Postgrad pathways for doctors

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TO become medical specialists in Malaysia, doctors typically either enrol for a master of medicine (MMed) programme at a local university or opt for the parallel pathway.Whichever choice they make, there are a set of requirements to fulfil. If they opt for the former, they are required to apply for a fully paid study leave, besides meeting entry requirements.

“Government doctors under the Health Ministry must be in receipt of a fully paid study leave through the federal training grant, or Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan (HLP) programme,” said Dr Lam Chee Loong, former coordinator of the Master of Internal Medicine programme at Universiti Malaya.