Sunday, February 12, 2006

Malaysian Medical Act 1971

Been difficult tracking this down in English:

Under the Medical Act 1971, graduates who have obtained bona fide medical degrees (based on Western and not Eastern medicine) but are not among the 343 institutions recognised by the Government, have to sit for the MQE upon their return before they can be registered as doctors.

The MQE is actually the final-year exam for medical undergraduates in UM, UKM and USM. Just like the internal medical undergraduates, foreign grads are given three attempts to pass the exam.


It appears that Malaysia does have a legitimate medical system and the legislation in place to enforce it.