Abstract
Avoiding the distant elephant: a model to approach the research component of specialization.
Highlights
In January 2010 the Health Professions Council of South Africa’s (HPCSA) Medical Subcommittee for Postgraduate Education and Training published new requirements for specialist registration [1]
Before 2011 there were two routes to specialist registration in South Africa; some Medical Schools used a Masters degree (MMed, including the requirement for a research project) awarded by the parent University after successful completion of an internal examination, others used the prescribed syllabus of the relevant College of Medicine followed by successful completion of the College Fellowship examinations
This paper describes a modular system to assist five master of medicine (MMed) students from the first cohort for whom the research component was compulsory for registration as a specialist
Summary
In January 2010 the Health Professions Council of South Africa’s (HPCSA) Medical Subcommittee for Postgraduate Education and Training published new requirements for specialist registration [1]. The elements reflected requisite milestones in the research process, facilitated by accompanying task-specific templates aimed at the required output These were timetabled into a 4year time frame divided into 16 quarters; the supervisors provided support and guided the pace for students throughout the project timeline in general, and between each milestone to ensure successful completion. We have shown that expedient management of the research process and the use of appropriate templates in co-supervision management of a student cohort can achieve an externally motivated goal in the time available Application of this model has the added advantages of decreasing the isolation a student might otherwise feel and improves the quality of scientific writing, contributing to successful completion of the research project [11]. The methods used were not discipline specific, but some modification of the Gantt chart might be necessary to accommodate the different placement of milestones between disciplines
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