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30 April 2024

DAP Senator: Keep UiTM Bumi-Only, Non-Bumi Can Take Parallel Pathway

DAP's Senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran disagrees with UiTM's offer to open up the UiTM-IJN cardiothoracic surgery postgrad program to non-Bumis to resolve parallel pathway non-recognition, saying UiTM must remain Bumi-only but non-Bumi can take parallel pathway.

29 April 2024

Malaysia

Prove Direct UK GMC Recognition Of Cardiothoracic Surgery Parallel Pathway: Ex-MATCVS President

Prof Raja Amin says UK GMC doesn't give "direct recognition" to FRCS Ed in Cardiothoracic Surgery; screening required before registering as specialists in UK. UK GMC site says Portfolio Pathway is for doctors who "haven’t completed a GMC approved program".

24 April 2024

Malaysia

UiTM ‘Confident’ Of Getting MMC Recognition For Rigorous Malaysia’s First Local Cardiothoracic Surgery Programme

UiTM's Prof Zainuddin is very confident that the UiTM-IJN cardiothoracic surgery postgrad program, the first such local program in Malaysia, will obtain full accreditation and MMC recognition for NSR registration of graduates due to rigorous documentation.

19 April 2024

Opinion

MMC, Heal Thyself (Part 2)

Former elected MMC member Dr Milton Lum asks if the non-recognition of FRCS Cardiothoracic in the parallel pathway is due to different terminologies in MMC's NSR list. "Can an applicant be penalised for a clerical error which the MMC is responsible for?"

17 April 2024

Letter

‘Parallel Pathway’ Doesn’t Exist In Academics — Former MMC Member

An ex-MMC member says there's no such thing as a "parallel pathway" in academics. He says it's MATCVS and MOH that promised RCSEd cardiothoracic surgery students NSR registration, not MMC. It was organisers' duty to tell programmes they're not recognised.

16 April 2024

Malaysia

MATCVS Claims UiTM’s Cardiothoracic Surgery Programme Doesn’t Follow National Curriculum

MATCVS claims that UiTM's cardiothoracic surgery programme, the country's only such local Masters course, doesn't conform to the national curriculum. Its "too large" recruitment of 15 trainee doctors in 1st year violates acceptable trainee-trainer ratios.

16 April 2024

Malaysia

Flawed Law Must Adapt To Government Policy, MATCVS Tells Parallel Pathway Opponents

Supporting proposed Medical Act amendments, the Malaysian Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery says the law must follow the policies of the government of the day, not the other way around. "Chronicity doesn’t make flaws in the law right".

16 February 2024

Letter

Correcting Misinformation About Cardiothoracic Surgery Parallel Pathway Training — MATCVS Council

MATCVS Council clarifies that the cardiothoracic surgery parallel pathway doesn't use the FRCS International exam or qualification, but the RCS Ed Joint Specialty Fellowship (JSF) exam in cardiothoracic surgery taken by candidates from Singapore and HK.

Tag: MATCVS

DAP Senator: Keep UiTM Bumi-Only, Non-Bumi Can Take Parallel Pathway

Prove Direct UK GMC Recognition Of Cardiothoracic Surgery Parallel Pathway: Ex-MATCVS President

UiTM ‘Confident’ Of Getting MMC Recognition For Rigorous Malaysia’s First Local Cardiothoracic Surgery Programme

MMC, Heal Thyself (Part 2)

‘Parallel Pathway’ Doesn’t Exist In Academics — Former MMC Member

MATCVS Claims UiTM’s Cardiothoracic Surgery Programme Doesn’t Follow National Curriculum

Flawed Law Must Adapt To Government Policy, MATCVS Tells Parallel Pathway Opponents

Correcting Misinformation About Cardiothoracic Surgery Parallel Pathway Training — MATCVS Council

Prove Direct UK GMC Recognition Of Cardiothoracic Surgery Parallel Pathway: Ex-MATCVS President

Don’t Be ‘Jaguh Kampung’, Senator Tells Local Master’s Medicine Proponents

MOH And Universities Play Separate Roles: UiTM HOD

Dr Dzul Wants AstraZeneca’s Explanation On Covid-19 Vaccine Side Effects

Subra: Full Shift To Local Master’s For Medical Specialisation Maybe Possible In 10 To 15 Years