There is a lack of state posts for pharmacists to complete their year of community service‚ forcing them into unemployment, says the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa.
The Times reports that the PSSA as saying that if the government...
December 7th, 2016In a move that will resonate with SA junior doctors, the UK's General Medical Council has warned that trainee doctors in the that country's National Health Service are often so sleep-deprived that they are in danger of harming patients. SA junior...
Medical students in the province have openly revolted against a new programme aimed at placing them in KwaZulu-Natal’s rural areas for internships. According to a report in The Mercury, the students told KZN Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo that they...Training
The training of KwaZulu-Natal medical students in Cuba should be revisited said opposition politicians, as KZN Health looks to slash more than R1bn in overspending.
The Mercury reports that this emerged at a debate initiated by the National Freedom...Training
Accredited private nursing colleges are in crisis because the SA Nursing Council suspended their courses in 2015 already and have since failed to phase in two new qualifications, says AfriForum.
The SANC started with the accreditation process for...Training
Despite continuing protests, the University of the Witwatersrand has formulated secret plans to ensure that final year medical students will write exams.
“The university has established plans to ensure that examinations are written without...
November 2nd, 2016The Chinese medical education system was destroyed in the Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976. Over the past 40 years, the pace of restoration has quickened to the point where the country has more than 2.1m practising physicians and more than...
The University of Cape Town says it remains determined to complete the academic year, despite the suspension of classes for first-, second- and third-year undergraduate students in the Faculty of Health Sciences for the rest of the year, reports...Training
SA's public hospitals will have 1,600 fewer doctors and the class of 2016 will miss out on graduation if the university shutdown continues.
Business Day reports that this is the grim reality that came out of a failed fees imbizo in Kempton Park...Training
A film which documents the crazy hours junior doctors have to work in SA – set to be released this September – will give the public a glimpse into the gruelling pressures our more than 5 000 junior doctors have to face every day.
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August 17th, 2016SA Health is under pressure urgently to reduce the working hours of junior doctors nationally following Western Cape Health’s decision to slash maximum shifts from 30 to 24 hours. The Junior Doctors Association of SA told MedicalBrief it was...
SA’s tenth medical school will be open in 2020 at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth.
News24 reports that NMMU vice chancellor Professor Derrick Swartz said the decision was made on 6 July when the Minister of Higher...
