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Press Statement Director General Of Health Malaysia
PRESS
STATEMENT
DIRECTOR
GENERAL OF HEALTH MALAYSIA
SPECIALIST
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOH DOCTORS
The
Ministry of Health (MOH) would like to refer to letters published in The Star
on 22nd, 23rd and 24th March 2016 titled ‘Give
more doctors chance to be specialists’, ‘Budget
for critical areas must not be reduced’ and ‘Health
Ministry must get priorities right’.
MOH
appreciates the concerns raised by the writers with regards to the issues and
challenges related to specialist training programmes. Hence, MOH wishes to
reassure the public and healthcare professionals alike that despite the
uncertain economic times, MOH has never reduced any scholarship slots for the
specialist training programme. As a matter of fact, the number of scholarships
for the local Masters Programme has increased from only 450 in 2007 to 800
slots for the the 2011/ 2012 sessions, and up to 916 slots in 2015. For 2016,
there are 1129 slots available in the local Masters Programme with 998
qualified Medical Officers (MOs) have been offered to pursue their specialist
training. MOH will appeal to the universities to allow the remaining 131 MOs
who did not qualify earlier to be given a chance for reassessment by the
respective universities.
Alternatively, MOs who are unable
to enter the local Masters Programme, or those that wish to opt for other
postgraduate programmes, may also pursue specialist training via parallel
pathways such as the UK Membership Programmes, of which part of the exams are
conducted locally in Malaysia.
Examples of Membership Programmes that have been implemented in Malaysia are:
- Member of the Royal College of
Physicians (MRCP), UK
- Member of the Royal College
of Paediatrics & Child Health (MRCPCH), UK
- Member of the Royal College
of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (MRCOG), UK
- Member of the Royal College
of Surgeons (MRCS) and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), UK.
However, MRCS is the prerequisite requirement to undertake FRCS for
specialist recognition in Malaysia.
MOH will
continue to explore various strategies to increase the number of specialists.
Apart from a notable increase in scholarships offered and strengthening of the
parallel pathway, MOH is also making efforts through various steps such as:
- Appointment
of specialist doctors from private health facilities on a sessional basis.
- Reappointment
of selected senior MOH clinical consultants that have retired, on a
contractual basis.
- Appointment
of selected foreign clinical specialists or subspecialists for very
critical health service or areas.
- Encouraging
local specialist doctors who are working overseas to return home and give service
to the country, not only in public sectors.
It is
worth noting that there is no country in the world that does not face a
shortage of specialist doctors for their nation’s needs, including Malaysia.
MOH has continuously strived to improve the number of specialist doctors,
especially within MOH facilities. It is hoped that more specialists will be
produced to ensure that there is equitable public access to comprehensive and
quality specialty health services throughout the country at an affordable cost.
Datuk Dr
Noor Hisham Abdullah
Director-General
of Health Malaysia
25th March 2016
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