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MM40708 Family Medicine & District Hospital Posting [1-2025/2026]
Course Overview
This posting, part of the Year 4 MBBS Phase II curriculum, provides students with clinical exposure to Family Medicine and District Hospital Practice. It aims to equip students with competencies to manage common health problems, understand the healthcare system, and deliver holistic, continuous, and coordinated care within the Malaysian context, especially in resource-limited settings such as Sabah.
Summary Statement
The Family Medicine and District Hospital Posting bridges primary and secondary care learning by emphasizing holistic, community-oriented, and evidence-based clinical practice. Through lectures, discussions, and clinical immersion, students develop essential competencies in comprehensive care, teamwork, and ethical professionalism, preparing them to function effectively as future family physicians or primary care providers.
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MM40802 Forensic Medicine Posting [1-2024/2025]
This module will be conducted throughout the academic year during which the students are expected to attend, observe, record and discuss the post mortem sessions performed in the hospitals they are being posted. The students can learn how the forensic death investigation does in different situations. A well-structured learning teaching programme is planned for 2 weeks period at the beginning of the year 4.
MM40408 Psychiatry Posting [1-2024/2025]
Welcome to Psychiatry Clerkship Rotation!
This course will be
taught over 6-week period and will be distributed between the Hospital Mesra
Bukit Padang and Hospital Queen Elizabeth. This posting will provide an
opportunity for the students to develop clinical skills, knowledge and
attitudes needed to recognise and treat mental health problems. This course
will emphasise skills that are important in all areas of medicine, particularly
communication skills and the ability to reflect. Students are given a series of
lectures at the start of the posting, so provide them with the knowledge that
they need.This knowledge is built on by spending time in the wards and clinics
at Hospital Mesra Bukit Padang and Hospital Queen Elizabeth.
Skills training sessions and bedside teaching sessions will be used to improve communication skills. Regular case presentation sessions and modified problem based learning sessions will be used to improve problem solving.Seminars and movie discussion groups will be used to build on knowledge, and allow students to reflect on their own attitudes which may act as a barrier in treating mental health problems
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