Assessment of Preparedness for Remote Teaching and Learning to Transform Health Professions Education in Sub-Saharan Africa in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study With a Case Study Approach

Mike Nantamu Kagawa   ^{1 *} , MD, PhD ;   Shalote Chipamaunga   ^{2 *} , MEd, PhD ;   Detlef Prozesky   ^{3 *} , BSc, MD, PhD ;   Elliot Kafumukache   ^{4 *} , BSc, MD ;   Rudo Gwini   ^{5 *} , MD ;   Gwendoline Kandawasvika   ^{2 *} , MD, MPhil, PhD ;   Patricia Katowa-Mukwato   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Rangarirai Masanganise   ^{2 *} , MD, MSc ;   Louise Pretorius   ^{6 *} , PhD ;   Quenton Wessels   ^{6 *} , MSc, PhD ;   Kefalotse S Dithole   ^{3 *} , MSc, PhD ;   Clemence Marimo   ^{7 *} , BDS, MDent ;   Aloysius Gonzaga Mubuuke   ^{8 *} , MPhil, PhD ;   Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda   ^{9 *} , MSc, PhD ;   Lynette van der Merwe   ^{10 *} , MD, PhD ;   Champion N Nyoni   ^{10 *} , BSc, PhD

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

² Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

³ Faculty of Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

⁴ School of Nursing Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

⁵ National University of Science & Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

⁶ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia

⁷ Department of Research, School of Medicine, Cavendish University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

⁸ Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

⁹ Department of Nursing, School of Health Science, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

¹⁰ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

*all authors contributed equally