| Code | Faculty |
|---|---|
| 10220008 | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Credits | Duration | NQF level |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum duration of study: 2 jaar | Totale krediete: 120 | NQF level: 08 |
| Dr RPG Botha [email protected] |
The doctor should be:
Two academic years part-time study with a modularised curriculum by means of distance education. A blended approach which will involve campus-based teaching, web-based teaching and workplace-based learning will be followed.
Learning in the workplace will be driven by peer learning and documented by means of a portfolio of learning. The portfolio of learning would need to include:
An annual assessment of the learning documented in the portfolio by the Department of Family Medicine.
A minimum final mark of 50% is required as a pass mark for each module.
National exit examination
There will be one national exit examination for the country offered by the College of Family Physicians. The portfolio should be part of the assessment and the portfolio will give the student access to the national exit examination. Successful candicates will receive a Higher Diploma from the College as well as a Postgraduate Diploma from the Univeristy.
An average of at least 75% in the for the mdoules and the portfolio is required to obtain the diploma with distinction.
Minimum krediete: 120
Module-inhoud:
Study of the family as the object of care; family systems theory; tools for family-oriented care; family life-cycle; ethics of treating families; family conference; the family and chronic illness; family violence and alcohol abuse in the family.
Module-inhoud:
Study of diabetes mellitus, asthma, epilepsy, hypertension, cardiac failure, obesity and chronic pain.
Module-inhoud:
Psychiatry in family practice
Study of depression, anxiety; suicide; the difficult adolescent; substance use and abuse; schizophrenia; dementia and delirium.
Module-inhoud:
Introduction; study of contagious disease important to the traveller; contagious diseases in the tropical regions; viral illnesses in children; fever of unknown origin; sexually transmitted diseases; haemorrhagic fever; infective diarrhoea; meningitis; leprosy; HIV/Aids; tuberculosis; rabies; school attendance and infectious diseases; community-acquired pneumonia (CAP); acute virus hepatitis; rational use of antibiotics and other exogenous infections.
Module-inhoud:
Study of human resource management; financial management; auditing of management and services management. The study of leadership and clinical governance for clinical primary care. The study of learning in primary care teams.
Module-inhoud:
Study of the origins and emergence of Family Medicine. Study of the principles of Family Medicine. Study of the consultation. Study of patient-centred medicine, communication and the doctor-patient relationship. Study of medical ethics.
Module-inhoud:
Study of primary care over the whole quadruple burden of disease (HIV/AIDS, TB, maternal and child care, non-communicable diseases, trauma and violence) and in terms of the morbidity profile of primary care in South Africa. This include acute (emergency) care, chronic care and in some cases care provided in the midwife obstetric unit. Up-skilling to ensure that primary care doctors are familiar with the latest national guidelines across the whole burden of disease, and refreshed of all the clinical skills required.
Module-inhoud:
Study of the concept of community-orientated primary care. Study of the five principles of community-orientated primary care; Local health and institutional analysis, comprehensive care, equity, practice with science and service integration around users. A practical guide to doing community-orientated primary care.
Minimum krediete: 120
Module-inhoud:
Study of the family as the object of care; family systems theory; tools for family-oriented care; family life-cycle; ethics of treating families; family conference; the family and chronic illness; family violence and alcohol abuse in the family.
Module-inhoud:
Study of diabetes mellitus, asthma, epilepsy, hypertension, cardiac failure, obesity and chronic pain.
Module-inhoud:
Psychiatry in family practice
Study of depression, anxiety; suicide; the difficult adolescent; substance use and abuse; schizophrenia; dementia and delirium.
Module-inhoud:
Introduction; study of contagious disease important to the traveller; contagious diseases in the tropical regions; viral illnesses in children; fever of unknown origin; sexually transmitted diseases; haemorrhagic fever; infective diarrhoea; meningitis; leprosy; HIV/Aids; tuberculosis; rabies; school attendance and infectious diseases; community-acquired pneumonia (CAP); acute virus hepatitis; rational use of antibiotics and other exogenous infections.
Module-inhoud:
Study of human resource management; financial management; auditing of management and services management. The study of leadership and clinical governance for clinical primary care. The study of learning in primary care teams.
Module-inhoud:
Study of the origins and emergence of Family Medicine. Study of the principles of Family Medicine. Study of the consultation. Study of patient-centred medicine, communication and the doctor-patient relationship. Study of medical ethics.
Module-inhoud:
Study of primary care over the whole quadruple burden of disease (HIV/AIDS, TB, maternal and child care, non-communicable diseases, trauma and violence) and in terms of the morbidity profile of primary care in South Africa. This include acute (emergency) care, chronic care and in some cases care provided in the midwife obstetric unit. Up-skilling to ensure that primary care doctors are familiar with the latest national guidelines across the whole burden of disease, and refreshed of all the clinical skills required.
Module-inhoud:
Study of the concept of community-orientated primary care. Study of the five principles of community-orientated primary care; Local health and institutional analysis, comprehensive care, equity, practice with science and service integration around users. A practical guide to doing community-orientated primary care.
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