Program Overview

Programme: Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice [BCMP]

The integrated outcomes-based, problem-oriented degree programme consists of theoretical modules and clinical rotations.

Programme Information

• The programme is offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine.
• Minimum duration of study: 3 years
• Total credits: 428
• NQF level: 07

Admission Requirements

• Important information for all prospective students for 2023: The admission requirements below apply to all who apply for admission to the University of Pretoria with a National Senior Certificate (NSC) and Independent Examination Board (IEB) qualifications.
• Minimum requirements:
  • Achievement level: NSC/IEB
  • English Home Language or English First Additional Language: 4
  • Mathematics: 4
  • Physical Sciences or Life Sciences: 4
  • APS: 28
• For advice on a second-choice programme, please consult a Student Advisor.
• Applicants with qualifications other than the abovementioned should refer to the Brochure: Undergraduate Programme Information 2023: Qualifications other than the NSC and IEB.

Additional Requirements

• Each student must apply to the Registrar of the Health Professions Council of South Africa for registration as a clinical associate student, immediately after admission to the first year of study.
• After obtaining the degree, graduates must also register as clinical associates with the Health Professions Council of South Africa.

Examinations and Pass Requirements

1. In accordance with the stipulations of the General Academic Regulations, a year, semester or quarter mark of at least 40% is required for admission to the examination in all undergraduate modules in the University where year, semester and quarter marks apply.
2. A final module mark in the relevant module is, however, calculated from the module examination mark as well as the module mark compiled from continuous evaluation during the presentation of the module.
3. The contribution of each modality in the calculation of the abovementioned mark is set out in the regulations and published in the study guides.
4. A student repeating the first or second year of study will retain credit for Clinical Medical Practice modules passed previously, subject to the following:

• The student will be required to participate adequately in the current year in the clinical component of all Clinical Medical Practice modules in order to maintain a specified level of clinical skills and be required to record such activities in an appropriate clinical logbook.
• Compliance with the above is a requirement for the admission to subsequent CMP modules.

Promotion to Next Study Year

• Failed candidates/Admission to the second semester of the first year of study: Selected first-year students, who have passed a sufficient number of prescribed first-semester modules at 100 level will, in accordance with the stipulations of the General Academic Regulations, automatically be admitted to the second semester of the first year of study.
• Failed candidates/Admission to the second year of study:
  • First-year students who have passed all prescribed core modules at 100 level will, in accordance with the stipulations of the General Academic Regulations, automatically be admitted to the second year of study.
  • A student who has failed any one or more of the 100-level core modules will have to repeat those modules failed before he/she will be admitted to the second year of study.

Pass with Distinction

• The degree is conferred with distinction on a student who has obtained an average of at least 75% in all the modules of the third year of study (not rounded).

Fundamental Modules

• AIM 111: Academic information management 111
• AIM 121: Academic information management 121
• ELH 131: Academic English for Health Sciences (BClinical Medical Practice) 131
• ELH 132: Academic English for Health Sciences (BClinical Medical Practice) 132
• UPO 110: Academic orientation 110

Core Modules

Year 1

• ANA 185: Anatomy 185
• CMP 181: Clinical medical practice 181
• CMP 182: Clinical medical practice 182
• FAR 180: Pharmacology 180
• FSG 185: Physiology 185

Year 2

• CMP 281: Clinical medical practice 281
• CMP 282: Clinical medical practice 282
• FAR 280: Clinical pharmacology 280

Year 3

• CMP 380: Healthcare systems 380
• CMP 381: Women's health 381
• CMP 382: Child health 382
• CMP 383: Emergency care 383
• CMP 384: Infectious and chronic diseases 384
• CMP 385: Anaesthetics 385
• CMP 386: Mental health 386
• CMP 387: Orthopaedics 387
• FAR 380: Clinical pharmacology 380

Academic Exclusion from Further Study

• In accordance with the stipulations of the General Academic Regulations, re-registration of a student is permitted only if the student completes the degree programme for which he or she is registered within the prescribed minimum period of study plus one year.
• In the case of the BClinical Medical Practice degree offered by the School of Medicine, a student who fails a year of study for a second time must apply, in writing, to the Readmission Committee of the School, chaired by the chairperson of the School, for readmission to the programme.