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SayPro Online Course SAQA 11516662989
Integrated Assessment: Learners on the programme will have the opportunity to be assessed through a range of methods for both formative and summative purposes. The qualification requires the completion of 24 written assignments, 3 written examinations, a dissertation, a short report and an oral examination. Learners will have the opportunity to display a range of […]
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Integrated Assessment:
Learners on the programme will have the opportunity to be assessed through a range of methods for both formative and summative purposes. The qualification requires the completion of 24 written assignments, 3 written examinations, a dissertation, a short report and an oral examination. Learners will have the opportunity to display a range of foundational, practical and reflexive competencies developed through their experience as professionals and throughout the course.
Formative:
Coursework: Learners will be expected to successfully complete all the coursework for the MPH (epidemiology and biostatistics track), the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Management and the Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational and Environmental Health.
Three assignments are set and marked for each module (24 in all) and cover the range of clinical, epidemiological, toxicological and statistical content.
In-house practicums: Attendance at 3 practicums over the first two years in which coursework takes place is a requirement. During the course of these there will be an opportunity for facilitator observation of the learners and interaction with the learners to enable the tutors to complete an assessment of the learners.
Self-directed learning: A wide range of readings is required and assessed by means of formal literature reviews or by means of structured exercises testing critical appraisal skills. Skills to access internet resources are fostered and rewarded.
Learners will conduct their own substantive research project following a critical review of the current literature. They will select, evaluate and refine hypotheses, develop hypotheses, set operational aims and objectives, compile methods for data collection and analysis and critically evaluate their results and limitations and discuss their implications for knowledge and implementation of preventive measures in the workplace. The standard will be of a publishable article in a quality scientific journal. Communication of the results of the research will be assessed by means of a final oral presentation and written report.
Supervised clinical rotations and industry/workplace clinic attachments will also form an important component of the learning programme so as to ensure that the necessary clinical and occupational health management skills are acquired. Learners will be required to keep a portfolio of their practical work products (e.g. reports, policies, analyses, studies, articles) and will be required to be presented for inspection at the oral examination). At the end of each rotation, the clinical supervisor together with the complete the formative assessment form as per the College format. Where the rotation has involved a substantial clinical component, a log book is kept of procedures done and patients seen.
Summative:
Exit examinations (of CMSA Fellowship of the College of Public Health Medicine – Division of Occupational Medicine):
Certification, by head of the learner’s training department, that:
> The learner will have completed at least 3 calendar years as a registered learner for the qualification or an equivalent qualification at his/her University on the date of the first written paper, and has held a post recognised by the Health Professions Council of South Africa for the training of a specialist in Occupational Medicine for at least three calendar years.
> The learner has mastered at least 75% of the “skills” listed in Appendix A, Section 3, of the Regulations for Admission to the Fellowship of the College of Public Health Medicine of South Africa (Occupational Medicine), as amended up to 6 months prior to the date of the first written paper. Learners should keep a portfolio of their practical work products (e.g. reports, policies, analyses, studies, articles) and will be required to be presented for inspection at the oral discourse).
Submission to the CMSA, by the learner, at the time of applying, of the following:
> The certification by the Head of Department referred to in 1.
> Six copies of a short report (maximum 4000 words) on an occupational health topic.
> Evidence of having passed the equivalent of an the qualification dissertation in occupational medicine which has been marked by at least two external examiners.
> The proposed field/topic for discussion during the oral discourse examination (this topic must be acceptable to the convenor of the examination after consultation with the examiners: The examiners may require the learner to change, refine or amend the topic. The learner must be informed, as must the examiners, of the final topic or field for the oral discourse, in writing, at least 1 month prior to the oral examination).
Writing of three written papers covering basic public health sciences and occupational health sciences (occupational medicine, occupational hygiene and occupational health management) by the learner, namely:
> A three hour multiple choice paper consisting of 50 questions.
> A three hour paper of short answer questions. The learner will be required to answer 10 out of 15 questions.
> A three hour paper of essay questions designed specifically to test the learner’s integrative and written communication skills.
Attending, by the learner, at an oral examination in three parts, each lasting up to 30 minutes. One of these two parts will be defence of the short report before a panel of at least 4 examiners from at least two academic institutions. The second part will be an oral discourse on the topic/field of the learner’s choice before a panel of at least 4 examiners from at least two academic institutions. In the third part the learner will be subjected to clinical case materials to assess occupational medicine skills. The order of these oral components is at the discretion of the convenor of the examination.
Achievement, by the learner, of a pass grade for the aggregate mark for the examination. The final mark for the examination will be made up of a weighted average of the marks for each component. The weightings will be as follows:
> Short report and defence 1/6.
> Multiple choice paper 1/6.
> Short answers paper 1/6.
> Essay paper 1/6.
> Oral discourse 1/6.
> Occupational medical skills examination 1/6.
The pass mark will be 50% and for the purposes of the Universities, where this mark might be part of the qualification of MMed, a mark of 75% or more is regarded as a distinction.
Where a learner fails to achieve an overall mark of 50% for the examination the examiners may recommend that the learner be exempted from repeating one or more of the following sections in future attempts, provided that they have passed such section(s) at the current attempt and that the learner wishes this; and that the learner attempts the examination at the next available opportunity:
> The 3 written papers.
> The short report and oral defence of the short report.
> The oral discourse and clinical oral taken together.
In such cases the marks for the exempted sections must be carried forward to the next attempt, and a distinction may not be awarded at that attempt. If the learner is still unsuccessful (ie aggregate mark is still <50%) then the entire examination must be re-taken at the following attempt.
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