Top-notch medical studies
MANAGEMENT & Science University (MSU) is one of Malaysia’s top universities focusing on critical need areas of study encompassing medicine, health sciences, pharmacy, information sciences and engineering, business management and professional studies, education and social sciences, hospitality and culinary arts, music and fashion.
Complementing national and regional needs for qualified doctors, MSU offers the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) programme through its International Medical School (IMS).
Designed and approved based on MMC guidelines, the MBBS programme provides a continually expanding range of medical experiences. The programme is delivered in three phases: Phase 1 in Year 1, Phase 2 in Year 2 and Phase 3 throughout Years 3, 4 and 5.
Phases 1 and 2 comprise system based modules whereas Phase 3 delivers discipline-based postings in medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatric, psychiatry, primary care, orthopaedics and emergency medicine.
MSU’s MBBS students spend their first and second years understanding the basic medical sciences. They begin developing basic clinical skills and knowledge in their third year and spend their fourth year on introductions to medical specialties.
Clinical skills in their final year consolidate the degree-level medical education.
A key feature of MSU’s MBBS programme is its emphasis on clinical communication skills. Clinical contact is established early on through community engagement visits to medical practices, community care facilities and hospitals.
This is in line with MSU’s focus on developing well-rounded graduates – in this case, qualified medical doctors who excel academically and in personality, contributing to both the university’s and national objectives for excellent healthcare service in Malaysia and the region.
MSU medical students complete their clinical training at two major referral hospitals in Malaysia: Sungai Buloh Hospital and Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang.
Upon graduation, the new doctors need to register with the Public Services Department and complete a two-year housemanship at selected public hospitals under the supervision of the Malaysian Health Ministry.
Soon, with the opening of the MSU Medical Centre, MSU will be Malaysia’s first private university with its own teaching hospital and in-house clinical placement for its MBBS graduates.
Other than its main Shah Alam campus, the IMS is also available in Bangalore, India, which was Malaysia’s first medical school to receive a five-year accreditation from the Malaysian Medical Council.
The five-year MSU MBBS programme is also recognised by the Medical Council of India, Sri Lanka Medical Council and Maldives Medical and Dental Council.
Want to be a doctor and be qualified to sit the Medical Entry Test at MSU? Look out for the next intake this month.