Bachelor of Science in Emergency in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Surgery (BSc, EOGS)
An Emergency Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Surgery (BSc,EOGS) for Associate Clinician is a healthcare professional who is trained and licensed to practice medicine under their own license and does not have to work under a medical doctor’ license. However, the EOGS must have a formal relationship on file with a collaborative medical doctor as supervisor. A medical doctor for supervision can be given in person, by telecommunication systems, or by other reliable means.
These Associate Clinicians must be differentiated from clinical officers who perform basic clinical tasks, mostly in outpatient care, with limited postsecondary education under the direct supervision of medical doctors and must be licensed under a medical doctor. The BSc programme in EOS is a degree programme.
Scope of Practice
Emergency Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Surgery Associate Clinicians are medical professionals. They typically obtain medical history, perform examinations and procedures, order treatments, diagnose illnesses, prescribe medications, order and interpret diagnostic tests, refer patients to specialists as required and perform surgery as per their competence level. The EOGS’ scope of practice will be delineated in the South Sudanese Medical Association’s scope of practice.
The roles of an EOGS in the health care system include: meet needs of county hospitals clinical care especially CEmOC and Emergency surgery, fulfil administrative roles such as supervision of the referring health centers, statistical data monitoring and training of junior staff.
Two batches were sponsored by UNFPA in 2016. Batch one with 12 Associate Clinicians and batch two with 15 Associate Clinicians were graduated and most of them are now working in the states. The programme continued with self-sponsorship and graduated the third batch with number of 27 and the fourth batch graduated 9 and the fifth batch now in last year are 15.
