Fellowships and Certificates

Certificate in Health Emergencies in Large Populations (H.E.L.P.)

This is a three-week course organised jointly by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the School of Health Systems and Public Health at the University of Pretoria, and the World Health Organization (Division of Emergency and Humanitarian Action).

Please refer to the H.E.L.P website for more details.

Annually, the SHSPH offers five students a scholarship to attend this course. Students who are interested in applying should submit a one-page motivation to the Academic Programme Coordinator no later than the end of June.

SARETI Fellowship In Health Research Ethics

Introduction

Using the same modules, SARETI provides two nondegree fellowship programmes leading to a university certificate which is targeted at senior professionals with bio-medical, public health, or social and behavioural science backgrounds who have at least a master’s qualification, or professionals without a master’s degree who are actively engaged in health research or the ethical review of health research, for whom obtaining another degree is not important, or who do not have the time to complete a master’s degree. The certificate programmes consist of modular course work, with practical experience in an Ethics Review Committee or at a field site. Both of the fellowshipsprogrammes last a minimum of three or a maximum of 6 months. Each year, approximately four fully-funded fellowships are available through SARETI.

Fellowship certificate programme options

• Ethics Review Committee Training Programme Certificate (ERCTP)

Certificate candidates for this fellowship will receive key theoretical and practical learning in the ethical review of health research to enable them to provide more expert opinions in ethics review of health research, and to help institutionalise research ethics review. This certificate programme has three compulsory modules and one elective module. An executive member must approve any deviations from the recommended syllabus. Fellows are required to prepare a research paper on a topic in health research ethics in their area of work before being awarded the certificate.

• Senior Fellowship Certificate

This is a sabbatical-type fellowship programme, intended for senior professionals wanting three to six months of sabbatical time to deepen their knowledge of health research ethics. There are no minimum course criteria, and successful candidates are invited to structure their own fellowships from the available modules, practicals, and research components. Senior fellows are also required to prepare a research paper on a topic in health research ethics in their area of work before being awarded the certificate.

Who should apply?

All professionals whose work is intimately involved with health research ethics, such as senior researchers, ethics committee members, or institutional representatives responsible for the oversight of health research. Journalists, lawyers, philosophers, social scientists, and others involved with health interventions and health research may also apply. Applicants should have at least a bachelor's (nonours) or four-year equivalent degree to be eligible to enrol for a master’s degree. In addition, current experience and future involvement in the ethics of health research are essential.

SARETI welcomes applications from experienced clinicians and public health practitioners who wish to spend a sabbatical period on deepening their understanding of health research ethics.

Outline of the ERCTP

* Codes used for timetable purposes only  

Outline of the modular SARETI Fellowship Programme

Students must choose five compulsory modules and one elective module from the list.

• Module codes used are for timetable purposes only
• Programme Coordinator: Prof Mariana Kruger

 Please refer to the SARETI website for more details.