Medical Education in Malaysia / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

1) Medical education in Malaysia is strongly affected by United Kingdom, which previously governed this area. Malaysia and UK have similarities in admission of high school graduates to medical schools, five-year curriculum emphasising primary care, and certifying graduation by internal and external examiners.<BR>2) Twinning programme is a general trend in Malaysia; offering medical degree from overseas after completing part of the partner school's curriculum in Malaysia.<BR>3) International Medical University, where the author had worked from 2003 to 2005, reveals strong enthusiasm in medical education because it sends students to undergraduate clinical education in 27 different partner medical schools in Western countries, provides hybrid curriculum with problem-based learning in preclinical years, moves towards outcome-based curriculum, and promotes several medical education research projects.<BR>4) Thus, medical education in Malaysia has made significant and innovative progress through severe competition with surrounding areas as well as western countries.