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South African Journal of Occupational Therapy

versão On-line ISSN 2310-3833
versão impressa ISSN 0038-2337

S. Afr. j. occup. ther. vol.39 no.3 Pretoria Dez. 2009

 

 

 

The 21st Vona du Toit Memorial Lecture 2009: Wisdom from within: Finding modern truths in traditional proverbs

 

 

C.J.E. Uys

B Arb (Pret), B Occ Ther Hons (Medunsa), M AAC (Pret), PhD (Pret); Professor, Center for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, University of Pretoria

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ABSTRACT

The South African occupational therapy profession is not immune to professional migration of colleagues to richer countries due to various external pull factors and internal push factors. This paper aims to identify and describe important pull and push factors as experienced by occupational therapists currently working in the country. This information was obtained through a survey and personal interviews. The paper concludes with ten guidelines on how we can collectively work towards motivating occupational therapists to stay and work in South Africa. This is done through the wisdom of Sepedi proverbs and applied to the modern context of South Africa.

Key words: push and pull factors, professional migration


 

 

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Correspondence:
Professor C.J.E. Uys
Center for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
University of Pretoria
Lynnwood
Street Pretoria, 0001
Email: kitty.uys@up.ac.za

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