She has a Masters degree in Radiography and a PhD in Health Professions Education both from The University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. In 2011 she received a Fulbright Scholarship to do research at the Indiana University in Indianapolis, USA on postgraduate formative assessment. Her research focuses on undergraduate assessment in Health Sciences and formative postgraduate assessment. She was the co-editor of the revised edition of Doing Research, published in 2011.