Govt reduces period for repeat practical training for junior doctors

Government has reduced the period for repeating practical training to 26 days for junior doctors after junior doctors threatened another strike over repetition of rotations for an additional three months. Rotation refers to the practical training of medical students during their final years of study where they rotate between different departments of a central hospital.

The process usually takes 24 months but following the strike Government had added an additional three months. In an interview with The Herald yesterday, after meeting the doctors’ representatives in Harare, Health and Child Care Secretary Dr Gerald Gwinji confirmed that Government had reversed its decision to add three more months after junior doctors pointed out that they had almost completed their studies when the strike took place.

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