POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME

Registrars in the Discipline of Neurosurgery undertake a 5 year training programme to qualify as Specialist Neurosurgeons. The training is undertaken at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital.  The Registrars have to register for a MMed (Neurosurgery) degree with the University of KwaZulu-Natal.  They are required to pass College of Medicine examinations in Neurosurgery which include: FC (SA) primaries (which include neuroanatomy), FC Neurosurg (SA) intermediates and FC Neurosurg (SA) Final. Once they have passed the FC Neurosurg (SA) Final examination and completed their MMed (Neurosurgery) they are eligible to be registered with the HPCSA as Specialist Neurosurgeons.