Ms Mercia Kramer is a lecturer of the Department of Nursing Science, and has worked in academia for the past nine years. Her research interest is in the area of Primary health care, Community Nursing Science,  with a specific focus on communicable diseases (TB, HIV), non-communicable diseases (RA,); Antenatal and postnatal with a preference for qualitative research.

Ms Kramer enjoys research supervision and is currently supervising one Masters and supervises multiple undergraduate projects.  Her teaching focus area is Management and Leadership, Population based health care, Primary Health care, which she facilitates in the undergraduate programmes. She uses an active teaching approach with the aim of involving students, to actively participate and making learning enjoyable, and empowering students with knowledge. She has been involved in the curriculum development and design for Postgraduate Diploma in Primary Care Nursing, and currently developing the Postgraduate Diploma in Management, and Postgraduate Diploma in Community Nursing.

Designation:

Lecturer

Email:

Mercia.Kramer@mandela.ac.za

Contact Number: 

0415042674

Faculty:

Health Sciences

Department:

Nursing Science

Qualifications:

Masters degree in Advanced Primary Health Care, BCUR Education and Administration, Postgraduate Diploma in HIV Management, Diploma in General science nursing, Midwifery, Psychiatry and Community nursing

Professional Memberships:

South African Nursing Council

Orcid ID:

0009-8599-5202

NRF Rating: 

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Research Interests:

• Tuberculosis

• HIV

• Rheumatology

• Primary Health Care

• Antenatal and Postnatal

Current non-degree Research Projects:

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Current Final Year Undergraduate/Honours Research Projects:

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Number of currently supervised Masters and PhD candidates (2023 to 2024):

Masters: 2

Research Output 2023 to 2024:

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Current Research Collaborations within your Department or Discipline:

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Current Inter-Disciplinary/Multi-Disciplinary/Trans-Disciplinary Research Collaborations:

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