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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Master of Clinical Pharmacology

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
72906	Master of Clinical Pharmacology
ORIGINATOR
University of KwaZulu-Natal
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY			NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK
CHE - Council on Higher Education			HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Sub-framework
QUALIFICATION TYPE	FIELD		SUBFIELD
Master's Degree	Field 09 - Health Sciences and Social Services		Curative Health
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	128	Level 8 and above	Level N/A:Pre-2009 was L8+	Regular-Provider-ELOAC
REGISTRATION STATUS		SAQA DECISION NUMBER	REGISTRATION START DATE	REGISTRATION END DATE
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered"		SAQA 06120/18	2018-07-01	2018-12-31
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT		LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2019-12-31		2022-12-31

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.

This qualification replaces:

Qual ID	Qualification Title	Pre-2009 NQF Level	NQF Level	Min Credits	Replacement Status
2915	Master of Clinical Pharmacology	Level 8 and above	NQF Level 09	128	Complete

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

This is a vocational programme aimed to provide a better understanding of clinical pharmacology in order to facilitate more appropriate, cost effective and safer use of medicines. In addition it aims to provide graduates with the foundations for continued personal and intellectual growth, gainful economic activity and for contributing to society at large through advanced patient care, innovation, scholarship, leadership and research in the field of Pharmacology.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

No candidates shall be permitted to register for this programme unless they have previously been awarded at least one of the following degrees or been admitted to status thereof:

Bachelor of Medicine;

Bachelor of Surgery;

Bachelor of Pharmacy;

Bachelor of Dental Surgery.
In addition candidates must have full registration with their appropriate statutory council in South Africa.

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EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

Demonstrate academic literacy using the medium of instruction effectively to convey ideas and insights intelligibly and to achieve own communication purpose;

Demonstrate an understanding of statistical data;

Communicate effectively with patients and colleagues;

Demonstrate applied competence in the principles of good prescribing;

Demonstrate a holistic approach to drug therapy;

Conceptualise, plan, implement and interpret research.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Interact with texts (oral and written) through critical listening/reading

Produce texts which integrate information using appropriate academic and professional conventions;

Interpret and generate numerical data in various formats;

Carry our short practical projects and open ended practical;

Communicate treatment options effectively with patient and other health care professionals;

Develop and implement personal treatment and prescribing protocols, prescribing for various clinical conditions, in both communities as well as individual patients;

Gather information from various sources, reflect critically on knowledge and information and in consultation with the patient and other health care professionals (where appropriate) and in consideration of clinical, economical and environmental influences develop, plan and implement a treatment option

Integrated assessment appropriately incorporated to ensure that the purpose of the qualification is achieved:

The University of Natal is currently reforming its assessment strategies to include the assessment of applied competence for each qualification. In the meantime, a combination of continuous assessment and traditional written examinations serve to assess the integration of all/most of the learning outcomes for each module in a qualification.

ARTICULATION OPTIONS

Vertical articulation is from the Masters of Clinical Pharmacology to a Doctorate in Philosophy. Being a postgraduate specialised programme only those students with 512 credits and conforming to the entry requirements stipulated can be included in this programme. At present no modules form the other programmes are recognised in this programme, nor can modules from this programme be transferred to other programmes. However, this situation may be modified in the future as other modular programmes develop. The department has had consultation with other institutions in the region via Eastern Association of Tertiary Institutions.

MODERATION OPTIONS

The ETQA system for HE is not yet fully developed. Until such time as it is, procedures described under Assessors Criteria suffice.

CRITERIA FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ASSESSORS

Until the HEQC establishes a registration system for assessors in the HET Band, the University of Natal assumes that on the basis of its rigorous selection criteria for the appointment of academic staff (who also have opportunities for staff development in assessment), staffs are competent to assess students on the modules they teach. This assessment is quality assured via a university system of internal moderation and external examination. External examiners are appointed for their teaching and disciplinary expertise and subject to the approval of Faculty Boards. The University of Natal ruling is that 66 % of all assessments at exit level, i.e. leading to qualifications are externally examined.

REREGISTRATION HISTORY

As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this qualification was Reregistered in 2006; 2009; 2012; 2015.

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION:

When qualifications are replaced, some (but not all) of their learning programmes are moved to the replacement qualifications. If a learning programme appears to be missing from here, please check the replaced qualification.

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PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION:

This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here.

1.	University of KwaZulu-Natal