COURSE: MBCHB

The content of all modules in the pre-clinical and clinical subjects meet the requirements of the Health Professions Council of South Africa.

Type: Undergraduate Degree

Duration: 6 years Full-time

Compulsory Subjects

First Year Subjects:

• Chemistry for Health Sciences


• Heath in Context


• Life-forms and Function of Clinical Importance


• Personal and Professional Development


• Essential Disease Processes and Infections


• Principles of Therapy

Second Year Subjects:

• Neuroscience


• Musculoskeletal System


• Endocrine System


• Digestive System


• Urogenital System


• Essential of Disease Process and Infections


• Principals of Therapy


• Introduction to Clinical Medicine


• Cardiovascular System


• Respiratory System

Third Year Subjects:

• Digestive System


• Urogenital System


• Endocrine System


• Reproductive System


• Neurosciences


• Clinical Rotations

Fourth Year Subjects:

• Musculoskeletal System


• Haematological System


• Infections and Clinical Immunology


• The Skin


• Anaesthesiology


• Forensic Medicine


• Clinical Rotations

Fifth Year Subjects:

• Health and Disease in Communities


• Health Management


• Ethics


• Middle Clinical Rotations


• Clinical Rotations

Sixth Year Subjects:

• Clinical Rotations

Careers: Any career in medicine and Surgery

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