Colleges of Medicine of South Africa, Cape Town.
S Afr Med J. 2011 Jul 25;101(8):523-8.
BACKGROUND. An aim of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) project 'Strengthening Academic Medicine and Specialist Training' was to research the number and needs of specialists and subspecialists within South Africa. METHODS. Data were collected from several sources: Deans of the 8 Faculties of Health Sciences and the Presidents of the 27 constituent Colleges of the CMSA completed a survey; and the HPCSA's Register of Approved Registrar Posts for Faculties of Health Sciences was examined and the results tabulated. RESULTS. South Africa compares unfavourably with middle-income countries on the ratios of medical and dental professionals; many districts have limited access to specialists and subspecialists. The unacceptable ratio of doctors, dentists and other health professionals per capita needs to be remedied, given South Africa's impressive reputation for its output of health professionals, including the areas of medical training, clinical practice and clinical research. The existing output from South Africa's 8 medical schools of MB ChB and specialist graduates is not being absorbed into the public health system, and neither are other health professionals. CONCLUSION. Dynamic leadership and policy interventions are required to advocate and finance the planned increase of medical, dental and other health professionals in South Africa.
南非医学院（CMSA）项目“加强学术医学和专科培训”的目标之一是研究南非专科医生和亚专科医生的数量和需求。
数据来自多个来源：8 所健康科学学院院长和 CMSA 的 27 个组成学院的院长完成了一项调查；并检查了 HPCSA 认可的健康科学学院注册官职位登记册，并对结果进行了制表。
南非在医疗和牙科专业人员的比例上与中等收入国家相比处于不利地位；许多地区获得专科医生和亚专科医生的机会有限。鉴于南非在卫生专业人员的培养方面享有很高的声誉，包括医学培训、临床实践和临床研究等领域，需要纠正医生、牙医和其他卫生专业人员人均数量不足的问题。南非 8 所医学院的 MB ChB 和专科毕业生的现有产出并未被公共卫生系统吸收，其他卫生专业人员也没有被吸收。
需要有积极的领导力和政策干预来倡导和资助南非计划增加医学、牙科和其他卫生专业人员。
