malaysia is not the only one

i know there is one in sydney,aus and another in boston,usa teaching hospital used by 2 medical school

It's sad to see nowadays a single hospital is being used by multiple med schools. We barely have enough consultants for clinical duties, and now they will have to allocate time for med students (definitely they will, as they are paid RM100-200 per session of bedside teaching).

Cant believe the consultants are only paid little penny for bedside tutorial. Thats similar with the pay of a part time CSU facilitator in IMU (any MBBS graduate can do that).

And surprisingly, they turn up for teaching. This has to be of good will!

We are blaming aspiring doctors for asking how much can they earn.
And here we are talking about seniors teaching juniors on the basis of goodwill. By inference, unless patients have the $$$, they can go fly kite!

As a healthcare professional, being tutor is also part of our job description, as medicine is more than science. Our ancestor in this field were trained by apprenticeship, and i dont see this tradition dying off. IMU has been pushing very hard to us seniors to guide the juniors in their initial phase in clinical school, which I think is good as we interact with them more than lecturers.

Coming back to your doubt, it is RM200 per session. The specialist and consultants doesnt mind the money. They teach in hope that when we graduate we will be a safe and competent doctor. To be honest, they are the best person to teach clinical students.

Yes it is of good will.