Move to upgrade government doctors
Doctors in government service will soon have to attend continuous medical education to help them stay abreast with new developments in medicine.
Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said the programme would be linked to the Government Efficiency Level Assessment Test.
“Those who do not attend the course will lose some marks in the test. Taking it will enable doctors to continue upgrading themselves with information on the latest technologies and treatment procedures.
“If a doctor does not attend the course, I am afraid he will just be a doctor who cannot give the best to patients,” he told reporters after launching the Living Skills Pillar under the MCA Lifelong Learning Campaign at Wisma MCA here yesterday.
He said Deputy Health Director-General Datuk Dr Mohd Ismail Merican had been directed to work out the course details.
Dr Chua said the course was in line with the human capital development strategy emphasised by the Prime Minister.
On whether doctors in private practice would have to take the course, he said there was no mechanism to monitor them at the moment.
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