APC fees going up by 6 times next year?
A leaked circular with the proposed increase in fees imposed by the newly corporatised Malaysian Medical Council shows a stunning increase in the annual APC fee from RM50 to RM300.
If you have been following this blog, it’s actually not news as we warned you about it last year (Proposed Amendments to the Medical Act)
Anyway, be prepared to fork out more money for everything related to registration – MQE, APC, NSR (registration and annual fees) etc. etc.
For Malaysian doctors, you can keep up to date with the news via:
1) The Dobbs doctors Facebook group. If you are on Facebook you can click to join but you ma...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - April 8, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Nation Source Type: blogs
Free Medical eBook
Associate Prof Punna Wong Yin Onn has released v3 of his Dear Yin Ling book
Dear Colleagues and students,
I humbly launch the completely rewritten 3rd edition of this Q&A book on Internal Medicine. It took me 6 months to edit and I promised myself that it should be limited to 500 pages as no one will read a thicker book. Nevertheless I still ended up with 550 pages!
I wanted 120 pledges from my students that they will study it cover to cover during their semester break before I would launch the book but that was apparently a demand too high to climb. Yin Ling requested me yesterday to launch the book as she could wait...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - April 4, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Education - Guest ebook Source Type: blogs
Feedback: Enquiry about MMC recognised medical schools
Joanne writes in:
Hi, I have been looking at the list the Malaysian Medical Council Secretariat sent me. However, I cannot seem to find SEGI university and Quest International University Perak on the list. I did call up to QIUP and they told me that they ARE recgonised by the MMC and that the MMC has already sent about 9 Arabians to study at their university. I
am really worried on these two universities as I want to enroll on one of these two. Thank you for your time
Firstly just some links to pages we have compiled with information for anyone reading this:
Student links:
http://new.medicine.com.my/schools/
Medical school...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - March 26, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Education - Feedback Medical Schools MMC Source Type: blogs
GST and private doctors II
GST is set to be implemented for the first time in Malaysia in less than 10 days time. Right up till this last moment there is still some confusion in the healthcare sector, not the least due to Customs constantly changing their guidelines. At first the impression given was that Healthcare was to be GST exempt but it is not truly so. Many areas will be subject to standard rated GST. “GST exemption” for the end consumer is probably a meaningless term as eventually businesses will pass the cost down to the end consumer. If the Malaysian Government truly wants to help the Rakyat, then the Healthcare sector should ...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - March 22, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Nation GST Source Type: blogs
Joint Press Statement by Doctors Associations on the Pharmacy Bill/RUUF
DOCTORS CALL ON MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO ENSURE OPEN ENGAGEMENTS ON THE PHARMACY BILL 2015
We refer to the Minister of Health’s statement “Dispensing Separation Still Under Review’, (Bernama 4.3.2015), following a meeting called by the Pharmaceutical Services Division (PSD), Ministry of Health Malaysia to discuss issues with regards the Pharmacy Bill. The following attending the meeting on behalf of the medical profession:
Malaysian Medical Council (MMC)
Medical Practitioners Coalition of Malaysia (MPCN)
Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia (IMAM)
Pertubuhan Doktor-Doktor Islam Malaysia(PERDIM)
Malaysian Medical Asso...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - March 5, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Ethics - Nation Dispensing Separation DS Pharmacy Bill RUUF Source Type: blogs
Is Malaysia ready for separation of dispensing? The patient perspective
Recently Astro Awani had a public opinion poll on this and the results are pretty evenly split (polls like this in any case can be manipulated by people who want to sway the votes and use nefarious tactics like bots and so on, so don’t take the results too seriously)
Both the pharmacy and doctors lobbies have been at it in the press and social media and presenting their side of the argument. You may also have seen this Astro Awani debate between a pharmacist and a doctor:
However at the end of the day, I think the perspective should be focused on the patient. Ultimately, will separation of dispensing benefit the pa...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - February 25, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Ethics - Nation Dispensing Source Type: blogs
Join our doctors group in Facebook
Are you a Malaysian doctor on Facebook, currently the largest social media platform?
We would like to invite you to join our rapidly growing Facebook group solely for Malaysian doctors, the Dobbs FB Group. This is a group run by Malaysian doctors for Malaysian doctors. No medical students (sorry, you can join when you graduate), pharma or non-doctor medical industry people are in this group. This is strictly a platform to keep doctors updated and connected.
It’s a closed group so please request to join here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/mydobbs/
or if that’s too long for you, just head over to
http://dobbs....
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - February 24, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Dobbs - Featured site Facebook Source Type: blogs
GST and private doctors
The dateline for GST registration for companies expired in December 2014. Come 1 April, GST is to be launched. For the healthcare sector there is confusion not least because of the complicated way it is being implemented and changing goal posts in the interpretation. For specialists working in the private sector providing solely medical consulting, it was originally deemed as GST exempt, then late in 2014, Customs re-interpreted it as an “outsourced service” to the private hospital and made it a GST chargeable service.
For private GPs, many thought that they did not have to register until Customs begun circulat...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - February 22, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Nation GST Source Type: blogs
Gong Xi Fa Cai 2015
Wishing all Chinese readers of the MMR a Gong Xi Fa Cai!
May 2015 be a healthy and prosperous year ahead for everyone.
(Pic courtesy of Dr. BH Teh)
To all Malaysian doctors, we wish you a a peaceful and uneventful break during the extended holiday weekend. If you have time, do join us in our forum, Dobbs
Just follow these steps:
1) Sign up by going to http://dobbs.my/daftar. This allows you to choose your username and password. Please use the same email address as you use for Facebook as that will make login with Facebook easier for you.
2) Check your email inbox for the activation link (in case you don’t receive it...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - February 18, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Events New Year Source Type: blogs
Updated: Door 2 Door Doctors
Our Other Private Listing has been updated to include the Door 2 Door Doctors service which is what we think (correct us if we are wrong) is the first dedicated house call doctor service. (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources)
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - February 15, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Featured site - Site updates House call Source Type: blogs
Calling all Alumni of the Universiti Malaya Medical School
Pacemaker needs your help
Download (PDF, 818KB) (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources)
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - February 12, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - General Pacemaker UM Source Type: blogs
Kepada Semua Ibu untuk pengetahuan anda
by Dr. John Teo & Dr. Nazatul Shiha
Kepada anda yang mempunyai anak, sila TERUSKAN untuk menerima vaksin HPV percuma yang ditawarkan di sekolah dalam minggu ini.
Harap teruskan membaca
Butir – butir; http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/prevention/HPV-vaccine
Vaksin HPV berpotensi untuk mengurangkan kematian yang disebabkan oleh kanser serviks di seluruh dunia sehingga sebanyak dua pertiga, dan untuk mencegah kanser anus pada lelaki dan wanita. Gardasil juga mampu mencegah penyakit ketuat kemaluan (genital warts).
Kerajaan Malaysia sudah melaksanakan Program Vaksinasi HPV Kebangsaan sejak tahun 2010 menyert...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - February 12, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Guest - Health tips Source Type: blogs
A prelude to 1Care?
There has recently been a spate of publicity about Separation of Dispensing and a letter to the NST suggests all this may be a prelude to a “Healthcare Transformation” or what was previously termed 1Care.
via the NST
AMONG the medical fraternity there has been some anxiety regarding the medicine dispensing separation, a long debated topic, now said to be parked at the Attorney General’s office in Putrajaya pending being passed in Parliament sometime this year.
The pharmacists have long been fighting that the dispensing be solely their prerogative as they “know more about medicines” than doctors.
Every...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - February 11, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Nation 1Care Dispensing Separation Source Type: blogs
Be kind to your doctor
Shared with permission from the FB wall of a GP
Some six years ago, this lady X was brought to me. she has very bad case of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. I still recall how she used to struggle for breath each time she came. Thank goodness she would quickly recover after nebulization as intra-muscular injection because her case would usually be a narrow decision between admitting and the risk of treating her as out-patient. After a few visits, her symptoms were controlled. Among the things I gave her was Spiriva inhaler, and off label use of Singulair, which worked pretty well on her.
I remember one day on my way ...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - February 6, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - Ethics Source Type: blogs
Public Trust in Doctors
This was published in the NEJM Public Trust in Physicians — U.S. Medicine in International Perspective
Research suggests that for physicians to play a substantial role in such decision making, there has to be a relatively high level of public trust in the profession’s views and leadership. But an examination of U.S. public-opinion data over time and of recent comparative data on public trust in physicians as a group in 29 industrialized countries raises a note of caution about physicians’ potential role and influence with the U.S. public.
The US ranks only 24th in the poll in the percentage of respondents wh...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - February 5, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: palmdoc Tags: - General Trust Source Type: blogs
