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UNIVERSITY of the WITWATERSRAND.
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES.
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD NECK SURGERY

 

pradip.modi@wits.ac.za 
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

THE PRESIDENT

SA ORL-HNS SOCIETY.

SIR, THIS IS AN APPEAL TO ALL PRACTICING ENT SPECIALISTS OUT THERE.

WE, AT ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS ARE FACING A CRISIS IN THE TEACHING OF OUR UNDER-GRADUATE STUDENTS (5th years). DUE TO THE ONGOING STRIKE BY THE PUBLIC SERVICES. THESE UNDER-GRADUATE STUDENTS HAVE THEMSELVES APPROACHING FACULTY FOR A SOLUTION. THEY VERY MATURELY HAVE REALIZED THAT THIS IS ALMOST THERE LAST CHANCE IN GETTING GOOD ACADEMIC CLINICAL EXPOSURE. THEIR OWN SOLUTION PUT FORWARD TO FACULTY IS TO ALLOW THEM TO ACCESS THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

SENSIBLY, FACULTY HAS NOT OPPOSED THIS. OBVIOUSLY, NO COERSION CAN BE EXERCISED.

THE APPEAL IS THUS TO REQUEST THOSE ENT’S IN PRIVATE PRACTICE TO LET US KNOW IF THEY ARE ABLE TO ASSIST. CLEARLY, SOME RULES AND GUIDELINES HAVE TO BE DRAWN. PATIENT ACCEPTABILITY IS ALSO A RECOGNIZED ISSUE. YOU MAY IN FACT BE APPROACHED DIRECTLY BY MEDICAL STUDENTS REGARDING THEIR PLIGHT. PLEASE ASSIST IF YOU ARE ABLE TO.

THOSE STUDENTS WHO DO JOIN YOU REQUIRE JUST A SHORT NOTE STATING WHEN AND FOR HOW LONG THEY STOOD BY.


THANKING YOU ALL
BEST WISHES & REGARDS


PROF PC MODI

ACADEMIC HEAD

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