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Nomzamo Chemane

Nomzamo Chemane

Lecturer

EMAIL
chemanen1@ukzn.ac.za

TELEPHONE
031-260-8865

CAMPUS
Westville Campus

Office Address
E1 - 05 - 016

BIOSKETCH
I am a qualified physiotherapist, and I have been practicing for the past 19 years. I completed my junior degree at the University of Kwa-Zulu natal in 2002. I served by working in different public sector hospitals in KZN. I started my first job at King Edward hospital as a junior physiotherapist, then transferred to Inkosi Albert Luthuli hospital in 2003. I then got a senior physiotherapist post at Stanger Hospital in 2005. I spent 10 years at Port Shepstone hospital, the last hospital I worked in as an Assistant Director, before joining academia in 2017. I completed my master’s degree in 2013, which resulted in my first article published in the South African physiotherapy association journal. I initiated HPCSA accredited journal club for the rehabilitation team at PSH, aiming to encourage evidence-based practice and continuous professional development, accommodating all therapists on the south coast. I moved to UKZN in 2017 to work as a lecturer, supervising master’s students and undergraduate research at the hounus level.I am currently a registered PhD student at UKZN aiming to develop a Community-Based Primary Healthcare Clinical Training model for undergraduate physiotherapy students at UKZN. This research has produced four peer-reviewed journal articles, three qualified master’s students and has been presented in the international conferences in Japan and Paris and local conferences. Was part of BLACK ACADEMICS ADVANCEMENT PROGRAMME (BAAP) (previously known as) NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION (NRF) – FIRST RAND FOUNDATION (FRF) SABBATICAL GRANT

Degrees Held

  • Bachelor of Physiotherapy
  • Masters in Hand rehabilitation
 

Experience

    • 14 years as a physiotherapist employed in different DOH institutionsTeaching and research in community based health care and clinical education. Lecturing neurology-Principles of physiotherapy
    • Teaching and research in community-based health care and clinical education. Lecturing neurology-Principles of physiotherapy

Supervision

    •  Undergraduate final year physiotherapyPostgraduate masters students
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Hand and upper limb rehabilitation Clinical education Community based primary health education
 

Teaching Interest​

    • NeurologyCommunity
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Online Resource

  • Contributed to e-Module for Rehabilitation of People living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal Articles

  • Mncube, N. (2013). A study to determine the practices, attitudes and experiences of public sector physiotherapists and occupational therapists in the post operative rehabilitation of flexor tendons of the hand Misra, V., Chemane, N., Maddocks, S., & Chetty, V. (2019). Community-based primary healthcare training for physiotherapy: Students’ perceptions of a learning platform. The South African journal of physiotherapy, 75(1).