Neftaly Online Course SAQA 11516699719

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
Evaluate research, review literature, design and perform a study, collect data, perform and interpret statistical analyses on data, interpret results and draw conclusions.
Conduct research with due regard for the moral, legal and ethical accountability and requirements of the profession.
Practice Evidence-Based Medicine by critically evaluating published literature in the field (e.g. on the topics of new therapies and drugs) and apply it in practice.
Demonstrate research mastery through the production of a research report.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
Demonstrate respect for patients and colleagues without prejudice, with an understanding and appreciation of their diversities of background, opportunity, language and culture.
Refer patients to practitioners who are more appropriately qualified to treat certain conditions.
Demonstrate an awareness through actions or in writing, of the moral, legal and ethical responsibilities involved in individual patient care and the provision of care to populations.
Consider both the impact of health care on the environment as well as the impact of the environment on health.
Improve patient care to reduce inequalities in health care delivery and to optimise the use of health care resources in our society and use professional capabilities to contribute to community as well as to individual patient welfare by the practice of this branch of specialist medicine.
Use problem-solving techniques and draw on multi-faceted knowledge to arrive at a diagnosis for a patient.
Communicate efficiently and effectively with the patient, other health care workers and the community to obtain a history, to communicate a treatment regime and to explain the medical condition.
Demonstrate the psychomotor skills necessary for the practice of specialist skills in the branch studied.
Demonstrate competence and responsibility in the use of instruments and equipment necessary for the practice of specialist skills in the branch studied.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
Guide and supervise junior candidates who are studying or working in the same branch of specialisation.
Teach, through clinical practice at the specialist level, the application of knowledge from the basic to an advanced level to other professionals.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
Use appropriate strategies for learning that will prepare one for continued professional development throughout life, both as a medical practitioner and as a responsible citizen.
Acknowledge responsibility for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in order to keep up to date with new developments and to maintain accreditation and meet statutory Continuous Professional Development (CPD) requirements.
Identify personal limitations; develop the capacity of self-evaluation and participate in the peer review process, showing a willingness to seek help when necessary.

Integrated Assessment:
The qualification provides for both formative and summative assessments. The formative assessment focuses not only on theoretical knowledge, but also on the integration of knowledge and competencies during practical examination sessions that include clinical cases. For the purposes of this qualification summative assessment learners are subjected to the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa examination. Apart from written and practical examinations, candidates are required to engage in a research project and to submit a mini-dissertation.

The assessment approach of the qualification is based on the principles of integrated assessment since the assessment activities are focused on the different dimensions of the purpose of the qualification which is to reflect critically on theory and its application. Integrated assessment takes the form of an appropriate variety of assessments methods for example; written and oral examinations, problem-solving assignments, projects, presentations, case studies, portfolios, log books, clinical reports, assessment of clinical competence through simulated and clinical assessment in situ, Objective Structure Clinical Examinations (OSCE) and the successful completion of a mini-dissertation. Assessment associated with the Neonatology curriculum is undertaken within the context of the learner’s everyday clinical practice. As such it is implemented within the reality of current workplace and workforce issues and the needs of health service provision.

It is also expected that learners submit a satisfactorily completed logbook and the presentation or acceptance for presentation of an original first author research poster or paper at a local or international congress OR submission or acceptance for publication of an original first or co-authored manuscript in a peer reviewed journal. The portfolio/logbook is a mandatory requirement for entry to the examination and should include six-monthly formative assessments (as a minimum) from the supervisor/divisional head, which is to be signed by both candidate and trainer. These logbooks are reviewed, monitored and assessed by the Head of Department. A portfolio may be judged as being unsatisfactory if any of the required minimum number of identified activities has not been satisfactorily completed.