Tag: Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA)

26 June 2024

Malaysian Society Designed Cardiothoracic Parallel Pathway Curriculum With Our ‘Collaboration’: Edinburgh College

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) told MMC in March 2023 that MATCVS, a Malaysian society, designed the cardiothoracic parallel curriculum with its collab. But in an April 2024 letter to Dr Dzul, RCSEd said it had designed the curriculum.

24 June 2024

Malaysia

CodeBlue’s Guide For MPs To Parallel Pathway Issue

CodeBlue’s guide for MPs to the parallel pathway issue: it's essentially about proponents wanting an exemption or less regulation for the parallel pathway for medical specialty training, by amending Act 50, because they believe doctors can "self-regulate".

14 June 2024

Letter

Rebutting AMM’s Statement On Medical Specialist Training — Group Of Professors Of Health And Medicine

The Group of Professors of Health and Medicine rebuts various points in the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia’s statement, pointing out that current alleged irregularities lie solely with the parallel pathway, not with local Master’s programs in medicine.

14 June 2024

Malaysia

Parallel Pathway Must Follow Existing Laws, Says Ex-MOH Deputy Director

Former MOH disease control deputy director Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar says the parallel pathway must comply with existing Medical and MQA Acts and be regularised through “recognised institutions”; all medical specialty training must be accredited by MMC/ MQA.

10 June 2024

Letter

Why MMC Chief Should Be Advised To Resign — Dr Boo Cheng Hau

Johor DAP's Dr Boo Cheng Hau says MMC president Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan should resign for failing to uphold the law, ensuring coexistence in medical specialist training, and failure to reverse exclusivity in cardiothoracic surgery training at UiTM.

10 June 2024

Letter

It’s Not Easy To Become A Heart Surgeon, Howard Lee — Prof Dr Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar

Responding to Ipoh Timor MP Howard Lee, cardiothoracic surgeon Prof Dr Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar says apprenticeship is an outdated and impractical form of training for specialisation in medicine, stressing monitoring and assessment in a structured programme.

6 June 2024

Letter

MOH, MOHE, MMC, and MQA Must Collaborate To Produce Cardiothoracic Surgeons — Malaysian Medics International

Malaysian Medics International urges collaboration between MOH, MOHE, MMC, and MQA to recognise the cardiothoracic surgery parallel pathway and to create a cardiothoracic surgery Master's program in a local university that's open to all across race.

6 June 2024

Malaysia

New Law Unnecessary, MMC Must Retain Independence: Johor DAP Committee Member

Johor DAP state committee member Dr Boo Cheng Hau dismisses the need for a new law to recognise the parallel pathway, saying MOHE/ MQA cannot interfere with the MMC's independence under the Medical Act in recognising specialist qualifications in medicine.

6 June 2024

Malaysia

Professors’ Group Wants Stakeholder Engagements Before Medical Act Amendments Tabled

The Group of Professors of Health and Medicine demands stakeholder engagements before Medical Act amendments are tabled in Parliament, accusing Cabinet of allowing foreign education institutions to conduct activities that threaten national sovereignty.

6 June 2024

Malaysia

Dzulkefly: Pending Cabinet Approval, Medical Act Amendment Bill Planned For Upcoming Parliament Meeting

Dr Dzul says that pending Cabinet approval of the Medical Act amendment bill, it will be tabled in the upcoming Parliament meeting to ensure more "regularised" implementation of the parallel pathway and local Master's programs, promising quality assurance.

Tag: Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA)

Malaysian Society Designed Cardiothoracic Parallel Pathway Curriculum With Our ‘Collaboration’: Edinburgh College

CodeBlue’s Guide For MPs To Parallel Pathway Issue

Rebutting AMM’s Statement On Medical Specialist Training — Group Of Professors Of Health And Medicine

Parallel Pathway Must Follow Existing Laws, Says Ex-MOH Deputy Director

Why MMC Chief Should Be Advised To Resign — Dr Boo Cheng Hau

It’s Not Easy To Become A Heart Surgeon, Howard Lee — Prof Dr Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar

MOH, MOHE, MMC, and MQA Must Collaborate To Produce Cardiothoracic Surgeons — Malaysian Medics International

New Law Unnecessary, MMC Must Retain Independence: Johor DAP Committee Member

Professors’ Group Wants Stakeholder Engagements Before Medical Act Amendments Tabled

Dzulkefly: Pending Cabinet Approval, Medical Act Amendment Bill Planned For Upcoming Parliament Meeting

Free Inpatient Treatment In Private Hospitals With Iltizam Selangor Sihat’s Hospitalisation Benefit

After MMC Briefing, Health Parliament Committee Highlights Regulatory Non-Compliance With Parallel Pathway

Court Delays USM Medical Genetics Pathology Graduates’ Hearing Pending Medical Act Amendments

Joint Cabinet Memorandum: A Milestone For Medical Specialist Training In Malaysia — AMM

Don’t Assume Private Hospitals Are Main Contributors To Rising Health Care Costs: APHM