Government hospitals can train docs
[Sci Medical & Health]
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's public hospitals are suitable for training medical doctors although they are not fully meant for that purpose, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad.
He said that while the setting of some hospitals may not be suitable for teaching they serve the purpose of allowing students to deal with patients.
Medical students of certain courses had been training at government hospitals since the 1980s, Dr Latif said here yesterday after witnessing the signing of an agreement between the Health Ministry and Monash University Malaysia (MUM) to allow MUM to train its medical students at government hospitals and health clinics.
The ministry has designated the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru as the main teaching hospital among five hospitals and 20 polyclinics in Johor, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur that would accept MUM students.
Secretary-general Datuk Ismail Adam represented the Health Ministry while Sunway Group CEO for Education and Healthcare Lee Weng Keng represented the university. Present were MUM pro vice-chancellor Prof Merilyn Liddell and Sunway Group deputy chairman Datuk Razman M. Hashim.
Dr Latiff said upgrading works that were being carried out in many hospitals would benefit medical students undergoing training.
“The RM40mil upgrading at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital will definitely benefit the students,” he said.
MUM will enrol the first students for its medical programme early next year. They would, however, spend two years at the Monash campus in Melbourne, Australia, before completing their clinical study at Sultanah Aminah.
From 2007 onwards, the entire programme would be run at the Malaysia campus.
News from Bernama:
Hospitals offer training to medical students
PETALING JAYA Oct 30 - Major hospitals under the Ministry of Health although non-teaching are now offering clinical training to medical students from public and private institutions of higher learning.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad said this was to provide students exposure to patients besides allowing them to understand their roles as medical practitioners.
"We have the criteria ... the patient load is sufficient for teaching ... only that the current situation is not yet suitable for 100 percent teaching hospitals," he said.
He said this to reporters after witnessing an MoU signing ceremony between the Ministry of Health and Monash University Malaysia, here Saturday.
The MoU provides clinical study for the university's students at Hospital Sultanah Aminah in Johor Bahru.
Sunway Group's Health and Education Division chief executive officer, Lee Weng Keng signed for the university while the ministry was represented by its Secretary-General Datuk Ismail Adam.
Dr Latiff said besides Monash University, the ministry had also entered into similar agreements with nine public and six private institutions of higher learning.
However, he said the ministry did not issue any certificates for the students on completion of their training.
In line with the development, the capabilities of major hospitals in state capitals would be upgraded in terms of infrastructure and expertise, he said.
This was also to cater to pressing needs by the hospitals besides meeting the needs of learning institutions, he added.
As an example, an allocation of RM40 million had been made to upgrade infrastucture at Hospital Sultanah Aminah, he said.
Meanwhile Monash University Malaysia Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Merilyn Liddell said that the university will enroll its first batch of 50 medical students early next year.
She said they would undergo their clinical training in Sultanah Aminah Hospital in 2007 after completing a two-year initial study at Monash campus in Melbourne, Australia. - Bernama
9T9: Upgrading infrastructure and at the same time improving their people (human resources) for sure will beneficial to everbody. Hopefully this move, by bringing more pupilage Dr. to Sultanah Aminah Hospital will benefit for both parties... Hospital and their patients. Hopefully no more shortage of Dr. to this poor hospital when they really2 needed. But doc, here was not at the college lab anymore... so NO to experimental attitude towards ur poor patients.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's public hospitals are suitable for training medical doctors although they are not fully meant for that purpose, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad.
He said that while the setting of some hospitals may not be suitable for teaching they serve the purpose of allowing students to deal with patients.
Medical students of certain courses had been training at government hospitals since the 1980s, Dr Latif said here yesterday after witnessing the signing of an agreement between the Health Ministry and Monash University Malaysia (MUM) to allow MUM to train its medical students at government hospitals and health clinics.
The ministry has designated the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baru as the main teaching hospital among five hospitals and 20 polyclinics in Johor, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur that would accept MUM students.
Secretary-general Datuk Ismail Adam represented the Health Ministry while Sunway Group CEO for Education and Healthcare Lee Weng Keng represented the university. Present were MUM pro vice-chancellor Prof Merilyn Liddell and Sunway Group deputy chairman Datuk Razman M. Hashim.
Dr Latiff said upgrading works that were being carried out in many hospitals would benefit medical students undergoing training.
“The RM40mil upgrading at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital will definitely benefit the students,” he said.
MUM will enrol the first students for its medical programme early next year. They would, however, spend two years at the Monash campus in Melbourne, Australia, before completing their clinical study at Sultanah Aminah.
From 2007 onwards, the entire programme would be run at the Malaysia campus.
News from Bernama:
Hospitals offer training to medical students
PETALING JAYA Oct 30 - Major hospitals under the Ministry of Health although non-teaching are now offering clinical training to medical students from public and private institutions of higher learning.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad said this was to provide students exposure to patients besides allowing them to understand their roles as medical practitioners.
"We have the criteria ... the patient load is sufficient for teaching ... only that the current situation is not yet suitable for 100 percent teaching hospitals," he said.
He said this to reporters after witnessing an MoU signing ceremony between the Ministry of Health and Monash University Malaysia, here Saturday.
The MoU provides clinical study for the university's students at Hospital Sultanah Aminah in Johor Bahru.
Sunway Group's Health and Education Division chief executive officer, Lee Weng Keng signed for the university while the ministry was represented by its Secretary-General Datuk Ismail Adam.
Dr Latiff said besides Monash University, the ministry had also entered into similar agreements with nine public and six private institutions of higher learning.
However, he said the ministry did not issue any certificates for the students on completion of their training.
In line with the development, the capabilities of major hospitals in state capitals would be upgraded in terms of infrastructure and expertise, he said.
This was also to cater to pressing needs by the hospitals besides meeting the needs of learning institutions, he added.
As an example, an allocation of RM40 million had been made to upgrade infrastucture at Hospital Sultanah Aminah, he said.
Meanwhile Monash University Malaysia Pro Vice-Chancellor Prof Merilyn Liddell said that the university will enroll its first batch of 50 medical students early next year.
She said they would undergo their clinical training in Sultanah Aminah Hospital in 2007 after completing a two-year initial study at Monash campus in Melbourne, Australia. - Bernama
9T9: Upgrading infrastructure and at the same time improving their people (human resources) for sure will beneficial to everbody. Hopefully this move, by bringing more pupilage Dr. to Sultanah Aminah Hospital will benefit for both parties... Hospital and their patients. Hopefully no more shortage of Dr. to this poor hospital when they really2 needed. But doc, here was not at the college lab anymore... so NO to experimental attitude towards ur poor patients.
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