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Plain-language, sourced guides for South African doctors and students, from registration and placement to your pay, your rights and where to get help.
Register and work in SA on a foreign qualification: EPIC, the board exam, FWMP and placement.
2026 sitting dates, fees per component, the MCQ and OSCE format, real pass rates and attempt rules.
Your attempt count, written reasons, script-access rights and the challenge routes — with every deadline.
The sequence from intern to independent practice, and the timing that trips people up.
How internship and community-service posts are allocated, and how to apply well.
The cycle calendar: when applications open and close, results timing and what to do at each step.
The post-results plan: appeals, swaps, the mid-year cycle and the escalation ladder.
From medical officer to specialist: registrar posts, the CMSA Fellowship and the MMed.
What selection committees actually score, and the 24-month CV build plan for medical officers.
ACLS, ATLS, PALS vs APLS, BASIC, ultrasound and ECG: who runs each, validity windows and which posts require them.
The 30-CEUs-a-year rule, the 12-month validity change, and the common ways SA doctors actually earn points.
The bridge job after comserve: registration, RWOPS if you're state-employed, rates, provisional tax and the indemnity trap.
Where your SA degree takes you: Ireland's exam-free route, UK PLAB, NZ, Australia, the US Match and the Gulf — with visas and costs.
Working at sea: why HPCSA registration is enough, the ACEP standard, the Dip PEC ticket, contracts and the crew tax exemption.
Hours, overtime, the maximum shift, supervision and accommodation, and how to hold a facility to them.
Medical officer, registrar & specialist pay on the DPSA OSD scales — and how the government package works.
The 2026/27 package, every payslip line, three worked examples — and when your first pay really lands.
The R848,967 package, why take-home is nearer R47k, and the rural allowance you choose at ICSP ranking.
Annual, sick, family, parental and maternity leave: statutory minimums versus the internship programme.
The laws that protect you at work, and the right order in which to escalate a problem.