S Afr Med J. 2014 Feb;104(2):111-3. doi: 10.7196/samj.7639.
The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town is addressing the shortage of clinician-scientists in South Africa by introducing two research training tracks in parallel with the professional MB ChB programme, namely the intercalated BSc (Med) Hons/MB ChB track and the integrated MB ChB/PhD track. The BSc (Med) Hons/MB ChB track is available to MB ChB students who have completed the first two years of study. The track comprises a course in Molecular Medicine given concurrently with the MB ChB third-year curriculum, followed by a BSc (Med) Hons as a 'year out' of MB ChB. Subsequently students may enroll into the integrated MB ChB/PhD track that enables them to undertake a PhD concurrently with MB ChB studies, which will be spread over additional years, or alternatively to undertake a PhD after completion of the MB ChB. These tracks, which were launched in 2011, represent an opportunity to train a new cadre of young African clinician-scientists at the undergraduate level.
开普敦大学健康科学学院通过在专业的 MB ChB 课程中平行引入两个研究培训轨道，即插班 BSc（医学）荣誉学士/MB ChB 轨道和综合 MB ChB/PhD 轨道，来解决南非临床医生科学家短缺的问题。BSc（医学）荣誉学士/MB ChB 轨道适用于已完成前两年学习的 MB ChB 学生。该轨道包括一门与 MB ChB 第三年课程同时开设的分子医学课程，之后是一个 BSc（医学）荣誉学士作为 MB ChB 的“一年休假”。随后，学生可以注册综合的 MB ChB/PhD 轨道，使他们能够在 MB ChB 学习期间同时攻读博士学位，这将需要额外的几年时间，或者在完成 MB ChB 后攻读博士学位。这些轨道于 2011 年推出，为在本科阶段培养新一代年轻的非洲临床医生科学家提供了机会。
