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The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) is the custodian of the quality of medical care in South Africa. It stands out globally due to its 29 constituent Colleges, which represent all the disciplines of medicine and dentistry. [1] [2] The sole current path to specialisation in South Africa is through a Fellowship conferred by the college.
The West African College of Physicians is a professional society, founded in 1976, for medical specialists in the West African sub-region. The association promotes postgraduate specialist training, professional curriculum development and fellowship certification in six sub-specialties or faculties, Community Health, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, Psychiatry and Laboratory ...
Salim S. Abdool Karim, MBChB, MMed, MS (Epi), FFPHM, FFPath (Virol), DipData, PhD, DSc (hc), FRS is a South African public health physician, epidemiologist and virologist who has played a leading role in the AIDS and COVID-19 pandemic. [1] His scientific contributions have impacted the landscape of HIV prevention and treatment, saving thousands ...
The original 300 Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England ( FRCS) include: Marcus Beck (1843–1893) John Badley (1783–1870) John Abernethy (1764–1831) Robert Keate (1777–1857) Richard Partridge (1805–1873) Joseph Jordan (1787–1873) Biographies of all original 300 Fellows are in Plarr's Lives of the Fellows .
Master of Medicine ( MMed, MM) is a postgraduate professional clinical degree awarded by medical schools to physicians following a period of instruction, supervised clinical rotations, and examination. The degree usually takes three years to complete, but may take up to four years in some countries. It is awarded by only medical subspecialties ...
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University. / 25.61889°S 28.02278°E / -25.61889; 28.02278. Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University ( SMU; Afrikaans: Die Mediese Universiteit van Suid-Afrika) is a medical university in Ga-Rankuwa, Gauteng Province, South Africa. [1] Its current incarnation was formed on 1 January 2015.
COSECSA. The College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) is an independent body that fosters postgraduate education in surgery and provides surgical training throughout the region of East, Central and Southern Africa. COSECSA delivers a common surgical training programme with an internationally bench-marked exam and ...
Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (colloquially known as Bara) is a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the largest hospital in Africa and third largest hospital in the world. [1] It has 6,760 staff members, 3,400 beds and occupies 70 ha (170 acres). The hospital is located in Soweto, south of Johannesburg.