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BACHELOR  OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR OF SURGERY (MBBS)
 

Students who wish to become medical doctors be taken through a full-time five-year theory and practical programme leading to the award of MBBS degree. The medical programme offers quality education and professional clinical training as a foundation for a career in the field of medicine. Our efforts in education are truly integrated, resulting in steady progress towards better health care for the nation.   
 
The School of Medicine has two student intakes in each academic year in the months of January and June. The annual intake is 120 students.
 
Basis
  
The MBBS programme is based on integrated learning in cognizance of local needs and also to fulfil the requirements of the Malaysian Medical Council. The AIMST programme differs from a classical subject-based medical curriculum in being clinically integrated. The clinical experience is initiated very early in the course, together with a strong focus on self-directed learning.

The academic program leading to the MBBS degree has been approved by LAN on 14th of November 2002 as it meets the requirements for accreditation thereby preparing graduates to licensure and certification by the Malaysian Medical Council.
  
Aim
  

The programme aims to educate students by generating a spirit of enquiry, care and service to the community on health perspectives. To provide a high standard of health services, not just in terms of healing the sick but also to ensure a sustained good health status in Malaysia. This is well supported by the multidisciplinary teaching faculty and research oriented teaching programmes.

Today, a newly revised School of Medicine curriculum invites students form all over the world as it integrates basic science education and clinical instruction with community-based learning. Education in medical history, ethics, even literature informs and expands the learning experience.

The major goal of the undergraduate program is the education of students as critical thinkers and problem solvers, skilled in sensing, formulating and managing various health problems. On graduation our students will have the capacity to enter the competent world as medical practitioners and also pursue research in any field of medical science.
  
Components
  
The five-year MBBS programme is modular in nature and is structured in three phases, Phase I, Phase II and Phase III. Pre-clinical and para-clinical teaching goes hand in hand. With a phase-structured approach, these two areas of Medicine are taught in an integrated manner. All five years are completed in Malaysia. The Government Hospitals at Sungai Petani, Alor Setar are the main centers for clinical training for our students. Community medicine is addressed at District Hospitals in Jitra, Sik and Yan, along with 12 Health Clinics in Kedah.   
  
Course Outline  
  
In Phase I students learn the fundamental concepts and vocabulary of the basic sciences relevant to clinical medicine in an integrated way. They gain knowledge and understanding of basic medicine, the structure and functions of the human body and how the individual fits into society. Special Study Modules (SSM) are undertaken with main initiative coming from the students with some guidance from teaching faculty. These are an integral part of the programme, and are presented by students every year. They comprise subject specific topics (internal SSMs) and non-assigned components (external SSMs), providing students with the choice of pursuing studies in an area of personal interest.

With the basic knowledge gained, students enter Phase II. Here they are introduced to Systems along with Clinical exposure in the main Hospitals and the District Hospitals.

In Phase III, students develop personal and cognitive skills for lifelong learning along with an ability to adapt to change, to be self-critical as well as to engage in peer-review and to enhance their analytical and communicative skills. The clinical clerkship is the defining part of the curriculum in which students start to practice and hone their clinical skills and take responsibility for patient care under supervision. It is designed to develop those competencies considered necessary for current and future practice. It is also a time for making career decisions, and students are given elective time to explore more deeply the areas of medicine in which they are interested.  
 

Year 1

Term 1

 

HBM

Society, Health and Medicine

Epidemiology

MCBM

 The body; it's structure and organization I

The body, it's organization and function

Metabolic homeostasis and genetics

Term 2

 

HBM

Biostatistics

Ethics in Medicine

Primary care interphase with the hospital     

MCBM

Intervention in Homeostasis

Nutrition and Metabolic diseases

Infection and immunity, inflammation and repair

The Molecular and basis of cancer and proliferative cell disease

The body, it's structure and organization II

Year II

Term 1

 

Cardiovascular System

Respiratory System

Gastrointestinal System

Term 2

 

Renal System

Central Nervous System 

Endocrine and Reproductive System

Year III

Term 1

 

Medicine 

Surgery 

Diabetes Mellitus week 

Term 2

 

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Paediatrics

Year IV

Term 1

 

Orthopaedics

Psychiatry

ENT and Ophthalmology  

Term 2

 

Community Medicine

Minor Specialities: Dermatology, Imaging, Accident and Emergency and  Anaesthesiology

Revision clinics in Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Year V

Term 1

 

Medicine 

Surgery 

Term 2

 

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Paediatrics

Community Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care

Electives

  
Educational Aspects 
  

Problem Learning Skills: In order to make education a life long learning process the integrated teachings is continued on to develop skills in PBL. The solving of problems in clinical medicine and human biology embodies the development of knowledge, understanding and ability to think and reason through the application of scientific principles and the use of various intellectual and vocational skills. The ability to apply scientific principles to the critical evaluation of medical literature and gain competence in making the most appropriate decisions that are acquired.

Knowledge: An appropriate balance must be achieved between learning known facts, theories and modes of thought on the one hand, and the stimulation of critical thinking, reasoning and the development of knowledge through problem solving on the other. The course design will enable a student by graduation to have:

• acquired a basic knowledge essential for the formulation and solution of clinical problems and

  for the delivery of health care.
• developed an effective system for the acquisition, storage and retrieval of information needed

  for both the solution of problems related to clinical matters and health care delivery and

  for the purposes of life-long learning.