12 July 2021
A contract house officer struggled with the dilemma of whether to attend her grandmother’s funeral or to save her precious leave days, even as she grieved for her patients who died from Covid-19.
Tag: contract housemen
28 June 2021
Contract medical officers are planning a day-long walkout on July 26 outside their respective government health care facilities in each state.
24 December 2020
A total of 96 Sarawakian medical officers from the 2016 and 2017 (until May) cohorts received permanent positions.
24 December 2020
The High Performance Housemanship Programme (HPHP) allows house officers to complete their housemanship within 18 months compared to the conventional two years.
27 August 2020
The criteria for medical officers’ permanent appointments are “strict", says Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.
26 August 2020
We support the suggestion for the Public Service Department (JPA) to offer contracts with longer tenures, such as a 5 + 5 years contract proposal, to all medical officers to allow them sufficient time to complete their respective specialisation training and gazettement.
21 August 2020
The decision by Pakatan Harapan last year to appoint contract medical officers on the UD43 grade will be reviewed by the Perikatan Nasional government in August.
19 August 2020
None of the UD41 medical officers, whose contracts were extended for six months in 2020, received permanent appointments due to the lack of vacancies.
28 July 2020
Letter
A Call For Moderating The Contract Staffing System Of House Officers And Junior Medical Officers — Dr Ho Jen Wae
The prospect of a career in medicine and surgery as a junior doctor in Malaysia seems bleak with truly little structure to the career pathway for contracted staff and newly appointed permanent medical officers.
23 March 2020
The Ministry of Health has also sent a proposal to the Public Service Department (JPA) on promoting UD41 contract medical officers to UD43.