Shorter housemanship for outstanding grads

FUTURE medical graduates may be able to undergo a shorter housemanship stint.

“If you can pass your assessments with excellent marks, we may decide to shorten your housemanship to 14 months,” said Deputy Health director-general (Medical) Datuk Dr S. Jeyaindran.

The housemanship stint is for 24 months.

“To qualify for this, housemen must score excellent marks (85% and above) in three of their posting exit exams,” he told medical students during a talk at Univ-ersiti Malaya (UM) last week.

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Source: The Star Online, 13 March 2016