Bachelor of Medical Science Honours in Anatomy and Cell Morphology
Apply educational knowledge, skills, principles and methods to work as a professional medical scientist in the fields of macro-anatomy and or cell morphology.
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Qualification type
Honours Degree
Credits
128
Sub-framework
HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
Providers listed
1
Qualification snapshot
Official qualification identity fields captured from the qualification record.
Originator
University of the Free State
Quality assurance functionary
CHE - Council on Higher Education
Field
Field 09 - Health Sciences and Social Services
Subfield
Curative Health
Qual class
Regular-Provider-ELOAC
Recognise previous learning
N
Important dates
These dates are carried directly from the qualification record.
Registration start
2024-07-01
Registration end
2027-06-30
Last date for enrolment
2028-06-30
Last date for achievement
2031-06-30
Purpose and entry context
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Purpose and rationale
Apply educational knowledge, skills, principles and methods to work as a professional medical scientist in the fields of macro-anatomy and or cell morphology.
Entry requirements and RPL
Learners who register for this qualification can
- Learn from predominantly written material
- Communicate what they have learnt comprehensively in the medium of instruction
- Learn and take responsibility for their own progress
NQF Level 6 in medical sciences.
Structure and assessment
Qualification rules, exit outcomes, and assessment criteria from the SAQA record.
Exit level outcomes
The planned combination of learning outcomes are integrated with critical cross-field outcomes for this Qualification
Practical Competency
The demonstrated ability/skill to achieve the major Skills/Applied Competency of the qualification.
Foundational Competency
The demonstrated understanding, by the Learner, of the embedded knowledge that underpins the end result/outcome.
Reflective competency
The demonstrated ability/skill to integrate or connect our performances and to reflect on, evaluate and adopt the above competencies.
THE LEARNER WILL BE CAPABLE OF
- Doing research in medical sciences under supervision;
- Doing routine diagnostic testing;
- Analysing, interpreting and evaluating medical science information pertaining to the speciality field;
- Playing an important role as specialist scientist in the healthcare team.
THE LEARNER WILL BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE
- Work in a medical science laboratory (research under supervision);
- Interpret and apply knowledge of and skills in medical science specialist fields;
- Work with and supplementary to other health scientists;
- Make a contribution to expanding the scope and depth of the science.
Associated assessment criteria
Learners will demonstrate their knowledge and skills in accordance with standards laid down by the University and Professional Board through:
- Laboratory work
- Assignments with written reports
- Oral seminar presentations
- Written, practical and oral tests and examinations.
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT
Competence is achieved, through continuous assessment by demonstrating the ability to achieve the outcomes of the Qualification
- Activity-based evaluation
- Formative evaluation
- Evaluation based on learning contexts that offer opportunities for cooperation (group work) and individual learning
- Theory and practice integrated
- Formal end evaluations
- Continuing, formal evaluations
- Continuing, informal evaluations.
Assessment documents are moderated to ensure that
- They conform to the scope and context of the competency as stipulated in the qualification
- They are constructed in such a way that the Assessor assesses the critical outcomes applied, during the Learners activity performances, towards achieving an outcome.
Assessments are
- To include confirmation of the Embedded Knowledge component to ensure that the Foundational Competency is achieved.
- To be verified by Internal Verifiers to ensure valid, credible, true and fair results.
Progression and comparability
Articulation options
Vertical: M Sc
Horizontal: B Sc Hons (Nat. SC.); M.B, Ch. B.
Notes
As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015.
NOTES
N/A
Providers currently listed
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