COURSE: MB CHB

This programme equips graduate students with the necessary skills, knowledge and experiential learning to enter the field of professional medicine.

Type: graduate degree

Duration: 5 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Health psychology


• Health policy and service provision


• Doctor and his environment


• Epidemiology and biostatistics


• Concepts of health and disease


• Molecules of body


• Tissue of the body


• Development of the body


• Structure of the body


• Electrical systems of the body


• General skills

Second year subjects:

• Principles of therapy and imaging


• Urinary system


• Musculoskeletal system


• Immunology and haematology


• Cardiovascular system


• Metabolism


• Infections


• Membranes and receptors


• Mechanisms of disease

Third year subjects:

• Gastrointestinal system


• Human diversity


• Health and disease in populations


• Human life cycle


• Respiratory system


• Ethical and legal aspects of medicine


• Genital system


• Reproduction


• Exocrine and endocrine glands


• Nervous system

Fourth year subjects:

• Internal medicine (cardiology/neurology)


• Surgery


• Paediatrics


• Obstetrics and gynaecology


• Psychiatry (oncology)

Fifth year subjects:

• Internal medicine


• Surgery


• Child health and psychiatry


• Gynaecology and urology


• Family medicine and anaesthesiology


• Electives (refer to university prospectus)

Careers: doctor, specialist, surgeon.

Source: www.ufs.ac.za

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