Medical specialist training: views from stakeholders

In Malaysia, medical specialisation training is mainly carried out by the public universities. A survey was carried out to explore the views of medical specialists in the country on issues such as structure of medical specialty training, availability of human resource, public/private sector competit...

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Main Authors:	Md Azhar , Md Tahir, Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2015
Subjects:	R Medicine (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/44918/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44918/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/44918/1/44918.pdf

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spelling	iium-449182017-08-15T04:09:14Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/44918/ Medical specialist training: views from stakeholders Md Azhar , Md Tahir Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah R Medicine (General) In Malaysia, medical specialisation training is mainly carried out by the public universities. A survey was carried out to explore the views of medical specialists in the country on issues such as structure of medical specialty training, availability of human resource, public/private sector competition, competency and apprenticeship, and its impact on assurance and quality of medical specialty training. Altogether 238 medical specialists from 30 hospitals and medical institutions in the country participated in the survey. Among the findings, competition for human resource between public and private sector and lack of uniformity on medical specialty training across universities in the country are among the issues found to be of concern. There is also a need to address governance issue which necessitates to clearly delineating what constitutes medical specialty and what constitutes a subspecialty so that an agreed uniformed nomenclature is exercised across all stakeholders. The respondents also strongly agreed on the need to ensure competence in medical specialist training. The Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2015-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/44918/1/44918.pdf Md Azhar , Md Tahir and Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah (2015) Medical specialist training: views from stakeholders. The International Medical Journal Malaysia, 14 (1). pp. 65-70. ISSN 1823-4631 http://journals.iium.edu.my/imjm/index.php/eimj/article/view/223
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description	In Malaysia, medical specialisation training is mainly carried out by the public universities. A survey was carried out to explore the views of medical specialists in the country on issues such as structure of medical specialty training, availability of human resource, public/private sector competition, competency and apprenticeship, and its impact on assurance and quality of medical specialty training. Altogether 238 medical specialists from 30 hospitals and medical institutions in the country participated in the survey. Among the findings, competition for human resource between public and private sector and lack of uniformity on medical specialty training across universities in the country are among the issues found to be of concern. There is also a need to address governance issue which necessitates to clearly delineating what constitutes medical specialty and what constitutes a subspecialty so that an agreed uniformed nomenclature is exercised across all stakeholders. The respondents also strongly agreed on the need to ensure competence in medical specialist training.
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Medical specialist training: views from stakeholders

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