{"id":3655,"date":"2023-01-21T18:05:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T18:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.test.gideongeneration.org\/?p=3655"},"modified":"2026-01-15T19:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:16:57","slug":"sefako-makgatho-health-sciences-university-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.test.gideongeneration.org\/?p=3655","title":{"rendered":"Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.test.gideongeneration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.test.gideongeneration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-9.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.test.gideongeneration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-9-300x170.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University<br>\u00a0(SMU). A year has passed since the birth of<br>\u00a0our new University. Our students continue<br>\u00a0to receive support from our Academic<br>\u00a0Guardians, the Centre for Academic<br>\u00a0Excellence, Mentors and Student<br>Health centre in order ensure that our<br>\u00a0students who enrol for MBChB,<br>MBChB Extended Degree Curriculum<br>\u00a0Programme (ECP), Diagnostic<br>Radiography as well as Post-Graduate<br>programmes receive academic\/social<br>\/health support. The MBChB ECP<br>was introduced especially for students<br>from quintile 1 and 2 Schools in order<br>to give them an opportunity to enter<br>the mainstream MBChB programme<br>on successfully completing the first<br>\u00a0year of the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Click&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smu.ac.za\/students\/prospective-students-undergraduate\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>&nbsp;to download application&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>form,prospectus and many more&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>relevant document you need in<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>order to apply<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our 3 year Radiography programme<br>will in the near future be changed to a<br>4 year programme, in line with the other<br>&nbsp;professions allied to Medicine. Radiography<br>students are given the opportunity to<br>&nbsp;experience a variety of imaging modalities<br>that have changed quite rapidly in the past<br>5 years with the advent of Digital Technology.<br>A Radiographic Skills Laboratory is available<br>&nbsp;for students to practice positioning and imaging<br>techniques before they perform radiography on patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Radiography students are required to work<br>under supervision during the normal working<br>week days, week-ends and at night so that<br>they can experience a variety of diseases\/trauma<br>&nbsp;that patients present with and assist the clinicians<br>in making swift diagnoses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Click&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smu.ac.za\/students\/prospective-students-undergraduate\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>&nbsp;to download application<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&nbsp;form,prospectus and many more&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>relevant document you need in<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&nbsp;order to apply<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The curriculum is constantly under review<br>with the \u201cstudents\u2019 voices\u201d. This is a very<br>&nbsp;important aspect with regard to our social<br>accountability towards our students<br>who have an opportunity at all levels<br>of study to give us guidance on our academic<br>&nbsp;performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students experience what it is to be a<br>&nbsp;clinician\/radiographer very early in their<br>programme and are able to establish whether<br>indeed the profession they embarked upon<br>&nbsp;is one that they would actually want to pursue.<br>&nbsp;Academic guardians are assigned to students<br>from the first to the final year to assist with<br>study techniques, time management and<br>&nbsp;psychosocial problems. You are urged to<br>make use of these facilities when required<br>in order to ensure that you are successful<br>&nbsp;in your career choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Click&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smu.ac.za\/students\/prospective-students-undergraduate\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>&nbsp;to download application<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&nbsp;form,prospectus and many more&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>relevant document you need in&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>order to apply<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our Post-Graduate Programmes continue<br>to give our students a variety of choices<br>for developing their professional careers<br>&nbsp;in specialities of their choice. To this end<br>&nbsp;a number of postgraduate Skills Laboratories<br>have been construction to assist with either<br>live or virtual skills development especially in<br>&nbsp;the surgical disciplines such as General Surgery,<br>Urology, Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and Plastics<br>&nbsp;and Reconstructive Surgery. In the near future,<br>both our undergraduate and postgraduate students<br>&nbsp;will be able to view \u201clive\u201d surgical procedures in<br>venues distant from the operating theatre.<br>A viewing gallery is under construction for<br>students to view autopsies for both medical<br>&nbsp;and forensic investigations. We endeavour<br>to ensure that our research output in all<br>fields of study continues to improve in order<br>for us to publish papers in peer-reviewed<br>journals. SMU is an organization with a<br>social conscience. We are recognized<br>&nbsp;for providing unsurpassed primary<br>care to underserved communities, thus<br>our aim is to produce exceptional students,<br>clinicians and researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Click&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smu.ac.za\/students\/prospective-students-undergraduate\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>&nbsp;to download&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>application form,prospectus&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>and many more relevant document&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>you need in order to apply<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University\u00a0(SMU). A year has passed since the birth of\u00a0our new University. 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