Tag: Ministry of Higher Education

2 July 2024

How We Slogged To Develop UKM’s Paediatric Surgery Specialist Programme — Dr Dayang Anita Abdul Aziz

Dr Dayang Anita details the extreme hardcore work involved in complying with regulatory requirements to develop UKM's paediatric surgery specialist programme. "Without the MQA Act embedded in the Medical Act, many programme heads/ providers will cut corners."

24 June 2024

Malaysia

CodeBlue’s Guide For MPs To Parallel Pathway Issue

CodeBlue’s guide for MPs to the parallel pathway issue: it's essentially about proponents wanting an exemption or less regulation for the parallel pathway for medical specialty training, by amending Act 50, because they believe doctors can "self-regulate".

14 June 2024

Letter

Rebutting AMM’s Statement On Medical Specialist Training — Group Of Professors Of Health And Medicine

The Group of Professors of Health and Medicine rebuts various points in the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia’s statement, pointing out that current alleged irregularities lie solely with the parallel pathway, not with local Master’s programs in medicine.

13 June 2024

Letter

Joint Cabinet Memorandum: A Milestone For Medical Specialist Training In Malaysia — AMM

The proposed amendments to the Medical Act will allow both Master's programmes and parallel pathways for specialist training to be implemented more systematically from the legal perspective.

10 June 2024

Letter

It’s Not Easy To Become A Heart Surgeon, Howard Lee — Prof Dr Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar

Responding to Ipoh Timor MP Howard Lee, cardiothoracic surgeon Prof Dr Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar says apprenticeship is an outdated and impractical form of training for specialisation in medicine, stressing monitoring and assessment in a structured programme.

6 June 2024

Malaysia

New Law Unnecessary, MMC Must Retain Independence: Johor DAP Committee Member

Johor DAP state committee member Dr Boo Cheng Hau dismisses the need for a new law to recognise the parallel pathway, saying MOHE/ MQA cannot interfere with the MMC's independence under the Medical Act in recognising specialist qualifications in medicine.

6 June 2024

Malaysia

Professors’ Group Wants Stakeholder Engagements Before Medical Act Amendments Tabled

The Group of Professors of Health and Medicine demands stakeholder engagements before Medical Act amendments are tabled in Parliament, accusing Cabinet of allowing foreign education institutions to conduct activities that threaten national sovereignty.

2 May 2024

Malaysia

Zambry: No Official Discussions On Opening UiTM-IJN Cardiothoracic Surgery Postgrad To Non-Bumi

Higher Education Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir says there have been no official talks yet on opening UiTM-IJN cardiothoracic surgery postgrad admissions to non-Bumiputera parallel pathway graduates, amid opposition from Malay nationalist groups.

22 April 2024

Letter

Building Bridges: Fostering Synergy for Specialist Training — Academy of Medicine of Malaysia

AMM reiterates calls for a national body to harmonise specialist training in Master's programmes and parallel pathways. It says MMC must resolve issues for specialists denied NSR registration.

19 April 2024

Malaysia

Medical Act Amendment Bill Gains Steam With Proposed MOH-MOHE Cabinet Memo

The proposed Medical Act amendment bill is gaining momentum, after both Health Minister Dr Dzul and Higher Education Minister Zambry Kadir decided at a meeting yesterday to submit a joint memorandum to Cabinet soon to resolve the parallel pathway conflict.

Tag: Ministry of Higher Education

How We Slogged To Develop UKM’s Paediatric Surgery Specialist Programme — Dr Dayang Anita Abdul Aziz

CodeBlue’s Guide For MPs To Parallel Pathway Issue

Rebutting AMM’s Statement On Medical Specialist Training — Group Of Professors Of Health And Medicine

Joint Cabinet Memorandum: A Milestone For Medical Specialist Training In Malaysia — AMM

It’s Not Easy To Become A Heart Surgeon, Howard Lee — Prof Dr Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar

New Law Unnecessary, MMC Must Retain Independence: Johor DAP Committee Member

Professors’ Group Wants Stakeholder Engagements Before Medical Act Amendments Tabled

Zambry: No Official Discussions On Opening UiTM-IJN Cardiothoracic Surgery Postgrad To Non-Bumi

Building Bridges: Fostering Synergy for Specialist Training — Academy of Medicine of Malaysia

Medical Act Amendment Bill Gains Steam With Proposed MOH-MOHE Cabinet Memo

Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT): The New Standard Of Care For Prostate Cancer — Dr Aminudin Rahman Mohd Mydin

MOH Mandates Two Suppliers In Off-Patent Drugs, Medical Devices Procurement

RakanKKM Must Not Compromise Public Service, Overwork MOH Staff — Hartal Doktor Kontrak

Doctors Warn Of ‘Dua Darjat’, Insufficient Beds And Staff To Expand MOH Private Wings

What A Middle Class Couple Expects From MOH Private Wings