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Programme: MMed Emergency Medicine

Programme Information

The MMed Emergency Medicine programme is a four-year programme that consists of a minimum of 624 credits at NQF level 9.

• The programme includes a research component, where students must submit a dissertation or a research article that has been accepted for publication in a subsidised periodical.
• Students must also register for and attend the Applied Research Methodology 802 module satisfactorily.
• The research proposal must be approved by the MMed Protocol Committee prior to the intermediate exam.

Admission Requirements

• MBChB (or equivalent) degree or relevant medical degree with modules equivalent to at least the first two years of the MBChB degree
• Currently registered as a physician with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and must have been registered for at least one year

Other Programme-Specific Information

• The programme consists of a theoretical, practical, clinical, and applicable training component.
• Each student must prove to the University that they have successfully filled the required full-time training post for a period of four or five years.
• Students must pass the prescribed written, oral, practical, and/or clinical university examinations.

Examinations and Pass Requirements

• The sequence of the examinations in the prerequisite subjects will be determined by the head of the department under which the major subject falls.
• A minimum final mark of 50% is required by all departments to pass in a subject.
• A student is not admitted to the examination in a prerequisite subject more than twice, nor is he or she admitted to the examination in the major subject more than twice.

Exemption

• The Faculty Board may grant partial exemption from the training and work mentioned on the grounds of comparable training and experience completed in another post or at another recognised institution.
• Exemption from a maximum period of 18 months may be granted with regard to four-year and five-year programmes.

Pass with Distinction

• The degree is conferred with distinction on a student who has obtained a final mark of at least 75% in their major subject.

Core Modules

• ANA 802: Anatomy 802 (36 credits)
• FAR 880: Pharmacology 800 (36 credits)
• FSG 801: Physiology 801 (36 credits)
• MMS 890: Dissertation 890 (180 credits)
• NGK 801: Emergency medicine 801 (300 credits)
• PAG 880: Pathology 880 (36 credits)
• TNM 802: Applied research methodology 802 (0 credits)

General Information

• Registrars are expected to participate increasingly in the examining and treatment of patients in the hospital, both in-patients and out-patients, as well as performing and interpreting tests in the laboratory.
• Lectures/symposia with closely related departments are organised, as well as discussions of literature, etc.