How To Be A Specialist Doctor In Malaysia



I estimate that malaysia now has more than 57 000 existing doctors.

How to be a specialist doctor in malaysia. Medical act 1971 medical regulaon 1974 medical amended act 2012 code of professional conduct du es of a doctor comprising good medical prac ce and confiden ality registraon procedures guidelines. In the course of providing safe and competent health care services for the country the malaysian medical council mmc was established by an act of parliament approved on 27 september 1971 and gazetted on 30 september 1971. The oversupply of medical doctors in malaysia has long been an issue in our country and it s up to the government to come up with a new plan because the current one is just a temporary solution.

A person working in doctor physician in malaysia typically earns around 15 500 myr per month. Earlier this year the health ministry has started offering jobs to medical graduates on a 4 year contract basis to provide them with adequate training and reduce their waiting time for housemanship. Salaries range from 5 680 myr lowest average to 26 100 myr highest average actual maximum salary is higher.

After successfully graduating as medical doctor graduates are required to undergo compulsory service with the government for 4 years the first year is a graduate training programme or housemanship after 4 year medical officer will be allowed to further their studies in master specialists courses about 5 years after qualifying their master degree graduates will be appointed as medical. Bernama pic petaling jaya. Salaries vary drastically between different doctor physician careers.

Make sure your medical degree is recognised by the malaysian medical council. 03 8996 8700 03 8996 5700. For example a cardiologist is a physician specialist in internal medicine who subspecialises in the heart while a brain surgeon is a specialist surgeon who goes on to specialise in brain surgery dr sng kim hock president of association of specialists in private medical practice malaysia to the star.

To summarise it generally takes a total of 8 9 years to become a fully registered doctor from completing spm and more than 10 years to become a specialist. Technology park malaysia 57000 bukit jalil kuala lumpur malaysia. Medical prac ce in malaysia is govern by.

About 6 000 doctors come out every year but there are not enough jobs for them according to an ngo.