Undergraduate Training
Ukwanda pursues an “immersion model" where students are exposed to the realities of working/caring in a resource-limited environment. Undergraduate students receive training at several rural regional hospitals, smaller district hospitals and clinics in the Western and Northern Cape. They are supported by an Ukwanda coordinator in each of the professional programmes. Interprofessional education and collaborative practice is one of the focus areas for student training and multiple opportunities are made possible at the Ukwanda sites to facilitate collaborative engagement around patient assessment, management, and community engagement.
Students are from the following professional disciplines:
- Dietetics (Human Nutrition);
- Physiotherapy;
- Occupational Therapy;
- Speech-language and hearing Therapy;
- Medicine (MBChB).
For more information please contact:
Ms Yonda Jack
+27 21 938 9873
yondaj@sun.ac.za
Mr Ruben Geweldt
+27 23 346 7809
rgeweldt@sun.ac.za
Postgraduate Training
Postgraduate Diploma in Rural Medicine is still in development, with key modules: Clinical Governance in District Health Services, Clinical Skills for District Hospitals, Delivering Healthcare to Rural Communities and Major Infectious Diseases Challenges.
For more information please contact:
Ms Lindsay-Michelle Meyer
+27 21 938 9873
lindsaym@sun.ac.za
Ms Amanda A Msindwana
+27 23 346 7802
amsindwana@sun.ac.za
International Electives
International Undergraduate (UG) - Elective Offerings: Undergraduate electives are offered for a minimum 4 – maximum 8-week period, and applicants can choose one elective discipline or a combination of two electives of 4 weeks each.
Ukwanda: Centre for Rural Health
(Ukwanda)
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In your application, be clear if you intend to spend 8 weeks in Discipline 1 or 4 weeks in Discipline 1 and 4 weeks in Discipline 2
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1. Ukwanda: Rural Medicine - General Internal Medicine: Worcester
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One student only Minimum of four weeks
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2. Ukwanda: Rural Medicine - Paediatrics and Child Health: Worcester
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One student only Minimum of four weeks
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3. Ukwanda: Rural Medicine - General Surgery: Worcester
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One student only Minimum of four weeks
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4. Ukwanda: Rural Medicine - Orthopaedic Surgery: Worcester |
One student only Minimum of four weeks
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5. Ukwanda: Rural Medicine - Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Worcester |
One student only Minimum of four weeks
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Ukwanda
Rural Medicine at a District Hospital (by arrangement only)
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6. Ukwanda: Rural Medicine - Family Medicine and Primary Care: Ceres |
One student only Minimum of four weeks
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7. Ukwanda: Rural Medicine - Family Medicine and Primary Care: Hermanus |
One student only Minimum of four weeks
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8. Ukwanda: Rural Medicine - Family Medicine and Primary Care: Robertson |
One student only Minimum of four weeks
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9. Ukwanda: Family Medicine and Primary Care: Swellendam |
One student only Minimum of four weeks
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Ukwanda: Centre for Rural Health
(Ukwanda)
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Human Nutrition, Worcester |
Maximum of two students; must be in their fourth year; minimum of four weeks |
Occupational Therapy, Worcester |
Maximum of two students; must be in their fourth year; minimum of four weeks |
Speech, Language and Hearing Therapy, Worcester
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One student only; minimum of four weeks |
Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy or Speech, Language and Hearing Therapy in other rural district hospitals (by arrangement)
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Maximum of two students; must be in their fourth year; minimum of four weeks
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For more information, please click on the link below:
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/healthsciences/international-office/international-undergraduate-elective-students