Health Sciences
University of Cape Town, South Africa
The Master of Philosophy in Developmental Paediatrics is a subspeciality programme that trains medical specialists to become subspecialists in developmental paediatrics. Candidates complete clinical training, the relevant College of Medicine examination (credited towards Part 1) and a 60-credit minor dissertation for the degree (plan MM183PED01).
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences | Department: Paediatrics and Child Health | Duration: Two years in total: clinical training, research and completion of the minor dissertation. | Study mode: full-time | Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Courses are MPhil Developmental Paediatrics Part 1 (120 credits) and a Developmental Paediatrics Minor Dissertation (60 credits), with subspeciality clinical training in Year 2; 180 NQF credits at NQF level 9.
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) subspeciality programmes, Faculty of Health Sciences: applicants must show that, before starting subspeciality training, they have met all requirements for registration as a specialist in the relevant base speciality, and must have been appointed against an HPCSA-approved training number. Foreign-qualified doctors hold limited HPCSA registration, renewed annually, and may not be able to complete all training and examination requirements in the time allowed.
Requirements published at program group level.
Tuition is charged per module, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.
The application fee is R100 for undergraduate and postgraduate applications from South Africa and the SADC region, and R300 for applications from outside the SADC region; it is non-refundable and payable by direct deposit, EFT or credit card (online). UCT students and graduates are exempt except for GSB programmes.
Apply through the official page: https://applyonline.uct.ac.za
Health Sciences
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Health Sciences
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Health Sciences
University of Cape Town, South Africa
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