PGDip Child Health (Community Paediatrics) at University of the Witwatersrand

Programme overview

The PGDip in Child Health is offered in the following fields of study: Community Paediatrics and Neurodevelopment. This site provides information specific to the Community Paediatrics. Through dedicated modules on child health, maternal health, and maternal and child nutrition, you will explore: Child survival, growth, and development across the life course Preventive and promotive child health, including early childhood development, immunisation, and school health Nutrition in the first 1,000 days and beyond — from breastfeeding to food systems Health systems and policy approaches to improving maternal, newborn, and child health Social determinants of health, community engagement, and inter

Faculty: Health Sciences | Department: Clinical Medicine | Duration: 2 years | Study mode: part-time | Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

What you will study

Modules Offered: Year 1 Research Methodology (FAHS1690A) Introduction to Child Health (PAED5014A) Introduction to Health Measurement (COMH5033A) Child Health I (PAED5015A) Year 2 Child Health II (PAED5016A) Maternal Health (PAED5017A) Maternal and Child Nutrition (PAED5020A) and one of the following elective courses: Management in Health and Health Services (COMH5032A) The District Model in Primar

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Application information

Entry requirements

Any of the following may be admitted as a candidate: i) A graduate of any University who has been awarded one of the following degrees: Bachelor of Dental Science; Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery; Bachelor of Nursing; Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy; Bachelor of Pharmacy; Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy; Bachelor of Health Sciences Honours; Bachelor of Science Honours. ii) A graduate who has been awarded any other qualification the curriculum of which extends over a minimum of four years of full-time study, of any University, who, in the opinion of the Senate, is sufficiently qualified to undertake the field of study proposed. iii) Any other person, who has satisfied the Senate, by means of a written or oral test (or both), or by any other mode of assessment to be determined from time to time by the Senate, that s/he is sufficiently qualified to undertake th

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.

Postgraduate applications are made online at www.wits.ac.za/applications; the closing date for each programme is listed in its course finder entry. The application fee is R200 (not payable by current Wits students applying online), paid via the Self-Service Portal or by EFT to the Wits University Application Fees account at FNB.

Apply through the official page: https://www.wits.ac.za/applications

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