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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY

REGISTERED QUALIFICATION THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE:

Master of Medical Science: Sports Medicine

SAQA QUAL ID	QUALIFICATION TITLE
72915	Master of Medical Science: Sports Medicine
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		Promotive Health and Developmental Services
ABET BAND	MINIMUM CREDITS	PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL	NQF LEVEL	QUAL CLASS
Undefined	192	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
2903	Master of Medical Science: Sports Medicine	Level 8 and above	NQF Level 09	192	Complete

PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION

This qualification aims to provide health care professional graduates involved in the management of sporting injuries and medical problems relating to sport with advanced knowledge, skills and applied competence, through a holistic, evidence based approach, thereby improving patient care. It aims to provide graduates with the foundations for continued personal and intellectual growth, gainful economic activity and for contribution to society at large through advanced patient care, innovation, scholarship and leadership in the field of Sport Medicine.

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Assumptions of learning already in place before the programme leading to the qualification is commenced:

Completion and award of a professional degree and registration with the Health Professions Council as a medical practitioner, physiotherapist or biokinetician.

Adequate language and communication skills

Adequate numeracy skills.

RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING?

EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES

Perform appropriate physical examination

Determine signs and symptoms of disease or injury and perform advanced physical examination appropriate to the level of a specialist in the field of internal Medicine

Choose appropriate special investigations

Use cost effective investigations which provide sufficient relevant information to aid diagnosis.

Plan and implement treatment options in an holistic manner

Gather information from various sources, reflect critically on knowledge and information and in consultation with the patient and other health care

Professionals (where appropriate) plan and implement to completion, a treatment option

Conceptualise, plan, implement and interpret initiate and complete a research project research.

ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Demonstrate academic literacy using the medium of interact with text (oral and written) through critical instruction effectively to convey ideas and insights listening/reading skills;

Produce texts which integrate information intelligibly and to achieve own communication from different sources using appropriate academic and professional conventions

Demonstrate an understanding of statistical data;

Interpret and generate numerical data in various formats;

Apply numerical data to research and clinical practice;

Communicate effectively with patients and take a medical history at a level appropriate to the colleagues specialty and communicate the findings and treatment options effectively with the patient and referring doctor.

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

Learners may enter this programme from the Bachelo of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Degree, Bachelor of Physiotherapy Degree and Bachelor of Human Movement Science (Honours) from any of the Universities of South Africa. The degree may lead on to a Doctorate in Philosophy or a Doctorate in Medicine.

Modules of this qualification are to be evaluated for horizontal articulation with a proposed new medical specialist qualification in sports medicine under consideration by the College of Medicine.

The University of Natal Medicine School is the only Medical School in the region
Regional co-operation has been investigated through the Health Science Education and Training Board of the Eastern Seaboard Association of tertiary Institutions.

Horizontal articulation is possible from the qualification process of the College of Medicine of South Africa (Member of the College of Family Practitioners of South Africa) into this qualification.

MODERATION OPTIONS

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