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The purpose of the MSc (COPC) is to equip health workers with advanced research skills, knowledge, and applied competencies required to conduct research in the field of COPC. By the end of the programme, students will submit their dissertations. All MSc (COPC) students must register for, and attend Applied research methodology (TNM 802), satisfactorily. This programme will prepare graduates to critically research, analyse and address complex problems (through an evidence-based approach) to facilitate the re-engineering of primary health care towards the development of Universal Health Access using the COPC approach. Through work-integrated learning, students will use their relevant work-based experiences to address complex research and ethical issues while addressing other issues related to care coordination to and from the home, community, clinic, hospital, and other services and facilities. Students will develop strategies to gather and synthesize data in their field of COPC and upon completion of the programme, will be able to go on to doctoral studies. Students will be able to function in positions where they coordinate COPC-related research, facilitate care coordination, and provide leadership, support, and guidance to teams of community-based healthcare workers

1. Postgraduate Diploma with Public Health (or equivalent) (NQF level 8) or relevant honours degree or relevant bachelor's degree (NQF level 8)

Computer literacy
The University of Pretoria makes use of Blackboard, branded as clickUP, which is an online system that provides a workspace for students, providing students with the information and the connections needed. ClickUP contains study material as well as a simple, convenient, and reliable web conferencing and virtual classroom solutions specifically built for education and training. ClickUP is accessible via a web browser, mobile device, or tablet and has a useful student guide. 

Students are required to have some technical and digital literacy skills such as the ability to:

• navigate the University's eLearning environment (clickUP);
• use the email service in the Learning Management System;
• manage digital files: create, store, upload and attach files to assignment submissions (using applications such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint),
• use the library website and databases for research and make use of proper referencing techniques;
• use a webcam, upload videos or audio files, use social media for communication or to collaborate electronically; and
  download and install software and applications.

In order to obtain the MSc (COPC), the candidate must pass the examination of the dissertation as determined in the study programme.

Students must obtain a minimum of 50% for a dissertation in order to pass the module.

Work-integrated learning (WIL) as research project-based learning will be incorporated into the research module (at least 20%). Students will participate in research activities and responsibilities in preselected or preapproved environments such as hospitals, clinics or home-based services. In this programme students will be expected to use their research skills to solve authentic COPC and coordination of care-related problems. Such cases will be chosen based on the common frequency of occurrence in the contexts of areas where students practice. In addition to this, students will be encouraged to involve a multidisciplinary team in their research activities.

At the end of the programme students should demonstrate specialist knowledge to enable engagement with and critique of current research or practices, as well as advanced scholarship or research in the field of COPC. AMSCll 180 credits will be in the form of a dissertation.

The MSc (COPC) is conferred with distinction on a student who obtains at least 75% in their dissertation.