Master of Medicine in Plastic Surgery

Apply educational knowledge, skills, principles and methods to practise as specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.

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.

1 or 2 internship years.

1 year community service.

NQF Level 7 in science or equivalent.

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

• Delivering a specialist services as Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
• Conducting research
• Reporting research findings.

The learner will be able to

• Diagnose and investigate problems/diseases requiring plastic/reconstructive surgery
• Perform operations using a variety of procedures
• Rehabilitate patients
• Demonstrate expert knowledge and skills and convey these to novices and peers
• Analyse, interpret and evaluate research data.

Learners will demonstrate their knowledge and skills in accordance with standards laid down by the University and Professional Board through:

• Clinical performance
• Written, oral, practical/clinical examinations
• Research report.

Integrated assessment

Competence is achieved, through continuous assessment by demonstrating the ability to achieve the outcomes of the Qualification.

• Internal and external evaluation
• Continuous, formative assessments
• Formal end evaluations.

Before the M. Med. degree is conferred on a candidate, the University must be convinced that he/she for a period of four or five years, according to the requirements of the department concerned, has successfully occupied a full-time training post in the training hospitals of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of the Orange Free State, or another institution that is recognised by the University as equal; received theoretical and clinical instruction; was registered as a student at the University for the prescribed period and successfully passed the prescribed University examinations - written, oral, practical and/or clinical, as prescribed. If a candidate attains a qualification that can be registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa, the final year of residency at the University may be completed in a specialist post. Only a registrar's post is recognised as a training post by the Health Professions Council of South Africa. The duration of the period of training is calculated from the day of registration as student at the University. However, if a student registers during the prescribed registration period of the University, such registration may be deemed to be valid from the first of January.

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 Learner's 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.