Rural allowance: No
Doctors Quarters:
- Equipped with own kitchenette and bathroom.
- Basically small student rooms. Has its own bathroom with a shower, no bath. Bedroom and kitchen are one room.
Academics:
- No teaching received in Ortho, psychiatry, and internal med.
- Most rotations have very little academics, protocols are not easy to find. Very much learn on the go.
- Not an academic hospital so therefore teaching is not prioritised. A lot more of learning will be automatic through repeated exposure to certain conditions or management protocols.
Supervision:
- All calls done in casualty and there’s almost always no supervision. No supervision in internal med: no ward round, you see your own patients from admission until discharge.
- Will work independently most of the time. Supervision scarce or non-existent depending on the rotation.
Clinical Exposure:
- You get to learn a lot of procedures.
- Wide range of diseases seen. Lots to experience. Will gain a lot of practical skills.
- You will be exposed to basically all of the most common clinical conditions. You will not get a lot of exposure to more complex and specialized conditions as these are mostly referred to and handled by Pelonomi Hospital.
Social Scene:
- No existent. You have to drive to Welkom or Bloemfontein for a social life.
- Depends on what type of people you like. Very little to do in Kroonstad, no cinema, mall or any good restaurants.
- Not a lot to do in Kroonstad. You can treat yourself by going to Wimpy, Spur or Plumbago coffee shop occasionally but you will mostly go to work and then come home to relax and watch tv.
Additional Comments:
- Speaking sotho and/or Afrikaans is a plus.
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