KZN Dept Of Health Programmes Offered by Human Resource Development

BURSARIES

The Department of Health is promoting careers in Health Sciences and is offering Bursaries for the following ﬁ elds of study as identiﬁ ed by the training needs of a particular District:

Bachelor of Audiology	Bachelor of Science Physiotherapy
Bachelor of Dentistry / Dental Therapy	Bachelor of Speech Therapy
Bachelor of Entomology	Bachelor of Clinical Medical Practice
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor	Biomedical Technology
Surgery (MBCHB)	National Diploma in Medical Orthototics
Bachelor of Nursing	and Prothestics
Bachelor of Optometry	National Diploma in Oral Health
Bachelor of Pharmacy	National Diploma in Radiography
Bachelor of Science Audiology
Bachelor of Science Dietetics

Bachelor of Science Occupational Therapy

CRITERIA

Applications must:

•Reside or be born from that particular district in which the application is made;

•Meet the training needs of the District;

•Submit proof of application to a tertiary institution;

•Be ﬁ nancially needy (combine gross income of parents must be less than R120 000 per year); and

•Personally submit application forms to local health institution by no later than 31 August.

NB: All successful candidates will be required to sign a year for year work back commitment that equals the number of years funded by the Department of Health.

Bursary forms can be collected from institutions once the advert is out.

CUBAN MEDICAL TRAINING PROGRAMME

The South African-Cuban Medical Training programme was initiated in 1998 as part of the effort to address the scarcity of medical doctors in the country’s public health sector within the context of the burden of diseases and the poaching of health workforce by developed countries.

The programme has so far been successful, producing 246 medical doctors currently employed in different health facilities throughout the country. The candidates for the programme are largely drawn from rural, under-serviced areas and upon completing their training; the graduates are placed in outlying rural areas as part of ensuring healthcare services in such areas. A total of 388 students are still undergoing training in four different medical schools in Cuba including those who are doing Spanish

tuition at the language institute in their ﬁ rst year of study. The qualiﬁ cation in Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery is completed after successful completion of 12 to 18 months of study at a South African University.

The Minimum Requirements for Admission to the Programme

1.The student must be from the KwaZulu-Natal Province.

2.The student must be

ﬁ nancially needy ( i.e. the

salary for both parents should not exceed R120 000 per annum).

3.The student should have good academic results (i.e. Mathematics, Physical

Science, Life / Agricultural Science and English as home language or ﬁ rst additional language).

4.The student should not be having a National diploma or degree.

5.The student should not be having another bursary.

6.English language results must be good

7.Gender

8.Race

9.Health – pregnancy, HIV and Hepatitis tests be conducted

10.Epilepsy history

INTERNSHIPS

The department is currently offering a 12 month internship programme for unemployed graduates under the age of 35 years. The department advertises the internship programme according to its needs in January every year. The intake is on the 1st of April each year.

LEARNERSHIPS

Learnerships are an education and training programme that combines theory with practical where a learnership leads to a qualiﬁ cation that is registered on the National Qualiﬁ cations Framework (NQF).

WORK EXPERIENTIAL / IN-SERVICE TRAINING

Students and graduates may apply for work experiential/ in-service training to the department. If there is an opening the department will acknowledge applications and notify the applicant where there is an opening. The duration of the programme is to the maximum of six months.