The Faculty of Health Sciences The Faculty of Health Sciences is one of the largest in South Africa. It has, throughout the years, produced healthcare professionals who have played an important role in providing health services to the South African population and who have been in demand internationally. An emphasis on community-based education has ensured that graduates are equipped to address the demands of rural South Africa when they start their professional careers.
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The School of Dentistry The School of Dentistry is responsible for training dentists and dental specialists and offers training in all the major disciplines of dentistry, such as restorative dentistry, maxillofacial and oral surgery, orthodontics, oral pathology, periodontics and oral medicine and prosthetics. The School of Healthcare Sciences The School of Healthcare Sciences offers students professional, integrated training in clinical as well as in community environments.
The Faculty is an outstanding institution in terms of its research and clinical service. It offers bachelor’s degrees in the various healthcare disciplines, as well as postgraduate courses at honours, master’s and doctoral levels and various postgraduate diplomas.
It consists of five departments: Nursing Science, Radiography, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and the Division of Human Nutrition. A variety of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes are presented in the different disciplines.
The Faculty has established public-private partnerships to gain a competitive edge that will ensure that it remains internationally competitive, while at the same time achieving local impact. The Faculty is divided into four schools.
The School of Health Systems and Public Health The School of Health Systems and Public Health provides opportunities for advanced education, research and consultancy in the many fields of public health. Only postgraduate educational
UP IN A NUTSHELL 2012/13
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