Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Medicine at Stellenbosch University

Programme overview

The Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Medicine equips medical practitioners with occupational health knowledge and skills so they can meet the legal requirements for practising occupational health in South Africa. Graduates plan, implement and manage occupational health services and manage patients with work-related disease or injury within a multidisciplinary team.

Faculty: Medicine and Health Sciences | Department: Global Health | Duration: One year (examination in November of the second year of enrolment) | Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

What you will study

All theoretical modules are compulsory: Occupational Health Management and Legislation, Occupational Hygiene and Risk Management, chemical, physical, ergonomic, biological and psychosocial risk factors in the workplace, Clinical Occupational Medicine, Evaluation of Disability and Fitness for Work, Research Methodology, Health Promotion and Communication, and Environmental Medicine. Industrial visits are an optional practical module.

Career pathways

Occupational health practice, managing occupational health services and fitness-for-work evaluation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Postgraduate (specific to this diploma): an MBChB degree (or equivalent) held for at least two years, and at least one year of registration as a medical practitioner in independent practice with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (or an equivalent professions council abroad). Supporting documents: CV with three referees and proof of professional registration. Selection is competitive and meeting the minimum does not guarantee admission.

The application fee is R100 for South African citizens, permanent residents and refugee, asylum seeker and diplomatic status holders, and R400 for international applicants. Stellenbosch Business School applicants pay R1050 for the MBA and R850 for other SBS programmes. Some applicants are exempt; application fees are non-refundable.

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