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.
Tag: medical officer
26 November 2020
Letter
Nearly 4,000 Medical Officers Set To Lose Government Positions By 2022 — Alumni Associations & MMA
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.
28 August 2020
Letter
Unrealistic Shift System Implemented At The Cost Of Frontliners’ Livelihoods — Sabah Medical Officer
Rural areas, smaller districts, and states like Sabah and Sarawak with inadequate infrastructure and limited public transportation are poor candidates for the shift system.
24 August 2020
We have not yet received our March relocation allowance, even as we're relocated again in August.
27 March 2020
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.
19 January 2020
Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii says MOH told him that both Sarawakian doctors did their housemanship overseas.
26 November 2019
Solutions include limiting the number of medical students, medical schools, and housemen positions.
25 November 2019
Reform agenda includes better system for qualification of specialist training.
20 November 2019
Thousands have signed a petition to demand fair wages for contract medical officers.
15 November 2019
An MP asked if housemanship could be reduced from two years to one.