REREGISTRATION OF GYNECOLOGISTS IN SOUTH-AFRICA - RESULTS OF A 1-YEARTRIAL RUN

Objective. Evaluation of an Australian system of reregistration with r ecommendations for a possible future South African system, Design, Coh ort descriptive study, Setting. Gynaecologists from both private and f ull-time academic practices, Participants. One hundred and eighty volu nteers participated for a period of 1 year, Intervention. Each partici pant had to obtain a minimum of 25 points and an additional subminimum in at least two of the following practice-related categories: audit, continuing medical education (CME), self-study and research or tuition . Outcome measures. Compliance with the rules of the system and partic ipants' comments. Results. Ten of the 180 volunteers withdrew from the study. Only 42% of the remaining 170 participants returned their logb ooks and a mere 32% their self-study questionnaires. The majority were in favour of self-study programmes or CME as future methods of reregi stration. Conclusion, A future system of reregistration must be based on self-study programmes and a well-structured and relevant CME curric ulum.