Thanyani Gladys Lumadi

Title : Facility managers experiences of mentorship at a district in gauteng province, South Africa

Abstract:

The researcher conducted the research study to explore how facility managers experience mentorship in a primary health care facility. A qualitative exploratory and descriptive research design was employed to achieve the study objectives. A non-probability purposive sampling method was used to select eleven facility managers from three subdistricts and pre-tested semi structured interview guide was used to interview them. Content analysis method was used to analyse the data, resulting into four themes.

Audience Take Away:

• The audience will learn how the process was followed and be able to apply in their own research
• The audience will learn mentorship experiences of facility managers including barriers to mentorship and how mentoring can be improved
• In this research gaps such as lack of formal mentoring and lack of human resources were identified
• This presentation can help the audience in their respective jobs as mentoring is an important aspect in most health settings, either clinical or teaching. The recommendations made can assist other health professionals to improve mentoring in their respective settings

Biography:

Prof. Lumadi obtained her BA Cur in 1995 and honours in 1997. She further studied public health at the Pretoria University, South Africa and graduated for MPH masters in 2006. She joined the Department of Health Studies of the University of South Africa in 2009. She received her PhD degree in 2014 at the same institution. She was promoted to senior lecturer and after 2 years to associate professor. She has published 7 research articles in peer reviewed journals. She has supervised 9 masters students and 4 doctoral students to completion.