Health Sciences and Social Services - Promotive Health and Developmental Services
The purpose of the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Complementary Medicine is to develop qualifying learners who are competent in the knowledge, attitudes, insight and skills required for diagnosing patients and formulating treatment plans in the field of Complementary Medicine for health promotion. The qualifying learner will be able to competently apply and integrate theoretical principles, evidence based techniques, practical exposure and appropriate skills under supervision. The qualifying learner will be competent to compound, dispense and prescribe Complementary Medicine (CMs) within that scope of practice. The learner will also be a team player capable of working in multidisciplinary teams to promote the profession. On completion of this programme the learner will be able to:
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has indicated a willingness to support the integration of Traditional and Complementary Medicine (T&CM), as a global term, into public health care systems. In the South African context, the term Complementary Medicine (CM) is contained in the General Regulations to the Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act 101 of 1965). Practitioners within the field of CM are required to be registered with the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (AHPCSA), under Act 63 of 1982. Registration entitles the practitioner to diagnose and treat any ailment in humans, and to compound and dispense applicable medicine in terms of their scope of practice and in terms of Section 22C(1)(a) of the Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act 101 of 1965). This qualification is a professional Bachelor's Degree which seeks to address needs of the profession and requirements of the AHPCSA. This qualification seeks to produce a graduate competent to act as a primary-contact practitioner appropriately skilled for the prescribed scope of practice. This qualification allows the qualifying learner to register with the AHPCSA as an acupuncture therapist in view of the acupuncture component. The qualification will also prepare the learner for further study in the CM field; namely Homeopathy and Physiotherapy. As per the Allied Health Professions Act, 1982 (Act 63 of 1982), a minimum qualification of a Diploma is required for registration as an acupuncture therapist (acupuncturist) with the AHPCSA. The Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) (Complementary Medicine) will cater for possible registration as an Acupuncturist and will also allow for articulation into the additional Master of Health Sciences in Complementary Medicine programme.
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