The need for nationally accepted guidelines for undergraduate nuclear medicine teaching in MBChB programmes in South Africa
SA Journal of Radiology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The need for nationally accepted guidelines for undergraduate nuclear medicine teaching in MBChB programmes in South Africa | |
| Creator | Adefuye, Anthonio O. Adeola, Henry A. More, Stuart Mohamed, Zainab | |
| Description | According to the South African Health Professions Act No. 56 of 1974, specific skills outcomes of MBChB programmes are that a medical graduate must be able to utilise diagnostic aids, interpret findings and make diagnoses. Imaging techniques are an integral part of the numerous diagnostic and therapeutic aids used in contemporary medical practice; however, in South Africa, no formal directives exist to guide programme directors or nuclear medicine departments regarding an appropriate undergraduate nuclear medicine educational module. As of 2013, six South African schools of medicine are involved in undergraduate nuclear medicine teaching, in which it forms part of clinical modules taught at varying stages in the academic curriculum. Against this backdrop is the inequitable distribution of nuclear medicine resources, training facilities and staffing in the local state health sector. Inadequate undergraduate teaching and provincial differences in nuclear medicine service provision suggest that many clinicians and graduating medical students are unaware of how radionuclide techniques can facilitate patient management. This high level of imaging illiteracy has been associated with lack of patient referral, poor quality and inadequate referral, poor knowledge of radiation doses and poor awareness of radiation risks. Here we highlight the challenges of undergraduate nuclear medicine teaching in South Africa, emphasising the need for the implementation of guidelines for undergraduate nuclear medicine education. Employing nationally accepted guidelines for undergraduate nuclear medicine teaching in South African MBChB programmes will contribute to the effective utilisation of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging as a diagnostic and therapeutic modality by newly qualified medical practitioners. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2020-07-28 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajr.v24i1.1874 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Radiology; Vol 24, No 1 (2020); 5 pages 2078-6778 1027-202X | |
| Language | eng | |
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