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Dr HC Erasmus

Senior Lecturer | College of Human Sciences
School of Social Sciences | Department: Psychology

Tel: 012 429 2823
Email: erasmhc@unisa.ac.za
Campus: Muckleneuk

  • Doctor of Psychology (Unisa, 2019)
  • MA in Social Sciences in Psychology (with specialisation in Research Consultation) (Cum Laude) (Unisa, 2008)
  • Ambulance Emergency Assistant (Cum Laude) (Academy of Emergency and Critical Care, 2006)
  • Fire Fighter I & Hazardous Materials Awareness (Tshwane Emergency Management Services, 2004)
  • Basic Ambulance Assistant (Ambumed Critical Care Academy, 2003)
  • Baccalaureus Psychologiae (University of Pretoria, 2002)

 

  • Injury and violence prevention
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Institutional research
  • Tertiary education

  • Research Psychology
  • Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine

Fynn, A.W.R, Dladla, S.N. & Erasmus, H. (2019). A study on the skills of Master of Arts in Research Psychology graduates from the employers’ perspective. South African Journal of Higher Education, 33(4). https://doi.org/10.20853/33-4-3397

Erasmus, Helena Catharina. (2019). The theory of thwarted belongingness and its relation to youth violence, University of South Africa, Pretoria, http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25586

Van Eeden R., Van Deventer, V., & Erasmus H., (2016). The relevance of the psychometrist category as a professional resource: Training-related issues. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 42(1), a1307. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v42i1.1307

Lotriet, M., Erasmus, H.C., & Mostert, S.N. (2016). Tutoring targets: The challenge of evaluating success. Journal for New Generation Sciences, 14(1). http://hdl.handle.net/2263/61012

Erasmus, H. & Fourie, E. (2008). The needs of emergency medical workers: Towards a research focus. New Voices in Psychology, 4(2), 14-25.

Kriek, H.C. (2008). An investigation into the needs of emergency medical workers and how these could inform management practices. University of South Africa, Pretoria, http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1942

  • Research Psychologist
  • Ambulance Emergency Assistant
  • National Research Foundation Thuthuka grant (2017 - 2018)

 

  • Lived experiences of emergency care personnel in the Western Cape, South Africa, during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal hermeneutic phenomenological study (in collaboration with the University of Cape Town)