Postgraduate Programmes

A combination of lectures, student-led seminars and discussions, group work sessions and experiential or outcome-based site visits are employed across modules to cover course material and to promote achievement of relevant course competencies. These activities are supplemented by the provision of essential background and topic-relevant readings, e-learning and online forum discussions facilitated through the Wits e-learning platform.

A strong competency and skills-based component is incorporated into each module and is usually promoted through ‘in-class’ group-based activities and ‘at home’ individual self-directed reading and reflection.

• Click here for a full MSc (Med) in the field of Child Health Community Paediatrics.

This two-year part-time course is designed to prepare students for leadership positions as maternal and child managers (at district, provincial or national level), researchers, educators, or service co-ordinators in the field of maternal and child health. 

• Click here for a full information on PGDip Child Health in the field of Community Paediatrics.

The Division of Community Paediatrics, jointly with the School of Public Health, coordinates and runs the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) field of study, which is a part of the Master of Public Health (MPH) programme at the University of the Witwatersrand.

• Click here to explore what is being offered by the Master of Public Health.