We aim to develop an academic programme that will establish Global Surgery as an emerging discipline in Africa and globally.
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Course convener:Professor Salome Maswime
Enquiries: Amy Louw
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The is a masters degree by dissertation, conducted under supervision. Students are trained in statistics (where necessary), in research methods, in conducting literature reviews, and in designing research proposals. Having submitted their research proposals for approval and having obtained formal ethics approval where necessary, candidates proceed with their research, analyse the results and write up the dissertation. The dissertation must not exceed 50,000 words in length and must be on a topic in global surgery with a focus on surgical health systems strengthening. The dissertation is externally examined.
Course convener: Mr Moses Isiagi
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Enquiries: Amy Louw
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This course examines the role of public and global health systems in surgery and explores strategies to improve surgical care in the African context. The course aims to build surgical leadership in Africa by equipping students with the foundational knowledge, critical analysis and reasoning skills, and tools needed to contribute to global surgery through research, advocacy, and implementation of surgical healthcare programs for large-scale impact. Students will learn to develop pragmatic solutions to improve surgical healthcare through the development of a project proposal.
The fundamentals in Global Surgery is the coursework module, which serves as an elective module for the Master of Public Health. The module will run virtually during the first semester from 2022. Lectures will run weekly for a semester, with a one-week contact block.
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Course convener: Jocelyn Park-Ross
Enquiries: Jocelyn.park-ross@uct.ac.za
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This is a PhD degree by thesis.
The student must attain:
- A comprehensive and systemic grasp of a discipline’s body of knowledge with expertise and specialist knowledge in an area at the forefront of the discipline.
- A critical understanding of the most advanced research methodologies, techniques and technologies in the discipline.
- An ability to participate in scholarly debates at the cutting edge of an area of specialisation.
- An ability to apply knowledge, theory and research methods creatively to complex practical, theoretical and epistemological problems.
The candidate should demonstrate advanced information retrieval and processing skills and an ability to effectively present and communicate the results of research and opinion to specialist and non-specialist audiences, using the full resources of an academic and professional discourse. The production of the doctoral thesis must meet international standards of scholarly and professional writing, and be up to 80,000 words in length.
Course convener: Associate Professor Salome Maswime
Enquiries: Amy Louw
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This five-day course, run in partnership with the , aims to enable leaders in healthcare in the public, private and voluntary sectors to become change agents. The course provides motivation for what global surgery is and why it matters; how to implement global surgery projects and programmes; and how to support innovation.
The course is aimed at leaders in healthcare, and at executives and administrators that can impact policy and system change. Participants will be taught to design and lead evidence-based projects and programmes that improve surgical outcomes in their respective organisations, and influence surgical healthcare on a large-scale basis.
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Course convener: Dr Charmaine Cunningham
Enquiries: Amy Louw
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