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 MBBS Programme
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Entry
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Fees
Structure
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| BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR
OF SURGERY (MBBS) |
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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.
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| The School
of Medicine has two student intakes in each academic year in the months of
January and September.
The annual intake is 120 students. |
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| Basis |
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| 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.
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| Aim |
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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.
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| Components |
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| 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.
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| Course
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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
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Year
1
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Term 1
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HBM
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Society, Health and Medicine
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Epidemiology
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MCBM
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The body; it's structure and organization I
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The body, it's organization and function
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Metabolic homeostasis and genetics
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Term 2
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HBM
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Biostatistics
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Ethics in Medicine
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Primary care interphase with the hospital
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MCBM
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Intervention in Homeostasis
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Nutrition and Metabolic diseases
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Infection and immunity, inflammation and repair
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The Molecular and basis of cancer and proliferative cell
disease
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The body, it's structure and organization II
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Year
II
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Term 1
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Cardiovascular System
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Respiratory System
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Gastrointestinal System
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Term 2
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Renal System
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Central Nervous System
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Endocrine and Reproductive System
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Year
III
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Term 1
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Medicine
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Surgery
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Diabetes Mellitus week
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Term 2
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Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Paediatrics
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Year
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Term 1
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Orthopaedics
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Psychiatry
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ENT and Ophthalmology
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Term 2
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Community Medicine
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Minor Specialities: Dermatology, Imaging, Accident and
Emergency and Anaesthesiology
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Revision clinics in Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics,
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Year
V
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Term 1
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Medicine
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Surgery
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Term 2
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Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Paediatrics
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Community Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
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Electives
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| Educational
Aspects |
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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.
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