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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