The High Performance Housemanship Programme (HPHP) allows house officers to complete their housemanship within 18 months compared to the conventional two years.
The pandemic we face is challenging not only due to its virulence, but also its effect on health care services that was already overworked, understaffed and overstretched.
Rural areas, smaller districts, and states like Sabah and Sarawak with inadequate infrastructure and limited public transportation are poor candidates for the shift system.
A doctor also highlights the impact of a surgery backlog on cancer patients, while an overworked pharmacist talks about patients taking free medicines for granted.