1 October 2026
Housemen need supervisors who know their progress, are available when decisions exceed their competence, and can explain what improvement looks like. Those supervisors need time and support too.
Tag: medicine
25 February 2026
In a Nov 2025 visit to Singapore, Dr Mahathir reveals that he initially decided not to study medicine when he saw cadavers in King Edward VII College of Medicine as he was scared of corpses. Dr Siti Hasmah wasn't scared. Both are from the Class of 1947.
24 October 2025
Bank Negara says ITOs and TPAs are not authorised to "direct" patient care, adding that ITOs assess medical claims based on "accepted treatment protocols", as guided by CPG. Claims must be honoured if treatments are established to be "medically necessary".
20 October 2023
Pool procurement between MOH, six teaching hospitals, and a military hospital to collectively purchase, as a single buyer, 82 drugs from 2020 to 2022 had saved the government RM79.6 million, says an MOH official.
27 March 2023
MMA questions if JPA's move to drop scholarships for medicine courses this year (besides dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and para-medical) will affect the expertise needed in the public health care sector in the near future and long term.
30 March 2020
The Federation of Private Medical Practitioners’ Associations Malaysia (FPMPAM) wants private GP clinics to be able to treat early coronavirus cases.