Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
The purpose of the qualification is to provide:
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Qualification type
National First Degree(Min 480)
Credits
480
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 Limpopo
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
Y
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
2034-06-30
Purpose and entry context
Official SAQA text formatted for easier reading.
Purpose and rationale
The purpose of the qualification is to provide
- Qualified appropriately trained professionals for South Africa with the specific knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to register as doctors with the Medical and Dental Professional Board of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).
- Future teaching staff for the medical schools in Southern Africa.
Entry requirements and RPL
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
Access may be gained to the qualification through the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL).
This qualifications recognises the formal/non-formal prior learning which learners who register for the programme leading to the award of the qualification, bring to the learning situation.
Entry Requirements
- Further Education and Training (FET) certificate (Mathematics and Physical Science is compulsory).
Structure and assessment
Qualification rules, exit outcomes, and assessment criteria from the SAQA record.
Qualification rules
The Medical and Dental Professional Board of the Health Professions Council of South Africa.
Exit level outcomes
- Identify, analyse and solve problems.
- Responsible decision-making using critical and creative thinking.
- Collect, analyse and organise information in a meaningful way.
- Organise and manage one's activities responsibly and effectively.
- Communicate effectively.
- Demonstrate the ability to work within a team.
- Behave in a professional and ethical manner.
- Engage in lifelong learning.
Associated assessment criteria
- Solve common patient problems holistically.
- Solve problems by generating alternate options for dealing with these problems.
- Conduct basic research on common problems in the community.
- Compile portfolios to relate learning gained by experience to academic knowledge.
- Use effective communication in the treatment of patients and in the prevention of diseases.
- Participate in projects that require working with other members in a group.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the ethics that govern the practice of Medicine.
- Participate in the maintenance of professional competence in a continuous basis.
Integrated Assessment
- Continuous assessment.
- Case studies.
- Portfolios.
- Projects.
- Stimulation.
- Practical assignments.
- Oral presentations.
- Written and oral tests and examinations.
Progression and comparability
Articulation options
- Master of Medicine (Anaesthesiology).
- Master of Medicine (Anatomical Pathology).
- Master of Medicine (Chemical Pathology).
- Master of Medicine (Clinical Pathology).
- Master of Medicine (Community Health).
- Master of Medicine (Dermatology).
- Master of Medicine (Family Medicine).
- Master of Medicine (Forensic Medicine).
- Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine).
- Master of Medicine (Microbiological Pathology).
- Master of Medicine (Neurology).
- Master of Medicine (Neurosurgery).
- Master of Medicine (Obstertrics and Gynaecology).
- Master of Medicine (Opthamology).
- Master of Medicine (Orthopaedics).
- Master of Medicine (Otorhinolaryngolog).
- Master of Medicine (Paediatrics and Child Health).
- Master of Medicine (Plastic Surgery).
- Master of Medicine (Psychiatry).
- Master of Medicine (Radio-Diagnostics).
- Master of Medicine (Radiotherapy).
- Master of medicine (Surgery).
- Master of Medicine (Thoracic Surgery).
- Master of Medicine (Urology).
- Master of Medicine (Virology).
- Diploma in Maternal and Child Health.
- Master in Public Health.
International comparability
The Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB, ChB) Degree is internationally comparable.
Providers currently listed
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