What is WiSDOM?

WiSDOM = Wits longitudinal Study to Determine the Operation of the labour Market among its health professional graduates. 

WiSDOM is a ground-breaking, pioneering cohort study tracking the career choices and job location decisions of Wits University health professional graduates over a period of 15 years, and the factors that influence these choices and decisions. The baseline study was conducted in 2017 among eight professional categories: clinical associates, dentists, doctors, nurses, oral hygienists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, and physiotherapists. 

WiSDOM will also provide information on graduate perspectives on their curriculum and training, within the context of the transformation of the South African higher education system. The study will inform the discourse on the Faculty¡¯s admission policies, selection criteria, curriculum reforms, institutional culture, and transformation. 

The study was conceived to respond to the information gaps on the health labour market in South Africa. The study findings will contribute to health policy development, and HRH planning in South Africa.