Is Malaysia Education Ministry failed to plan or the education plans failed us?
Just
few years back in 2011, Malaysia was facing in shortage of doctors
nationwide and the government had taken steps to bring back Malaysian
specialist doctors who were working abroad, as well as to employ on
contract basis foreign specialist doctors, like from Egypt and India.
The
government at that time believed that with the presence of 33 medical
institutions in the country, including 11 owned by the government, would
be able to produce more doctors.
(Read more : 1. More than 32,900 doctors serving in Malaysia 2. Foreign doctors to ease shortage in government hospitals)
Just
a short span of 3 to 4 years down the road and in 2014, the government
said we are now facing a situation of over supply of doctors in the
coming years. One of the main reason is too many private medical schools
are flooding in the profit oriented market in Malaysia.
Below are the number of medical schools and its accreditation status published by Malaysia Medical Council:
1. Total number of accredited government funded public universities - 9
2. Total number of accredited private medical schools - 14
3. Total approved local undergraduate medical schools awaiting accreditation - 20
4. Pending approval and accreditation medical schools - 27
(Read more : Malaysia Medical Council Annual Report 2013)
This
mean we have whopping total of 70 medical schools in Malaysia and this
number surpassed the total number of medical schools in both U.K. and
Australia with a larger population.
So what are the reasons behind the mess? Fail to plan or the planning failed. I would said both.
In
a profit oriented market, a fundamentally strong and good quality
company can withstand onslaught challenges and competition. A weak and
rotten one especially those heavily dependent on government support for
student enrollment is set to disappear from the market place.
So
do more research before you decide which private university to spend
your memorable campus life and do not let the rotten one to ruin you and
your parent life.
Please read full story and the links pertaining to above post below.
Consolidation time for medical schools in Malaysia?
Posted on August 19, 2014 by palmdoc
Is
the gravy train coming to a halt for the lucrative business of setting
up medical schools in Malaysia. There was in recent years a rapid
increase of medical schools in this country, exceeding even that of the
UK which has a larger population.
Some of these private medical schools are now running into financial problems e.g.
AUCMS
PERDANA
After these two, who’s next?
The problem is that there is already a GLUT of junior doctors and jobs will be getting harder to come by even at present and worse for the future generation of doctors.
We’ve already mentioned these in the blog series on the The changing landscape of junior doctor jobs in Malaysia :
The changing landscape of junior doctor jobs in Malaysia
The changing landscape of junior doctor jobs in Malaysia II
The changing landscape of junior doctor jobs in Malaysia III
Now even public medical schools will face problems as the Government has declared they will offer fewer places in public medical schools, acknowledging the glut of junior doctors.
I wonder which medical school will be the next to fold?
See the MMR’s LISTING OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS
Source - new.medicine.com.my
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