Program Overview

Programme: MMed in Nuclear Medicine

The MMed in Nuclear Medicine is a postgraduate degree offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria.

Programme Information

• The programme is offered on a full-time basis.
• The minimum duration of study is 4 years.
• The total credits required for the programme is 624.
• The programme is offered at NQF level 9.

Admission Requirements

• A Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (or equivalent) degree, or a relevant medical degree with modules equivalent to at least the first two years of the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery 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.

Programme-Specific Information

• If a student specialises in Nuclear Medicine after having obtained the MMed in Radiological Diagnostics, Radiation Oncology, or Internal Medicine, the duration will be three years.
• 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%.
• General Academic Regulations apply.
• A student is not admitted to the examination in a prerequisite subject (supplementary examinations excluded) more than twice, nor is he or she admitted to the examination in the major subject more than twice.

Registrarship

• Inquire at the relevant head of department regarding the availability of registrarships for the specialisation.
• Each student must prove to the University that he or she has successfully filled the required full-time training post for a period of four or five years, according to the requirements of the relevant department.

Core Modules

• ANA 809: Anatomy 809 (Credits: 36.00)
• FSG 801: Physiology 801 (Credits: 36.00)
• KDE 801: Nuclear medicine 801 (Credits: 300.00)
• KDE 802: Nuclear physics 802 (Credits: 36.00)
• MMS 890: Dissertation 890 (Credits: 180.00)
• RCF 800: Radiobiology, chemistry and pharmacology 800 (Credits: 36.00)
• TNM 802: Applied research methodology 802 (Credits: 0.00, attendance module only)

Exemption

• The Faculty Board may grant partial exemption from the training and work mentioned under certain conditions, with the proviso that 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.