Internship Reviews George Hospital and Garden Route Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Clean and nice and close to hospital but overpriced for what you get in comparison to other places. Single DQs are fairly small, but the married couple units are great. Expensive compared to others. Pricey – R4000 per
Internship Reviews Groote Schuur Hospital Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Never been. Basically a hostel, shared kitchen and bathroom. Do not stay there myself, but I have a few colleagues that stay there. They say the place isn’t too bad but you will have to paint the room and put some
Internship Reviews Helderberg Hospital Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: No comments yet. Academics: No comments yet. Supervision: No comments yet. Clinical Exposure: No comments yet. Social Scene: No comments yet. Additional Comments: No comments yet. Read about furthering your education
Internship Reviews Karl Bremer Hospital Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Karl Bremer doesn’t have its own doctor’s quarters but I have heard that people in the past stayed in Tygerberg Hospital’s. None available. Non existent. No doctor’s quarters. Academics: Academic meetings most Friday mornings Not a very academic institution but strikes
Internship Reviews Kayelitsha Hospital Training Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: 3/5. No comments yet. Academics: 4/5. No comments yet. Supervision: 5/5. No comments yet. Clinical Exposure: 4/5. No comments yet. Social Scene: 3/5. No comments yet. Additional Comments: No comments yet. Read about furthering your education
Internship Reviews Mitchells Plain Hospital Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Rochester house, part of GSH hostels. Not close to hospital, run by UCT campus. Academics: Regular M&M meetings, combined Drs meetings once a month Supervision: Able to function on own with supervision Clinical Exposure: District level care, no ICU or super
Internship Reviews New Somerset Hospital Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: 3/5. No comments yet. Academics: 3/5. No comments yet. Supervision: 5/5. No comments yet. Clinical Exposure: 4/5. No comments yet. Social Scene: 5/5. No comments yet. Additional Comments: No comments yet. Read about furthering your education
Internship Reviews Paarl Hospital Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Didn’t stay there but had friends who did and it was clean and a good environment to stay in (shared bathrooms and kitchen though). On hospital grounds. Neat, shared kitchens and bathroom areas, shared balcony. Bedrooms can fit double bed. Small built
Internship Reviews Tygerberg Hospital Training Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Maintenance depends on previous interns, so some were in good condition, others not. Safety is the only concern. Depends who lived there before you. Some have fixed up a few issues, and some have left it as it. Occasionally days
Internship Reviews Victoria Hospital – Southern/Western Sub structure Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: No DQ. Only on call rooms which are satisfactory. No doctors quarters. There are no doctors quarters provided beyond the on call rooms. No DQs available but lots of apartment complexes in the area. Academics: Friendly staff, mostly
Internship Reviews Worcester Hospital Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Overall, the DQ is super clean, well managed, and maintenance is quite attentive. You’re on the hospital generator so loadshedding is never an issue, and the cost is excellent value for what you get. When I was there, there was no internet
