Program Overview

Programme: MMed Emergency Medicine

Programme information

The MMed Emergency Medicine programme is a four-year degree that requires students to complete a range of coursework, clinical training, and research components.

• 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 (MMS 890) that must be assessed as satisfactory by an external examiner, or a research article that has been accepted for publication in a subsidised periodical. The student must be the first author of the article.
• A systematic literature review (Cochrane type) on an approved subject may be presented as an alternative to the dissertation for awarding the MMed (Public Health Medicine) degree.

Registrarship

• Inquire at the Head of Department regarding the availability of registrarships for the specialisation Medical Oncology.
• Inquire at the Head of the Department of Family Medicine regarding the availability of registrarships for the specialisation Emergency Medicine.

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

• The study of the major subject extends over four or five years, as prescribed by the department in question.
• Inquire at the Head of the Department of Family Medicine regarding the availability of registrarships.

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%.
• General Regulations apply.
• A student is not admitted to the examination in a prerequisite subject (second examinations excluded) more than twice, nor is he or she admitted to the examination in the major subject more than twice.

Core modules

• ANA 802: Anatomy 802 (Credits: 36.00)
• FAR 880: Pharmacology 800 (Credits: 36.00)
• FSG 801: Physiology 801 (Credits: 36.00)
• NGK 801: Emergency medicine 801 (Credits: 300.00)
• PAG 880: Pathology 880 (Credits: 36.00)
• TNM 802: Applied research methodology 802 (Credits: 0.00)
• MMS 890: Dissertation 890 (Credits: 180.00)

Exemption

• The Faculty Board may grant partial exemption from the training and work mentioned under par. (b) and (c)(i) and (ii) above 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

• 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 (where applicable).
• Lectures/symposia with closely related departments are organised, as well as discussions of literature, etc.