Julia Blitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 6913273 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julia Blitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julia |
| FAMILY NAME | Blitz |
| SIGNATURE | BLITZ J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5229-3907 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Medical school selection is a sociohistorical embedded activity
Productive struggle and psychological safety
If we believe that learning is a process of transformative change [1], a space filled with disorienting dilemmas, then necessarily students will experience this as ‘struggle’. But teaching and lear
Curriculum renewal towards critically conscious graduates
Faculty development participants' experiences of working with change in clinical settings
Response to
Dear EditorWe thank Garrud (2023) for his commentary on ‘Robust, defensible, and fair: the AMEE guide to selection into medical school’ (Cleland et al. 2023). As discussed in our AMEE guide, we wan
Robust, defensible, and fair
Selection is the first assessment of medical education and training. Medical schools must select from a pool of academically successful applicants and ensure that the way in which they choose future clinicians is robust, defensible, fair to all who apply and cost-effective. However, there is no comprehensive and evidence-informed guide to help those tasked with setting up or rejuvenating their local selection process. To address this gap, our gui…
When I say …. diversity
The authors explore the meanings, significance, implications of the term ‘diversity’, arguing this crucial concept needs to be understood contextually, critically
Advancing a social justice agenda in health professions education
Health Professions Education (HPE) curricula have a dual purpose: to deliver professionals who are clinically competent and critically conscious of the contexts and health systems they serve. This qualitative study advances a social justice agenda by exploring the range of understandings that HPE teachers have of this dual purpose of their curricula. Thirty-four respondents participated in eleven focus groups and eleven interviews. Data were anal…
Advancing a social justice agenda in health professions education
Health Professions Education (HPE) curricula have a dual purpose: to deliver professionals who are clinically competent and critically conscious of the contexts and health systems they serve. This qualitative study advances a social justice agenda by exploring the range of understandings that HPE teachers have of this dual purpose of their curricula. Thirty-four respondents participated in eleven focus groups and eleven interviews. Data were anal…
When I say …. diversity
The authors explore the meanings, significance, implications of the term ‘diversity’, arguing this crucial concept needs to be understood contextually, critically
Advancing a social justice agenda in health professions education
Health Professions Education (HPE) curricula have a dual purpose: to deliver professionals who are clinically competent and critically conscious of the contexts and health systems they serve. This qualitative study advances a social justice agenda by exploring the range of understandings that HPE teachers have of this dual purpose of their curricula. Thirty-four respondents participated in eleven focus groups and eleven interviews. Data were anal…
Faculty development participants' experiences of working with change in clinical settings
Response to
Dear EditorWe thank Garrud (2023) for his commentary on ‘Robust, defensible, and fair: the AMEE guide to selection into medical school’ (Cleland et al. 2023). As discussed in our AMEE guide, we wan
Robust, defensible, and fair
Selection is the first assessment of medical education and training. Medical schools must select from a pool of academically successful applicants and ensure that the way in which they choose future clinicians is robust, defensible, fair to all who apply and cost-effective. However, there is no comprehensive and evidence-informed guide to help those tasked with setting up or rejuvenating their local selection process. To address this gap, our gui…
Curriculum renewal towards critically conscious graduates
Medical school selection is a sociohistorical embedded activity
Productive struggle and psychological safety
If we believe that learning is a process of transformative change [1], a space filled with disorienting dilemmas, then necessarily students will experience this as ‘struggle’. But teaching and lear
Engineering (5 works) · Innovations in Medical Education (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Medical education (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Global Health Workforce Issues (3 works) · Medical Education and Admissions (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works)