ZAFOverview
Neurosurgery registrar training leading to the College of Neurosurgeons of South Africa exams and MMed (Neurosurgery); independently funded trainees from other African countries are accepted as supernumerary registrars.
The programme
- Focus
- General Neurosurgery incl. paediatric neurosurgery and neurocritical care
- Training type
- Specialist training programme
- Duration
- 4 years (often extended by a year)
- Start
- Not stated on official page
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- College of Neurosurgeons of South Africa (CMSA) / UCT MMed
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Trainees from other African countries committed to returning home to develop neurosurgery; funded posts limited to SA citizens/permanent residents.
- International applicants
- Yes — African trainees as independently funded supernumerary registrars, subject to training capacity
- Visa support
- Not stated on official page
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on official page
- Application method
- Not stated on official page
Funding
- Funding
- Must be funded independently (supernumerary)
Official sources
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