Welcome to the Department of Orthopaedics 

MBChB IV (4th Year) Students
MBChB VI (6th Year) SIC Students


MBChB IV (4th Year) Students:

For any enquiries regarding the MBChB IV (4th Year)  Students please contact Mrs. P. Mhlanga (012) 354 2805 email [email protected]. 

Students are expected to arrive every morning and attend morning meetings at their respective facility. They are expected to clerk patients from 4-10pm on-call and present them in the morning. 

MBChB VI (6th Year) Students:

For any enquiries regarding the MBChB VI (4th Year) Students please contact Mrs. P. Mhlanga (012) 354 2805 email [email protected].

Final year students are part of the clinical team. You are expected to join be in the morning meeting and present patients in front of the department which have been seen on-call. You are expected to attend ward rounds, help with ward work and clerk patients in clinic. You are expected on call every day until 8pm. The more you are present and volunteer to do, the more you will get out of the rotation. 

You examination is at the end of the 6 week rotation. It includes an electronic MCQ portion and an oral OSCE portion.