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Published by Afterschool.my on Oct 06, 2016, 10:00 am
No need to open the door to all medical graduates in Malaysia and make sure they take a qualification exam before becoming a doctor, said Prof Datuk Dr Syed Ahmad Hussein.
He said students should be allowed to study at any university that offers medical programs but they have to take an assessment exam upon graduation.
"I do not think we need to list them all," he said, referring schools abroad recognized in the Second Schedule of the Medical Act 1971.
Dr Syed Ahmad, who is also the former CEO of the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (Malaysian Qualifications Agency / MQA), was asked whether the schools that do not meet the qualification standards should be removed from that list, following a complaint in recent years that there is no hospital training sufficient to cope with the large number of medical graduates who returned to Malaysia every year.
"One thing I like about the take-up of medical graduates in the US is that you can do whatever you like but if you want to work as a doctor, you have to take a qualification exam given," said Dr Syed Ahmad who holds a qualification degree and doctorate philosophy in political science from Yale University.
He also taught political science at Universiti Sains Malaysia.
The Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) in recent years has suggested the proposal to abolish the Second Schedule of the Medical Act 1971 and replace it with a medical qualifying examination (medical qualifying examination / MQE).
As early as December 2010, many people support the proposed amendments to the Medical Act 1971, which requires MQE for all medical graduates, as there are still students who graduate from accredited schools are considered unfit for duty as a doctor in Malaysia.
But in June 2011, the Cabinet has decided to maintain the existing system.
Dr Syed Ahmad said the government should not give exemptions although parents objected to the proposal that their children occupied MQE because they have graduated from the schools founded in Britain and Australia.
"People should be prepared to face the globalised world. The world still need doctors of high quality although many countries have a surplus of doctors, "he said.
Dr Syed Ahmad said the main issue in this case is that there are too few places to train students.
In the long term, all medical institutions must have their own hospitals to meet the need for more training hospitals, he said.
He also believes that the proposal that the MMC wanted to add in regards to the the minimum entry qualifications for prospective medical students to score at least 5As in STPM is good but there are other issues to be discussed further.
"Matriculation should stop pursuing specialization, instead of this institutions should be dedicated to strengthening the foundations of higher education. There should not be a medical foundation program and there should be a pre-university course of pure science, "said Dr Syed Ahmad.
"There is a lot of research that proves that students who come from backgrounds STPM or A-Levels are performing quite well at university because their base is stronger," he said.
Dr Syed Ahmad said the Form Five school leavers in Malaysia are not ready to join medical courses and instead should strengthen their knowledge in the fields of biology, chemistry and physics.
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