Outcomes for family medicine postgraduate training in South Africa

  • Ian Douglas Couper University of the Witwatersrand
  • Bob Mash Stellenbosch University
  • Selma Smith University of Pretoria
  • Beverley Schweitzer University of Cape Town
Keywords: Family Medicine Postgraduate Training

Abstract

After 1994, the post-apartheid government decided that primary health care and the district health system would be the cornerstone of their new health policy. As a consequence of this, the academic departments of Family Medicine and primary care recognised the need for a nationally agreed set of training outcomes that were more aligned with these new priorities within the public sector.

Author Biographies

Ian Douglas Couper, University of the Witwatersrand
BA, MBBCh, MFamMed, FCFP(SA) Professor of Rural Health Department of Family Medicine University of the Witwatersrand
Bob Mash, Stellenbosch University
MBChB, DRCOG, DCH, MRCGP, FCFP(SA), PhD Head Family Medicine and Primary Care Stellenbosch University
Selma Smith, University of Pretoria
MBChB, MPraxMed, FCFP(SA) Adjunct Professor Department of Family Medicine University of Pretoria
Beverley Schweitzer, University of Cape Town
MBBCh, DA(SA), MPraxMed Senior Lecturer Division of Family Medicine University of Cape Town
Published
2012-08-06
Issue
Vol 54, No 6 - November/December 2012
Section
Forum
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