Malaysian Medical License Examination (MMLE): Is This a Way Froward?

Abstract

Medical education in Malaysia is facing challenges related to the increasing number of local private and foreign medical universities. The key issue is whether the system is producing doctors who have adequate competencies for fundamental patient-centred care. The Malaysian Medical Licensing Examination (MMLE) was proposed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) as a common licensing examination for which all graduates must sit prior to obtaining registration to practice. Currently, this exam is only taken by Malaysian students graduating from foreign medical colleges. However, the local Malaysian universities, both public and private, have different curricula for preparing undergraduates for future housemanships. The question is whether the educational programs of these universities are robust enough in delivering curricula that produce safe and competent doctors. Moving forward, it must be determined whether there is a need for extending the Malaysian Medical Licensing Examination (MMLE) to all graduates of both local and foreign medical universities, thereby creating a marker of excellence by which to measure Malaysian education and practice.

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“…As all such courses require accreditation by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency, this can almost be implemented overnight [30,31]. These courses should then be incentivized through ratings and funding availability to include clinical geriatrics exposure, which will eventually be made compulsory once clinical services have expanded adequately.…”

An Analysis of Geriatric Medicine in Malaysia-Riding the Wave of Political Change

“…Therefore, the minimum requirement should be for all undergraduate courses for healthcare professionals to include a geriatrics curriculum [32]. As all such courses require accreditation by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency, this can almost be implemented overnight by mandating the inclusion of a geriatrics curriculum in all undergraduate courses for healthcare professionals as a criterion for accreditation [33,34]. These courses should then be incentivized through ratings and funding availability to include clinical geriatrics exposure, which will eventually be made compulsory once clinical services have expanded adequately.…”