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Re: query From: Steve & Eryl Raymond (eryl@intekom.co.za) Thu Aug 14 15:48:12 2003 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: Infertility workup" Previous message: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: ovarian reserve and PCOS" Maybe in reply to: Dr Y Rajesh: "query" The HPCSA (Medical Registration Authority) have no list of recognised specialist qualifications, they look at the time spent by the individual in training - how long and at what type of institution - and compare it with the training for specialty here, then decide if it is acceptable or whether the applicant has to do some more time. Most ACOGs would require a further year in an approved institution and maybe even have to sit the local "Part Two" in order to be registered as a specialist. But they decide on an individual basis. The legal system is always described as "Roman/Dutch". Exactly what that means I can't say, but there are no jury trials, which is the major obvious difference. Steve DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 8/13/03 14:04:51, eryl@intekom.co.za writes: > >> Why do you want to go to the rat race that America has become? Why not >> consider seriously coming to South Africa where the litigation scene is >> so much kinder, the practice is "British", and your MRCOG has a chance >> of being recognised on its own? We need specialists badly and the >> salary is good for a Principal Specialist, less so for a Senior >> Specialist, but the opportunities for advancement are unlimited, >> including, if you get full registration, private practice. The weather >> is also nicer here than in the UK. > > What about ACOGs in S. Africa? > > What kind of legal system do they have down there? > > Joe P. > -- S.H. Raymond FRCOG Principal Specialist Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Empangeni Hospital Private Bag X20005 Empangeni SOUTH AFRICA 3880 Phone: (+27)-35-9028560 Fax: (+27)-35-7922596 "The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so". René Dubos 1876. Next message: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: Infertility workup" Previous message: Steve & Eryl Raymond: "Re: ovarian reserve and PCOS" Maybe in reply to: Dr Y Rajesh: "query"

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