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COLLEGE OF HEALTHSCIENCES
DCTP STUDENT ACCOMODATION
D C T P 2ND E D I T I O N
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As the College of Health Sciences, it gives us great pleasure to introduce this year’s second edition of the Decentralized Clinical Training Programme (DCTP) Newsletter.This special publication highlights various accommodation sites that houses students participating in DCT platforms throughout the province.
The DCT programme has improved since its inception in
2016. The growth has been substantial with 80% of the
School of Health Sciences programmes on the platform.
It is important to mention that the School of Nursing and
Public Health started decentralizing students before the
DCT programme was launched and their curriculum is
advanced in the primary healthcare approach as
compared to other schools. This edition showcases the
facilities provided to students on different DCTP sites
throughout the province.
MADADENI: Students reside in a private fully furnished
residence with Wi- Fi connectivity and cleaning services.
The site assistant who is a UKZN staff member also serves
as an accommodation assistant and resides in the same
complex as the students. Both the Newcastle and Madadeni
students share the same residence facility, personnel and
the same transport.
NGWELEZANE: Students are accommodated at a
privately owned furnished complex which includes
UKZN’s uncapped Wi-Fi connectivity, cleaning services
and an accommodation assistant Officer. The complex
comprises of furnished three bedroom units, kitchen and
bathroom. Both Queen Nandi and Ngwelezane students
are accommodated at the same residence and use the
same transport to the hospitals.
IXOPO: Students at Ixopo are accommodated at a former Catholic Institution which is now used as a private nursing
college. They are allocated single rooms with a bed, desk,
mini -fridge and a microwave. Meals are provided at the
facility since no kitchen equipment is available in the
rooms.
STANGER: Stanger is the home to the majority of Cuban
Collaboration medical students and some students from
the School of Health Sciences. Students are
accommodated in two rented furnished complexes both
equipped with UKZN Wi-Fi. The complexes comprises of
three, two and one bedroom units.
PIETERMARITZBURG: There are four teaching hospitals
in PMB namely; Greys, Edendale, Northdale and Townhill.
Students are accommodated at Denison residence as well
as Greys Hospital Nurses and Doctors Quarters. Denison
residence is part of UKZN residences and is within a
walkable distance from the Pietermaritzburg campus.
MANGUZI: Health Sciences students in Manguzi are
accommodated at a Bed and Breakfast adjacent to the
Manguzi hospital entrance.
GREYTOWN: Here students have been allocated to two
bedroomed units. These two bedroom units consists of a
dining room, kitchen, bathroom and toilet.
SCOTTSBURGH AND PORT SHEPSTONE: Here students are accommodated in fully furnished holiday flats and are transported to the hospital daily.
HOMESTAY: Final-year Medical students are
accommodated within the rural community as part of the
‘homestay project’ where they get to live with ‘adoptive
parents’.
The College of Health Sciences has ensured that these
services are provided to students to ensure standardization
of services both on campus and off campus. Going
forward, as all students in the College of Health Sciences,
will be expected to train in the DCTP sites as part of their
mandatory HPCSA / SAPC / SANC clinical training. Such
placements are compulsory, non-negotiable, may be on a
rotational and /or longitudinal basis and may extend up
to a year or longer. Whilst the University/College of Health
Sciences will provide clinical training in collaboration with
the KZN Department of Health, in line with UKZN
regulations; students are responsible for the cost of
travel, accommodation and the basic costs of living, as
applicable to and in the placement site.
Basic standard items in line with all UKZN residences are provided at the residence.
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The Madadeni platform has Park
Home comprising a teaching facility,
multi-purpose meeting rooms and
small meeting rooms equipped
with Video Conferencing and data
projector. The venues have UKZN
Wi-Fi. It has a no pay printing system
and a LAN with a seating capacity of
25 people with 20 computers.
Personnel available on site include an
Academic Admin Support, and Site
Assistant. Student Counsellor and
Student Funding advisor do visit the
site as and when required. Students
are accommodated at a private fully
furnished accommodation with Wi-
Fi connectivity, cleaning services. The
Site Assistant who is a UKZN staff
also serves as an Accommodation
Assistant and he resides in the same
complex as the students.
Newcastle platform does not have a
Park Home but the hospital library
area has been converted into a
teaching facility equipped with Video
Conferencing. The venues allows for
data projection and the teaching area
has Wi-Fi. It has a no pay printing
system and LAN, with a seating
capacity of 7 people with 7 computers.
Both Newcastle and Madadeni
students share the same residence
facility and personnel staff. They also
share the same transport facility.
NEWCASTLE
Basic standard items in line with all UKZN residences are provided at the residence.
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The platform has Park Home used
as a teaching facility. It has a meeting
room equipped with Video
Conferencing and support. The
venues allows for data projection and
the teaching area has Wi-Fi. It has a no
pay system Printing and LAN, with a
seating capacity of 6 people with six
computers. Personnel available on
site include an Admin Support,
Academic Development Officer and
Site Assistant. Available on site are
also Student, Counsellor, Student
Funding Officer does weekly visits or
as and when required. Students are
accommodated at a privately owned
furnished accommodation with UKZN
uncapped Wi-Fi connectivity, cleaning
services and an Accommodation
Assist Officer. The complex comprises
furnished three bedroom units,
kitchen and bathroom.
Queen Nandi has a Teaching facility.
The platform has Video Conferencing,
data projection and a Skills Laboratory.
The hospital also has unlimited Wifi
and a LAN & Printing facility that seats
12 students. Personnel available on
site include an Admin Support,
Academic Development Officer
Counsellor which and Student is
shared by students on Queen Nandi
and Ngwelezane hospitals. The Site
Assistant who also serves as an
Accommodation Assistant services
both Queen Nandi and Ngwelezane
Hospitals. Both Queen Nandi and
Ngwelezane students are
accommodated at the same
residence and use the same transport
facility to the hospitals.
NGWELEZANE
QUEEN NANDI HOSPITAL
Basic standard items in line with all UKZN residences are provided at the residence.
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Students at Ixopo are accommodated at a former Catholic institution which is
now used as a private nursing college.
The facility also offers boarding and
lodging to its nursing students.
UKZN students are allocated single
rooms with a bed, desk, mini fridge and
a microwave. Meals are provided at the
facility since no kitchen equipment is
provided in the rooms. A mini lounge
with a TV and ablutions is shared
amongst the four students. Transport
is provided by the accommodation
service provider to and from hospital.
Students are provided with Vodacom
Wi-Fi routers for online study
resources.
STANGER Stanger is the home to the majority of Cuban Collaboration students and
some students from school of health
science. It has a park home with a
teaching facility with data projectors
and video conferencing facility which
can also be converted into and
multipurpose meeting rooms. It also
has small meeting rooms, three
offices, kitchen and ablutions. There
is a 25 seater LAN with internet
connectivity and a printing facility.
The facility also offers a Skills
Laboratory facility with four offices
for use by DOH clinicians. Professional
services personnel based on site are
an administrator, a student counsellor
and site assistant. Student funding
staff do pay regular visits to the site.
Students are accommodated in two
rented furnished complexes both
equipped with UKZN Wi-Fi. The
complexes comprises three, two and
one bedroom units. The Site Assistant
also serves Accommodation Assistant,
one of his tasks is to look after students
at the residents and he resides in one
of the complexes. Cleaning services
are also offered at the residence.
Basic standard items in line with all UKZN residences are provided at the residence.
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(GREYS, EDENDALE
NORTHDALE & TOWNHILL)
Pietermaritzburg has four teaching
hospitals; Greys, Edendale Northdale
and Townhill. Greys and Edendale have
Park Homes and multi-purpose
meeting rooms and small meeting
rooms equipped with Video
Conferencing and. allows for data
projection and the teaching area has
Wi-Fi.
Professional services staff which
includes administrators and academic
development officers are available in
all three hospitals except Town Hill
which is a work in progress. Student
Counsellor based at Pietermaritzburg
renders service to all college of health
science students at
Pietermaritzburg.
Students at Pietermaritzburg are
accommodated at Denison residence
and Greys Hospital Nurses and
Doctors Quarters. Denison residence
is part of UKZN residences and is
within a walkable distance from
Pietermaritzburg campus. The 160
room facility at Greys Nurses home
and Doctors quarters is in Greys
hospital. Denison consist various size
units while Greys consist of singe
rooms with shared kitchen and
ablution facilities. Laundry services are
Wi-Fi is provided at both residences.
Accommodation Assistant and
cleaning services are available at Greys.
PIETERMARITZBURG
Basic standard items in line with all UKZN residences are provided at the residence.
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MANGUZI
Health Science students at Manguzi
are accommodated at a B&B adjacent
to the Manguzi hospital gate, as a
result no daily transport is provided
for these students. The facility offers
central self-catering facilities and mini
fridges and ablutions are provided in
the rooms. Family Medicine students
who are also placed at Manguzi are
accommodated in a park home facility
situated in the hospital. The park home
offers two rooms with kitchenette and
ablutions. All students are provided
with Vodacom Wi-Fi routers as there is
no connectivity in the area.
Basic standard items in line with all UKZN residences are provided at the residence.
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GREYTOWN
Two times two bedroom units are
rented at Greytown. Units consist of
sleeping rooms, dining room and
kitchen, bathroom and toilet. Units
are fully furnished and daily transport
is provided to and from the hospital.
Students at Greytown are also
provided with Vodacom Wi-Fi routers
to afford them connectivity. Cleaning
service is provided once a week.
Basic standard items in line with all UKZN residences are provided at the residence.
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Students at Scottsburgh and Port Shepstone are accommodated in
holiday flats that comes fully furnished.
Students are transported every day to
hospital and back. Wi-Fi routers are
provided for connectivity purposes.
SCOTTBURGH
Basic standard items in line with all UKZN residences are provided at the residence.
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Final-year Medical students are
accommodated within the rural
community as part of the ‘homestay
project’ where they get to live with
‘adoptive parents’.
This is part of the sixth years’ ‘rural block’ and is co-ordinated by the Discipline
of Family Medicine. The students
spend six weeks at rural sites as part of
a decentralised training programme.
This project began in August 2015
with the identification of four rural
sites in the vicinity of the Church of
Scotland in Msinga, St Andrews
Hospital in Harding, the Bethesda
Hospital in Ubombo and the Mseleni
Hospital in a remote area of northern
KwaZulu-Natal.
Suitable host-families, found close to
the hospitals, received funding for
accommodating the students.