MBChB
University of Pretoria - Faculty of Health Sciences
Key Information
Campus location
Pretoria, South Africa
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
6 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Application deadline
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Earliest start date
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Introduction
MBChB
Each student in Medicine must apply to the Registrar of the Health Professions Council of South Africa for registration as a student in Medicine, immediately after admission to the first year of study. After obtaining the degree, a student must register with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as an intern, and complete at least one year of training at an institution approved by the abovementioned Council for this purpose. (Students who qualify after July 2006, will have a compulsory two-year internship.) After this, he or she must register with the Council as a physician and complete one year of community service before he or she may work in private practice. The integrated outcomes-based problem-oriented program consists of theoretical blocks, special activities (SAs) and clinical rotations. During the final 18 months, referred to as the Student Intern Complex (SIC), all the program activities take place in the clinical settings.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available, please visit the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Curriculum Year 1
Fundamental modules
- Academic information management
- Academic information management
- Academic English for Health Sciences
- Academic English for Health Sciences (MBChB and BChD)
- Academic orientation
Core modules
- Molecule to organism
- Chemistry
- Introduction to the philosophy of medicine
- Orientation
- People and their environment
- Introduction to clinical pharmacotherapy
- Longitudinal clinic attachment program
- People and their environment
- Molecular and cell biology
- Medical terminology
- Physics for biology students
- Special study module
Year 2
- Homeostasis
- People and their environment
- Pathological conditions
- Infectious diseases
- Introduction to clinical medicine
- Basic emergency care
- Anatomy (Dissection)
- Generic procedural skills
- Longitudinal clinic attachment program
- Special study module
- Special study module
Year 3
- Abdomen and mamma
- Pregnancy and neonatology
- Heart and blood vessels
- Lungs and chest
- Haematological malignancies
- Generic procedural skills
- Longitudinal clinic attachment program
- Special study module
- Special study module
- Special study module
Year 4
- Genital and urinary tract diseases
- Nervous system
- Preceptorship
- Disorders of childhood
- Forensic medicine
- Musculoskeletal conditions
- Endocrinology
- Head and neck
- Ageing
- Skin
- Longitudinal clinic attachment program
- Special study module
Year 5
- Psychiatry and social dysfunction
- Health and healthcare
- Traumatology
- Pharmacotherapy
- Anaesthesiology
- Forensic medicine morning rotation
- Internal medicine
- Internal medicine related sub-disciplines
- Psychiatry
- Neurology
- Longitudinal clinic attachment program
- Special study module
- Special study module
Final Year
- Surgery
- Orthopaedics
- Anaesthesiology
- Internal medicine
- Internal medicine related sub-disciplines
- Psychiatry
- Obstetrics and gynaecology
- Paediatrics
- Community-based education
- Diagnostic laboratory medicine
- Urology
- Family medicine
- Community obstetrics
- Neurology
Program Outcome
Total Credits: 1257