Teaching and Learning
Undergraduate
The Department of Psychiatry is extensively involved in the education of medical students at Stellenbosch University through both preclinical didactic teaching in year 3 and the core clinical rotations. Faculty in the Department also participate in other teaching activities such as case-based learning and mentorship programmes. The department also participates in the education of undergraduates in allied professions, including occupational therapy, nursing, physiotherapy and dietetics.
Postgraduate
The Department of Psychiatry offers several postgraduate degrees in the field of psychiatry and mental health, including a postgraduate diploma in addiction care, sub-specialist training through master’s programmes in Addiction Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Community Mental Health, Clinical Neuropsychiatry, Infant Mental Health, Mindfulness, Psychogeriatrics, and Psychosomatic Psychiatry. The Department also offers the MMed in Psychiatry degree, required to practice as a psychiatrist in South Africa. We also offer an MSc in Neuroscience and a PhD in Psychiatry. For more information on the offered postgraduate programmes, please refer to the appropriate pages in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences yearbook.
Teaching Portfolios
| Undergraduate Program Convenor | Prof. Ulla Botha ([email protected]) Second: Prof. Liezl Koen ([email protected]) |
| MBChB II (Dysfunction Module) | Prof. Dana Niehaus ([email protected]) |
| MBChB III (Medical Detective & Interventions Modules) | Dr. Sihle Nhlabathi ([email protected]) Second: Dr. Anthea Maziena Payne - Medical Detective ([email protected]); Dr. Roxane Jones - Interventions ([email protected]) |
| MBChB Middle Rotation | Dr. Kathleen Mawson ([email protected]) and Dr. Kaveshin Naidu ([email protected]) , Mr. Colin Mitchell ([email protected]) |
| MBChB Late Rotation | Prof. Liezl Koen ([email protected]) Second: Dr. Anthea Maziena Payne ([email protected]) Prof. Ulla Botha - Assesments ([email protected]) Dr. Fiona Schulte - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ([email protected]) |
| Allied Professions | Dr. Ingrid Eloff ([email protected]) Second: Mr. Clayton Arendse ([email protected]) |
| Renewed MBChB Curriculum Planning | Prof. Dana Niehaus - Pre-clinical ([email protected]) Prof. Liezl Koen - Clinical ([email protected]) Prof. Ulla Botha - Assesments ([email protected]) |
| Rural Clinical School | Prof. Lebogang Phahladira ([email protected]) Second: Prof. Liezl Koen ([email protected]) |
| MBChB Selection Committee | Prof. Lebogang Phahladira ([email protected]) |
| Overall Supervisor | Prof. Soraya Seedat ([email protected]) |
| Postgraduate Program Convenor | Prof. Leigh van den Heuvel ([email protected]) Second: Prof. Dana Niehaus ([email protected]) |
| MMED Part I | Dr. Roxane Jones ([email protected]) |
| MMED Part II Exam Prep | Dr. Kerry Louw ([email protected]) |
| Neuropsychiatry | Prof. Laila Asmal ([email protected]) Second: Prof. Leigh van den Heuvel ([email protected]) |
| Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | Dr. Anusha Lachman ([email protected]) Dr. Rene Nassen ([email protected]) |
| Psychology | Mr. Clayton Arendse ([email protected]) Second: Ms. Zanele Thobela ([email protected]) |
| Psychotherapy Convenor | Dr. Lucy Jarvis ([email protected]) Second: Prof. Ulla Botha ([email protected]) |
| Protocol Presentation Coordinator | Prof. Leigh van den Heuvel ([email protected]) Second: Prof. Dana Niehaus ([email protected]) |
| Dissertation Coordinator | Dr. Muneeb Salie ([email protected]) |
| Registrar Basic Psychiatry Exam | Prof. Liezl Koen ([email protected]) Second: Prof. Ulla Botha ([email protected]) |
| MPhil Committee Convenor | Dr. Anusha Lachman ([email protected]) Second: Prof. Dana Niehaus ([email protected]) |
| Faculty Committee for Postgraduate Research | Prof. Soraya Seedat ([email protected]) |
| Faculty Committee for Postgraduate Training | Prof. Dana Niehaus ([email protected]) |