PROFESSIONAL BOARDS
MEDICAL & DENTAL (and MEDICAL SCIENCE)

We approve programmes which health professionals must complete before they can register with us.

MEDICAL & DENTAL

The Quick Reference Guide would assist the applicant who wishes to know the educational and training requirements that need to be obtained before applying for registration.

The following Institutions offer education and training in the Medical and Dental professions:

• University of the Witwatersrand
• University of KwaZulu Natal
• University of Stellenbosch
• University of Pretoria
• Univerisity of Cape Town
• Medical University of South Africa
• Walter Sisulu University
• University of the Free State

MEDICAL SCIENCE

Intern training for Medical Scientists has to take place at an HPCSA accredited Training Facility.

ACCREDITATION OF FACILITIES

• Accredited Intern Training facilities

• Process to apply for accreditation (Document MSC A and Document MSC B)

• Application for accreditation to train interns:
  • Medical Biological Science (Form C1)
  • Genetic Counsellig (Form C2)
  • Medical Physics (Form C3)

   

• Self Assessment Forms for training facilities:
  • Medical Biological Science (Form D1)
  • Genetic Counsellig (Form D2)
  • Medical Physics (Form D3)

INTERN TRAINING

General guidelines (refer to the documents MSC A and MSC B above)

Curricula and guidelines for assessment

• Medical Physics (will provide the info)
• Genetic Counselling (will provide the info)
• Medical Biological Science
  • Anatomical Pathology (will provide the info)
  • Cell Biology (will provide the info)
  • Clinical Biochemistry (will provide the info)
  • Genetics
  • Haematology (will provide the info)
  • Immunology (will provide the info)
  • Microbiology (will provide the info)
  • Molecular Biology (will provide the info)
  • Pharmacology (will provide the info)
  • Physiology (will provide the info)
  • Radiation Biology (will provide the info)
  • Reproductive Biology (will provide the info)
  • Virology (will provide the info)