When you are somewhat mentally unstable, you see a psychiatrist but if you are a someone under stress and need emotional support, they will recommend a clinical psychologist who has a medic degree. Mention the word "psychiatrist" and most people give you strange look wondering whether you are "cuckoo" or not.

you figures are way off....

in 2009, 4000+ new doctors joined the workforce.....about 2000 from local med schools (both public and private) and 2000 from overseas.........based on current intake, and new students going off to russia/indonesia/india, this nomber will increase to 5000+ in the next few years......

the 'good' news is that those in oecd countries mostly do NOT return, but they account for only about 200 new doctors a year, maybe only 20% of that will return, even jpa scholars, many do not return......

sadly to say. politics + $$$. that's all it takes.

and I am intending to work in msia, preferably after I specialize. Well, that's still way off, keeping alive is already hard enough haha.

that's not their transfer programme, it's their own new MBBS programme lol I wonder how the clinical years are going to be ^^"

Ah i see. What if graduating from Kasturba Medical College, India?

yeah heard my lecturer saying that they're aiming to make everyone specialize in a particular area. So in future, GP's might be broken down again into sub areas like family practitioners. Still, I reckon it'll be good if primary care ie gps are around. somehow, making everyone specialize makes it sound like it's fully secondary health care. ><

thanks. Yep, she is heading to the States. =)

I have doubts about electives. Whether you do electives at local or overseas, does it give a hit in the future?

Hmm... if they used 'John Hopkins University or Johns Hopkins Medicine International' as the name of the institution, it would be better...
The name 'Perdana' University itself is somewhat a repellent  to potential graduate-students wishing to join a GEMP (Graduate Entry Medical Program)...
Anyway.. this will be our 18th Medical IPTS in Malaysia.... and will be added to the list....

An Update~

RCMP Perak is now offering the following:
For more info: http://www.perakmed.edu.my/page.php?15
*If there is any dead links in the first page - do inform me.

At the time of the announcement of the freeze, there were about 5 pending medical school licences. Expect to see another 4 of them in the next 8-12 months.

Don't be so quick to judge when you have a  plank jutting out of your eye.

meaning those med schools have applied for licences for medical programmes and was waiting for approval to start with mostly a lot of stuff ready when the announcement for the freeze was announced. The freeze means they won't be entertaining any more applications for new med schools but those that was pending approval, it's a different case.

imu mbbs is recognised only in msia and sri lanka....

non-recognised degree means one cannot register to work....

there are alternate pathways for registrations, ie exams you can sit for....

post-graduate training means working....therefore, cannot do training in uk etc...

some postgraduate qualifications on the other hand, needs no onshore training, and one can work in msia and sit for the exams.....

basically, if one gets a local msian medical degree, it basically means one will NOT be able to work in other countries without sitting for some sort of qualifying exams...

the only local msian degrees recognised elsewhere are:
um/ukm (spore)
monash sunway (australia/nz)
pmc irish degrees (ireland)
presumably the irish degrees with perdana and allianz will also be recognised in ireland.....