Reregistration of gynaecologists in South Africa - results of a 1-year trial run

Evaluation of an Australian system of reregistration with recommendations for a possible future South African system. Cohort descriptive study. Gynaecologists from both private and full-time academic practices. One hundred and eighty volunteers participated for a period of 1 year. Each participant 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. Compliance with the rules of the system and participants' comments. Ten of the 180 volunteers withdrew from the study. Only 42% of the remaining 170 participants returned their logbooks and a mere 32% their self-study questionnaires. The majority were in favour of self-study programmes or CME as future methods of reregistration. A future system of reregistration must be based on self-study programmes and a well-structured and relevant CME curriculum.