Tag: medical specialty training

29 July 2024

Dewan Negara Passes Medical Amendment Bill

Dewan Negara has passed the 2024 Medical amendment bill. Senator Dr Lingeshwaran launched personal attacks against five specific critics of the bill, while Health Minister Dr Dzul said quality won't be sacrificed in increasing the number of specialists.

22 July 2024

Letter

Decoupling MQA From MMC Right Way Forward — Malaysian Paediatric Association

The Malaysian Paediatric Association says decoupling MQA from MMC in the Medical (Amendment) Bill 2024 is the right way forward for the fraternity, and that the new Fourth Schedule will ensure more accurate listing of Registrable Specialist Qualifications.

22 July 2024

Letter

Cabinet Must Reconsider Medical Amendment Bill: Remove Schedules, Make Accreditation Explicit — Prof Emerita Dr Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin

Prof Emerita Sharifah Hapsah urges Cabinet to reconsider the Medical amendment bill by making accreditation explicit and removing the Schedules if they contain qualifications that haven't been quality assured. MMC can keep an admin list updated regularly.

17 July 2024

Malaysia

Dewan Rakyat Passes Medical Bill, Radically Revamping Medical Specialty Training

The Dewan Rakyat today passed the Medical amendment bill in a radical revamp of medical specialty training in Malaysia, opening it up to local specialist societies beyond universities and enabling the registration of specialists from the parallel pathway.

15 July 2024

Malaysia

Act 50 Amendment Bill Burdens MMC With All Medical Specialist Training Matters: CodeBlue Analysis

The Act 50 amendment bill ironically transfers the burden of auditing both medical specialist training by medical societies and postgrad medical education by local universities from MQA to MMC that's now responsible for all medical specialisation matters.

31 May 2024

Malaysia

MQA Must Warn MOH Over ‘Non-Compliant’ Parallel Pathway: Professors’ Group

The Group of Professors of Health and Medicine urges MQA to issue a warning to MOH over the allegedly non-compliant parallel pathway programmes, citing Section 96 and 97 of the MQA Act. The group also demands the suspension of new parallel pathway intakes.

30 May 2024

Malaysia

Parallel Pathway Issue Turns Complex: Does MQA Act Need Amendments?

The parallel pathway issue has turned complex, after Cabinet was briefed about a conflict between MQA and MMC. Does MQA Act need amending, besides Medical Act? Zambry said a "kertas cadangan" will be tabled in Cabinet June 5; he didn't use the term "memo".

27 May 2024

Letter

The Great Parallel Pathway Debate: Public Policy Issue For All

In an intro speech at The Great Parallel Pathway Debate event, CodeBlue EIC Boo Su-Lyn says the heart of the parallel pathway issue is really a regulatory, legislative, and education one; not only medicine per se. Essentially, it's a public policy issue.

23 May 2024

Malaysia

Parallel Pathway Debate Event To Proceed Despite MMC’s Legal Letter To CodeBlue

The Great Parallel Pathway Debate event, co-organised by CodeBlue and MMI, will proceed despite MMC's legal letter to CodeBlue. The debate features a new speaker line-up: senior lawyer New Sin Yew from AmerBON, Advocates & Galen Centre's Azrul Mohd Khalib.

6 May 2024

Malaysia

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

Dr S. Subramaniam says attempts to remove the parallel pathway have been ongoing since his term as health minister from 2013-2018. But the Master’s program still can't train enough specialists, with only 1,000 slots for an average 4,000 housemen annually.

Tag: medical specialty training

Dewan Negara Passes Medical Amendment Bill

Decoupling MQA From MMC Right Way Forward — Malaysian Paediatric Association

Cabinet Must Reconsider Medical Amendment Bill: Remove Schedules, Make Accreditation Explicit — Prof Emerita Dr Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin

Dewan Rakyat Passes Medical Bill, Radically Revamping Medical Specialty Training

Act 50 Amendment Bill Burdens MMC With All Medical Specialist Training Matters: CodeBlue Analysis

MQA Must Warn MOH Over ‘Non-Compliant’ Parallel Pathway: Professors’ Group

Parallel Pathway Issue Turns Complex: Does MQA Act Need Amendments?

The Great Parallel Pathway Debate: Public Policy Issue For All

Parallel Pathway Debate Event To Proceed Despite MMC’s Legal Letter To CodeBlue

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

LIAM CEO Stunned By 13-Page Hospital Bill For RM19,000 Minor Hernia Surgery

UM’s Medical Faculty Targets 200 Graduates Annually Despite Declining Interest In Medicine

APHM: Insurance Industry Makes ‘Big Profits’, But Private Hospitals’ Revenue ‘Carefully Controlled’

Thank You, HRPB Ipoh, JKN Perak, And CodeBlue — S. Kunasegaran

Protection For Female Doctors In Malaysian Public Hospitals — Klang Valley Specialist