. 3 : 11-18 - Professor John Mitchell Watt (1892–1980): Wits’ first Dean of Medical School and a pioneer of ethnopharmacology / Williams, VL; Watt, JM; Watt, JM (2012) Vol. 38, No. 2 : 18-26 Question 2 Scroll through the Adler Bulletin’s inventory -- this is a journal devoted to the history of medicine in South Africa. (Note: It is available online, but we have provided you with a pdf of this in this folder, here.) When you have looked at some titles of interest, open up the journal edition from 2012, Volume 38. Look at the articles and locate the one on the life and work of Prof Watt. Read it and answer this question: Who was the main co-author in his research and his laboratory as well as field studies -- through the 1930s and into the early 1960s -- of the pharmacology of Southern Africa's herbal and medicinal plants? Dr Maria Gerdina Breyer-Brandwijk4 (1899–1994), initiated and co-authored the now world-famous book The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern Africa in 1932,5 and the revised and more comprehensive second edition The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa in 1962. Question 3 On what page of the Adler Inventory of Official Publications -- SA and UK -- will you find a reference to the 1919 Public Health Act of South Africa? Open up a link to the PDF of this Act and explore its Contents Page. Consider the relevance of the title of Chapters II and III of the Act to our situation today! Vol. 14 7 GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA Page.18 7.1 ACTS/BILLS. 1919 Public Health Act, 1919 (Public Health Act, 1919 as amendment by Act no. 57, 1935; 1940; 1946; no. 44, 1952; no. 60, 1956; no. 71, 1959, no. 33, 1961) Question 4 Open up the PDF article about a herbalist called Louisa Mvemve. Full citation: Burns, C. (2006). , “The Letters of Louisa Mvemve,” in Africa’s Hidden Histories (ed) Karin Barber. Bloomington: Indiana University Press,pp. 78–112. As you will see from the article, Louisa Mvemve was a healer and herbalist, born in the Eastern Cape, who came up to the Witwatersrand area during the post WWI era (after 1914). She lived and worked in and around Johannesburg and East Rand and met Prof Watt at this time. See if you can find a reference to Prof Watt in the article about Louisa Mvemve, and then quote the section that refers to him below, with the correct page number. Watt,]" and M. Breyer-Brandwijk. 1932. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern Africa. Edinburgh: Livingstone. “After a period in the Eastern Cape in the 1920s, Mvemve quickly reestablished herself on a farm in Hastings Road, Brakpan, where within a short time she had cultivated a large herbarium, which was sought out by such experts in pharmacology as Professor Watt from the University of the Witwatersrand.” [page 103]

Overview This short activity draws on narrative psychology in giving you a canvas to map out your relationship with communication. By creating a chronology of events past, current and future, the idea behind this activity is for you to reflect on different situations that require you to put your communication skills into effect. There are 6 parts to this activity. Complete each one in turn. (Access this activity through the attached document below)

Activity Overview For this activity, you need to read Thandi’s Twitter Feed, and use the Ecological Model to identify the different influences from the micro to the macro level of the Socio-Ecological Framework. Applying the Ecological Model Use the diagram below to map out the Thandi’s experience as discussed in the Twitter Feed case-study.