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The intercalated BSc (Med) Honours/MB ChB and integrated MB ChB/PhD tracks at the University of Cape Town: Models for a national medical student research training programme

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Katz, Arieh A, Futter, Merle, Mayosi, Bongani M·2013·South African Medical Journal
DOI 10.7196/samj.7639
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The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town is addressing the shortage of clinician-scientists in South Africa by introducing two research training tracks in parallel with the professional MB ChB programme, namely the intercalated BSc (Med) Hons/MB ChB track and the integrated MB ChB/PhD track. The BSc (Med) Hons/MB ChB track is available to MB ChB students who have completed the first two years of study. The track comprises a course in Molecular Medicine given concurrently with the MB ChB third-year curriculum, followed by a BSc (Med) Hons as a 'year out' of MB ChB. Subsequently students may enroll into the integrated MB ChB/PhD track that enables them to undertake a PhD concurrently with MB ChB studies, which will be spread over additional years, or alternatively to undertake a PhD after completion of the MB ChB. These tracks, which were launched in 2011, represent an opportunity to train a new cadre of young African clinician-scientists at the undergraduate level.

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  • Currently, there are no support structures established in the medical training programmes of many African countries for doctors and dentists to transition into physician-scientist career track, except for a few emerging programmes in South Africa.

    “Currently, there are no support structures established in the medical training programmes of many African countries for doctors and dentists to transition into physician-scientist career track [6]; except for a few emerging programmes being initiated by academic institutions in South Africa, as alluded to earlier [19,38].”

    From The dentist-scientist career pathway in Africa: opportunities and obstacles (2018) · cites this paper as [38]

  • At the University of Cape Town, intercalated BSc(Med) Honours/MBChB and integrated MBChB/PhD tracks are available to undergraduate medical students at the end of the second year of the MBChB programme.

    “Also, at the University of Cape Town, intercalated bachelor of science (med) honours/bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery (MBChB) and integrated MBChB/PhD tracks are available to undergraduate medical students at the end of the second year of the MBChB programme.”

    From The dentist-scientist career pathway in Africa: opportunities and obstacles (2018) · cites this paper as [38]

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Authors
Katz, A. A., Futter, M., & Mayosi, B. M.
Affiliations
University of Cape Town (ZA)
ORCID
Venue
South African Medical Journal
Publisher
South African Medical Association NPC
Published
2013-12-09
Volume
104
Issue
2
Pages
111
ISSN
  • 0256-9574 (ISSN-L)
  • 2078-5135
DOI
10.7196/samj.7639
OpenAlex
W2108182926
Cited by
20
References
7
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
FWCI
2.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • South African Medical Journal (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health and Medical Research Impacts
  • Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Medical Education
Keywords
clinician-scientists, undergraduate medical education, doctoral education, South Africa
MeSH terms
Curriculum, Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Humans, South Africa, Biomedical Research

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