Program Overview

Programme: MMed Internal Medicine

Programme Information

The MMed Internal Medicine programme is offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria.

• The programme consists of a minimum duration of study of 4 years, with a total of 624 credits.
• All MMed students must register for and attend Applied Research Methodology 802 satisfactorily, preferably during the intermediate phase or after completion of Part 1 and before sitting for Part 2 of the MMed.
• All MMed students must submit a dissertation which must be assessed as satisfactory by an external examiner, or a research article that has been accepted for publication in a subsidised periodical.
• The research proposal must be approved by the MMed Protocol Committee prior to the intermediate exam or within two years of enrolment.

Admission Requirements

• A prospective student for the MMed degree programme must be in possession of the MBChB degree of this University or a qualification deemed by the University to be equivalent to the MBChB degree for at least two years.
• In addition, such a student must be registered as a physician with the Health Professions Council of South Africa for at least one year.
• International students must have qualifications verified by SAQA.

Other Programme-Specific Information

• A certificate issued by the relevant head of department must be submitted as proof that the student is well qualified in research methodology before the degree is conferred.
• The study of the major subject extends over four or five years, as prescribed by the relevant department.

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, and in the clinical section of the examination, a subminimum of 50%.
• 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 his or her major subject.

General Information

• Departments expect registrars 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.

Core Modules

• ANA 800: Anatomy 800 (Credits: 36.00)
• FAR 806: Pharmacology 806 (Credits: 36.00)
• FSG 801: Physiology 801 (Credits: 36.00)
• IGK 800: Internal medicine 800 (Credits: 300.00)
• MMS 890: Dissertation 890 (Credits: 180.00)
• PAG 808: Pathology 808 (Credits: 36.00)
• TNM 802: Applied research methodology 802 (Credits: 0.00)