Why the double standards in specialist recognition, group asks medical council

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The Malaysian Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons says while those doing their master’s studies at local hospitals are recognised, parallel pathway trainees at the same centres are not.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/05/29/why-the-double-standards-in-specialist-recognition-group-asks-medical-council/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #MMC #MATCVS #RCSEd #ParallelPathwayProgramme

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00:00 An association has questioned the Malaysian Medical Council's double standards in recognising

00:07 specialists trained at public hospitals.

00:10 The Malaysian Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons said while those doing

00:14 their master's studies at these hospitals are recognised by MMC, parallel pathway trainees

00:19 at the same hospitals are not.

00:21 It was understood that MMC's refusal to register parallel pathway graduates was based on provisions

00:27 in the Medical Act that do not recognise health ministry hospitals as training centres.

00:31 MATCVS Secretary John Chan said he found the provisions strange as almost all master's

00:37 clinical training programmes at local universities are conducted in public hospitals.

00:42 He cited the Master of Surgery course at Universiti Kemangsaan Malaysia as an example of a successful

00:48 course that had produced many general surgeons.

00:51 Chan also stressed that graduates from the parallel pathway programme offered by the

00:55 Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh were fit to work as cardiothoracic surgeons at

01:00 public hospitals.

01:02 The MMC is currently embroiled in a controversy with parallel pathway specialists and medical

01:07 genetics graduates over having their qualifications listed in the National Specialist Register.

01:12 (upbeat music)

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