Nthusang Lefafa speaks to public health experts to find out how a new medical school at North West University will do things differently.
A new medical school that is anticipated to open its doors for learning in 2028 will set out to help trainee doctors better understand the complexities of practicing medicine in rural areas.
"In developing the curriculum, we have taken a holistic approach by involving specialists from various backgrounds. These experts range from curriculum development to healthcare systems, as well as various medical specialists with knowledge of the local facilities and resources. In other words, this curriculum is not a copy-paste exercise, but custom-built to ensure maximum impact," said Staats.
He said that student selection will involve pupils from rural schools. The school will start with a total of 50 students per year, increasing to 100 and then more as the school expands its clinical training programme. Professor Peter Barron from the Wits School of Public Health believes part of the problem of getting doctors employed boils down to poor human resource planning on the side of government.
"One of the plans is the Occupation Specific Dispensation which looks at ways of improving the remuneration of health workers, especially since it was realized that the public health sector was losing skilled practitioners. She says many South Africans have to resort to studying in other countries, for instance in Cuba on government-funded bursaries, in order to have an opportunity to study medicine.
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