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Stellenbosch University

Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine

The Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine in Health Professions is offered by Stellenbosch University.

Program Length: 4 YEARS.

Master of Medicine in Internal Medicine offered by the Stellenbosch University at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Assessment and examination

• Basic Medical Sciences:
  • To successfully complete this module, your attendance must be satisfactory and you must obtain a 50% test mark in the FCP (SA) Part I examination.
  • You must pass Part I of the examination within eighteen months, and preferably within one year, of registration.
  • If you do not meet this requirement, you must vacate the registrar post and you will be excluded from the rest of the MMed (Internal Medicine) programme.
  • Only in exceptional cases and on submission of an appropriate motivation will the postgraduate programme committee of the Department of Internal Medicine consider continuation of your service in a registrar post and further attendance of the programme.
• Clinical Internal Medicine:
  • To successfully complete this module, your participation must be satisfactory whilst rotating as a registrar in General Internal Medicine and the subspecialties. You must also achieve a mark of at least 50% in the FCP (SA) Part II examination.
  • You will be assessed regularly as part of the flexible assessment strategy and you must keep a log-book as a record of your clinical exposure and experience with procedures.
• Research Assignment:
  • You must have the research protocol registered within one year and complete the research assignment within three years of registration.
  • This should be submitted in the form of an article ready for publication.
  • You must complete this module before you can write the final Part II examination.
• The final mark for the degree is calculated as follows:
  • Basic Medical Sciences - 20%;
  • Clinical Internal Medicine - 55%; and
  • Research Assignment - 25%.

Programme content

First to second year

Basic Medical Sciences (96)
This includes all the basic sciences relevant to the practice of Internal Medicine, e.g. physiology, pathology, pharmacology and principles of ethics.

First to fourth year

Clinical Internal Medicine (264)

 

First to third year

Research Assignment (120)