i)Training Structured Programme for the Master In Medicine Obstetrics and Gynaecology
1. Master Medicine Obstetrics and Gynaecology UKM
2. Master Medicine Obstetrics and Gynaecology UM
3. Master Medicine Obstetrics and Gynaecology USM
1.1. Master in O&G – Selection/Training the Conjoint Board UM/UKM/USM
a) The Masters in O&G Specialist Training programme is currently run by the conjoint Board of University of Malaya, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti Sains Malaysia with the Ministry of Health.
b) The President of College of O&G – AMM is a member of the Conjoint of UM, UKM and USM.
c) The doctors need at least 2 years of compulsory training as housemen and Medical Officers prior to entry into programme. A recommendation has been made to shorten the 3 year requirement to 2 years.
d) The selection of candidates into Masters in O&G programme is by application and interview of the candidate by the respective Universities. Recently efforts have been made to standardise the
admission criteria. A suggestion has been made to have an open system and by examination.
e) The candidate selected is posted to one of the accredited Hospitals,under the Ministry of Health or the University They undergo a period of orientation prior to their clinical postings. The masters
programme has the following requirements.
1st year - Part 1 Examination
2nd year - Case write up
3rd year - Study and thesis write ups
4th year - Rotation to various subspecialities 3 month rotation
f) On passing the final Master Examination, the doctor is conferred the master O&G Degree by the respective University.
g) The Masters O&G doctors are required to do minimum of 6 months pre-gazettment posting.
h) At the end of 6 months, an evaluation is made by the Head of Department of O&G and if the report is satisfactory, the masters O&G doctor is gazetted as a specialist by the Ministry of Health or the University.
ii) TRAINING STRUCTURED SUBSPECIALTIES PROGRAMME IN O&G
The subspecialist training in O&G is currently conducted by the Ministry of Health through the JKPPOG (Jawatankuasa Pengurusan dan Perkembangan O&G).
The O&G specialist have to do a minimum period of 2 years of general Obstetrics and Gynaecology after passing the Masters in O&G, to gain experience in the field prior to be eligible for subspecialty training.
Four areas of subspecialisation has been identified in O&G :-
1. Maternal Fetal Medicine
2. Reproductive Medicine
3. Uro Gynaecology
4. Gynae Oncology
Each of the subspecialty training programme have their own curriculum, log book and structured training schedule. Candidates apply for subspecialty training through prescribed forms to the Ministry of Health. These applications are then submitted by the Ministry of Health to the respective Subspecialty Training Committees, which interviews the candidates and if suitable, he or she will be provided with the training schedule.
- 1st year training -Recognized centres in Ministry of Health or University
- 2nd year training -Recognized overseas centres or locally
- 3rd year training -The candidates will be posted to hospital to practice under indirect supervision.
During these periods of training the candidates need to keep log books and need a 6
monthly supervisors report. After completion of 3 years of training, the candidates submits to the subspecialty training committee, his or her assessment reports, log book, research papers and other relevant documents. He/She is called for an interview by the subspecialty training committee which reviews all his/her training reports and issues a letter of satisfactory completion of training.
Since May 2006 an Exit Board had been created to review and evaluate the subcommittee’s report and issue a certificate of completion of training to the candidates. All these documents are then submitted to the Ministry of Health for gazettement of the candidates as a subspecialist. Currently the subspecialty training in the Ministry of Health is conducted by the Jawatankuasa Pengurusan dan Perkembangan O&G (JKPPOG). The Head of the Ministry of Health O&G Services heads the JKPPOG committee and its members are all the state heads of O&G and other senior O&G specialists in the Ministry of Health. The JKPPOG committee appoints the head of the Subspecialty Training Committees and he in turn appoints the members of his subspecialty training committee.