Supernumerary Registrar Training in Neurosurgery
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences
Johannesburg · South Africa
- Duration
- Short-term/volunteer placements up to 12 months; formal Master's or subspecialty training follows the degree duration
- Deadline
- Formal degree studies: 30 March (January start) or 30 September (July start) of the preceding year; short-term applications any time with 9–12 months' lead time
- Funding
- Supernumerary registrars receive no remuneration from the University, the hospital or the Gauteng Department of Health.
- Exposure
- Wits neurosurgery registrars train across Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Helen Joseph Hospital, with MMed research projects.
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Funding: Supernumerary registrars receive no remuneration from the University, the hospital or the Gauteng Department of Health.
Exposure: Wits neurosurgery registrars train across Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital and Helen Joseph Hospital, with MMed research projects.
Eligibility: Designed for foreign doctors who will return home; refugee and permanent-resident non-citizens are excluded.
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Source: Official Wits Faculty of Health Sciences foreign postgraduate page. Reviewed 8 Oct 2026. Status reflects the last review, not a live vacancy check. Completeness is not a quality rating.