Leading the South African Cuban-trained medical students’ assimilation in the local medical schools

Abstract

Learning outcomes

The learning outcomes are as follows: to identify stakeholder groups in an inter-country training intervention and apply contextual intelligence to a leadership role and to apply the theory of constraints in developing solutions to research constraint environments.

Case overview/synopsis

On 10 September 2018, the Director-General (DG) of South African National Department of Health (NDOH) Ms Precious Matsoso pondered over the scheduled meeting that afternoon with the South African Committee of Medical Deans in Pretoria. She was leading the initiative of the integration of the South African Cuban-trained medical students into the local medical schools for the final phase of their studies. She needed to streamline the assimilation process. The case highlights the dilemma to identify actions to improve the level of integration of these students.

Complexity academic level

MBA M Phil in Healthcare Management

Supplementary materials

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Subject code

CSS 10: Public Sector Management

Citation

Zungu, S.B., Mathu, K.M. and Scheepers, C.B. (2019), "Leading the South African Cuban-trained medical students’ assimilation in the local medical schools", , Vol. 9 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-11-2018-0249