From Mthatha to the HPCSA Council Chamber — Acting HoD at CPUT
With Dr Simpiwe Sobuwa · View profile →
Episode 35 of ParaPodcast.
The Paramedic Who Refused to Fail. 🚑
Dr Simpiwe Sobuwa was the first African to pass South Africa's National Diploma in Emergency Medical Care in one go — entering CPUT in 2005, qualifying in 2007, while 40 of his classmates fell away in the first year.
Today he is the Acting Head of the Department of Emergency Medical Sciences at CPUT, Vice-President of the HPCSA, and chair of its Professional Board for Emergency Care. He has supervised three doctoral students — all black paramedic candidates to completion.
In this conversation, Dr Sobuwa talks about his journey from boarding school in Grahamstown, the daily commute from Observatory to Tygerberg as a first-year, the move to DUT, the move home for his daughter, mentorship under Prof Lehana Thabane at McMaster, and a decade of governance at the HPCSA.
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Dr Simpiwe Sobuwa
🇿🇦 South Africa
Dr Simpiwe Sobuwa (PhD, Emergency Medicine) is Senior Lecturer and Acting Head of the Department of Emergency Medical Sciences at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and serves as Chairperson of the Professional Board for Emergency Care at the HPCSA. He has co-authored influential papers on emergency care education in South Africa (with Lloyd Christopher) and on paramedic mental health (with Andrew Mosiane).
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