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The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) is the custodian of the quality of medical care in South Africa. It stands out globally due to its 29 constituent Colleges, which represent all the disciplines of medicine and dentistry. [1] [2] The sole current path to specialisation in South Africa is through a Fellowship conferred by the college.
The dual diploma in clinical medicine and surgery plus an internship year is the standard qualification for clinical officers which is awarded on completion of a four-year training programme which started as various programmes that were used to train medical practitioners in the East Africa Protectorate in the 1920s and which now resembles the ...
The Health Professions Council of South Africa was established in 1974 under the Health Professions Act No. 56 of 1974. [2] Regulation of medicine and allied professions in South Africa began in the 19th century, with the establishment of the Colonial Medical Council in the Cape Province in 1891.
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Medical education in South Africa" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 ...
30 South Africa. 31 Tanzania. 32 Tunisia. ... University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences, ... University of the Free State: Faculty of Health Sciences 1969
A medical degree is a professional degree admitted to those who have passed coursework in the fields of medicine and/or surgery from an accredited medical school.Obtaining a degree in medicine allows for the recipient to continue on into specialty training with the end goal of securing a license to practice within their respective jurisdiction.
The Medical University of South Africa (MEDUNSA) was established in 1976 to provide medical education to black students, who were restricted from attending most medical schools in South Africa by the Apartheid government, [4] with a few exceptions at segregated non-white-only medical schools. [5] [6]
In 2017, South Africa spent 8.1% of GDP on health care, or US$499.2 per capita. Of that, approximately 42% was government expenditure. [ 2 ] About 79% of doctors work in the private sector .