Objectives. There are 19 physician anaesthesia training programmes within the 16 Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region countries, all based in 7 countries. With a new MMed Anaesthesia programme starting in Botswana, the study sought to compare the curricula of these programmes, identifying the similarities and differences. Design. Course programme directors were contacted for information, other information was sought from the Internet and following up literature references.

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... references. Follow-up telephone and email conversations were used to fill in gaps where possible. Document analysis and tabulation of results were done.