Dr Maryna Hattingh
Senior Lecturer
Bloemfontein Campus
Qualifications: PhD (Health Professions Education) | MHPE | Post-basic Diploma in Nursing Education | PG Dip Labour Law | Advanced Degree in Nursing (Occupational Health, Nursing Administration, HIV) | BSocSc (Nursing)
Professional Background
Dr Maryna Gertruida Maria Hattingh is a Senior Lecturer in Occupational Health and Health Management within the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences at the Central University of Technology. An occupational health nurse and academic with extensive experience in medical surveillance, risk assessment, audiometry, spirometry, and incapacity/disability case management, she previously led an on-site Occupational Health Clinic for Coca-Cola Fortune.
Currently, she teaches and assesses in Health and Healthcare Management and Occupational Health Nursing, with postgraduate supervision, external moderation, and scholarly contributions towards teaching and learning. She holds a PhD in Health Professions Education, focusing on PPE guidelines research, and is registered with the SANC as a Nurse and Midwife with post-basic qualifications in Occupational Health Nursing Science.
Areas of Expertise
- • Health (Nursing) Management
- • Occupational Health Nursing
- • Teaching and Learning
- • Mental Health
- • Disability Research
Selected Publications
Highlighting the 5 most recent scholarly contributions.
- • Higgins, S., Dlamini, S., Hattingh, M., Rambharose, S., Theron, E. & Stassen, W. (2024). Views and perceptions of advanced life support practitioners on initiating, withholding and terminating resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Emergency Medical Services of South Africa. Resuscitation Plus. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100709
- • Adefuye, A., Hattingh, M., Labuschagne, M. & Busari, J. (2022). The use of peer physical examination in undergraduate health professions education: Exploring the perceptions of students and educators in a multicultural, multiracial institution. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 182-186. https://doi.org/10.7196/AJHPE.2022.v14i4.1544
- • Theron, C., van Zyl, T.L., Joubert, A., Kleynhans, B., van der Walt, P., Hattingh, M.G. & Joubert, G. (2021). Late-night simulation: Opinions of fourth-and fifth-year medical students at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. African Journal of Health Professions Education, 13(2), 123-128. http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/ajhpe.2021.v13i2.1267
- • Hattingh, M.G.M. & Labuschagne, M.J. (2019). Health Sciences Lectures and Students' Perspectives on the Ethical Aspects of Peer Physical Examination (PPE). Journal of Academic Ethics, 17, 375-387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-019-09334-4
- • Hattingh, M.G.M. (2026). Establishing a learning organisation. In S. Vasuthevan & Z. Nkosi (Eds.), Handbook for Nurse Management (1st ed., Chapter 9). Cape Town: Van Schaik Publishers. ISBN: 978 0 627 04171 6.
