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MEDICINE

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MEDICINEMedicine is both a science and an art. It is the science o uncertainty coupled with the art o probability. In act, medicine is not justa Science that can be taught, but an Art that has to be learnt. The journey through medical school is an exciting teaching-learning

experience, which involves acquisition o knowledge o human structure and unction in health and disease, and the application o the

same in a clinical setting using critical thinking and problem solving skills. In the initial years o medical education, the science behind

the intricate orm and unction o this magniicent engineering marvel o nature (that we call the human body) would be unraveled.

The art o medicine is something that is acquired over a period o time, the learning o which starts at the portals o medical school

and continues well ater graduation. A career in medicine means lielong learning and a lietime o service towards the wellness

o mankind. The process involves the subtle metamorphosis o the rather inexperienced and innocuous medical student into a

compassionate, learned health proessional with high standards o moral and ethical values, who cares about the communal health othe society, nation and the world.

The attributes o a good doctor have or long been discussed and debated. While the term may be diicult to deine and the ultimate

person itting the description hard to ind, what the public expects is a skillul diagnostician, competent in selecting and administering

treatment, while being an eective communicator. Good doctors are also caring leaders and tireless team players in healthcare,

with ethical emphasis, technological sophistication, strong sel-discipline and proessional proiciency. Proverbially, a good doctor

cures sometimes, relieves oten and comorts always. This age-old saying is applicable even today and may be relevant or all the

years to come as doctors continue to champion the cause against disease, curing ailments, alleviating pain and oering physical and

psychological consolation to patients.

The IMU with its unique partnership with world renowned Universities ensures the training o such doctors through its international

benchmarking, high standards o academic quality, innovative curriculum and inculcation o strong social and ethical values.

Medicine is not just a science thatcan be taught, but also an art that

has to be learnt.

PROF JOHN PAUL JUDSONDean, Medical SciencesMBBS (Madras), MS (Madras),

DHA (Dip Hosp Admin)


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DEGREEMBBS (IMU) or

Medical degreerom Partner

Medical Schools

KEYFACTSTOTAL DURATION

4 - 8 years

COMMENCEMENTFebruary and August

01 WHAT IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE IMU MEDICALPROGRAMME?

The IMU Medical programme is structured in two phases:

Phase 1, Medical Sciences and Phase 2, Clinical Training.

Phase 1 (Medical Sciences)This phase o 5 semesters (2 years) ocuses on the Medical

Sciences and is undertaken at the Universitys campus in Bukit

Jalil. Completion o Phase 1 in Malaysia enables all students

to become amiliar with local health conditions and acilities

in rural and urban settings. From the second semester,

students gain early clinical exposure at Hospital Tuanku Jaaar,

Seremban, Kuala Kubu Baru Hospital, Hospital Gombak and

other government health centres and private clinics in Negeri

Sembilan and Selangor.

Phase 2 (Clinical Training)

On completion o Phase 1, students proceed to Phase 2 which

ocuses on clinical training. Students may choose to undertake

this training either at the IMU Clinical School in Seremban or

at a Partner Medical School (PMS) overseas. The overseas

duration varies rom 2 to 3 years.

Note: Students are to choose where to take their Phase 2

option at the time o application and this option would be

indicated in the letter oering a place.

02 WHAT ARE THE AIMS AND KEY FEATURES OF THELOCAL MBBS (IMU) DEGREE?

Through its teaching, the IMU aims to produce relective

medical practitioners and caring doctors. Students who

wish to undertake a medical programme completely in

Malaysia can join the IMU Clinical School in the Serembansubcampus or the inal 2 years.

Key eatures o IMU programme include:

Anadaptivecurriculum

Outcome-basededucation

Technology-drivenlearning

Dynamic,experiencedandeminentfaculty

ClinicaltraininginHospitalTuankuJaafar,Seremban

Regularassessmentsandfeedback

Well-equippedSkillsCentreandaLearningResourceCentre

comprising o a library, medical museum and e-learning

resources.

Students in the Medical Museum


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03 WHAT IS THE DURATION OF THE MEDICAL PROGRAMME?

The duration o the Phase 1 o the medical programme in IMU is 2 years. The total period o study is dependent on the university

selected or completion o Phase II as provided in the ollowing table. The duration o the MBBS (IMU) programme is 5 years.

AUSTRALIA

UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED STATES

CANADA

NEW ZEALAND

IRELAND

UNDERGRADUATE ENTRYDURATION OF MEDICAL PROGRAMMEFull duration of study: 4 to 5 years (depending on the University)

Phase 1 (IMU) Phase 2 TOTAL

MALAYSIAInternational Medical University 2 years 2 years 5 years

AUSTRALIAUniversity o Adelaide, Australia

University o New South Wales,Australia

University o Newcastle, AustraliaUniversity o Tasmania, Australia

University o Western Australia, Australia

University o Western Sydney, Australia

2 years

2 years

2 years2 years

2 years

2 years

3 years

3 years

3 years3 years

3 years

3 years

5 years

5 years

5 years5 years

5 years

5 years

NORTH AMERICADalhousieUniversity,Canada

Jeerson Medical College, USA*

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

4 years

4 years

Phase 1 (IMU) Phase 2 TOTAL

UNITED KINGDOMUniversity o Aberdeen, Scotland

Brighton-Sussex Medical School, England

UniversityofDundee,Scotland

University o Edinburgh, Scotland

University o Glasgow, Scotland

University o Keele, England

UniversityofLeeds,England

UniversityofLeicester,England

UniversityofLiverpool,England

University o Manchester, England

University o Nottingham, England

Queens University o Belast, NorthernIreland

University o Southampton, England

St Georges University, England

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

2 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

2 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

4 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

IRELANDNational University o Ireland, Galway 2 years 3 years 5 years

* USMLEStep 1Thisis requiredforallmedicalstudentsstudying intheUnited States.

Any IMU student wishing to be matched with Jeerson Medical College must pass theUnitedStatesMedicalLicensingExamination(USMLEStep1)beforetransfer.

*** Students who wish to transer to University o Melbourne are required to study

the irst 2 years in IMU as well as an additional year to obtain the IMU Bachelor

o Medical Sciences (Hons). Students will then transer to University o Melbourne

and start their studies in Year 1 o the medical programme. Students who opt or

this option will be matched to University o Melbourne without going through the

matching process.

****UniversityofSydneyisanMBBSPhDoption.Studentsarerequiredtostudythefirst

2 years in IMU as well as an additional year to obtain the IMU Bachelor o Medical

Sciences (Hons). Students will then transer to University o Sydney to complete

theirmedicaldegree(MBBS) (for2 years)and continuewiththeirPhD (atleast3

years) with the same university. Students who opt or this option will be matched to

University o Sydney without going through the matching process.

* Australian National University will only accept IMU Bachelor o Medical Sciences

(Hons) to be eligible to transer.

** For University o Queensland or University o Warwick, student with a irst degree

on entry may transer ater 2 years. Students without a irst degree will have to

spend another year to complete the IMU Bachelor o Medical Sciences (Hons) to

be eligible to transer.

GRADUATE ENTRYDURATION OF MEDICAL PROGRAMMEFull duration of study: 4 to 8 years (depending on the university)

OPTION A Phase 1 (IMU) Phase 2 TOTAL

AUSTRALIAAustralian National University, Australia*

University o Queensland, Australia**

3 years

2 or 3years

2 years

2 years

5 years

4 or 5years

UNITED KINGDOMUniversi ty o Warwick, England ** 2 or 3

years2 years 5 or 6

years

OPTION B Phase 1 (IMU) Phase 2 TOTAL

AUSTRALIAUniversity o Melbourne, Australia***

University o Sydney, Australia****

3 years

3 years

4 years

2 + 3 years

7 years

8 years

* Not applicable to students transferring from 2011 onwards# Not applicable to students transferring from 2012 onwards


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10 WHAT ARE THE TEACHING FACILITIES INTHE CLINICAL SCHOOL?

11 WHAT TEACHING HOSPITALS/CLINICS

ARE USED BY THE IMU?

13 WHAT IS THE MEDIUM OFINSTRUCTION?

12 WHO ARE THE TEACHING STAFF?

The teaching acilities include:

AirwayResearchLaboratory

On-callRoomsandRoomsDoctorsOn-call

ClinicalSkillsUnit

Problem-basedLearning(PBL)Rooms

NavigatorResearchUnit

Conferenceroom

Library

Besides Hospital Tuanku Jaaar, Seremban, the other teaching

hospitalsusedareHospitalPortDickson,HospitalBatuPahat,

Hospital Kuala Pilah, Hospital Kuala Kubu Bharu, Hospital

Gombak and Hospital Kluang. Students are also taught at district

hospitals as well as community health clinics, government

health clinics and amily practice clinics in Negeri Sembilan and

Selangor.

The medium o instruction is English. Students who come rom

a system o education in which the medium o instruction is not

English are strongly recommended to improve their proiciency

in English by making their own arrangements to attend additional

EnglishLanguageclassesbeforeenteringtheIMU.

It is compulsory or students to attend a course in Bahasa

Malaysia as the national language is used in both community

health work and the practice o medicine in Malaysia.

Most o the academic sta (which include local and overseas

trained lecturers) are ull-time. Through arrangements with our

Partner Medical Schools (PMS), experienced academic sta

come as visiting lecturers to teach specialised subjects on a

rotational basis at IMU. In addition, experienced academicians

and clinicians rom Malaysian medical schools and research

institutes, as well as consultants in private practice are also invitedto teach the students.

Intramuscular injection on a model


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14 WHAT HAPPENS AFTER I GRADUATEAS A DOCTOR?

15 ARE STUDENTS ALLOWED TO DO THEIRHOUSEMANSHIP TRAINING OVERSEAS?

All medical graduates have to complete an internship or

housemanship ater graduation. This can be done in Malaysia

or in some overseas countries. The IMU student who graduates

rom any o the Partner Medical Schools (PMS) can apply to the

Ministry o Health or a housemanship position in Malaysia. In

Malaysia, the internship is or 2 years.

Those who graduate rom the UK can apply or a house

oicer position there. Graduates rom Ireland can apply or

housemanship positions in Ireland or take the Proiciency &

LanguageAssessmentBoard(PLAB)examinationandapplyto

work in the UK.

Graduates rom Canada and the United States can apply or

internship positions in the United States ater they have passed

theUSMLEStep1.However,theymustalsopassUSMLEStep2

beore taking up the position. IMU Canadian graduates cannot

undertake their internship in Canada.

Presently, those who graduate rom the UK are eligible to apply

or housemanship positions in the UK. Those who graduate rom

the United States and Canada can apply or residency positions

intheUnitedStatesiftheypasstheUSMLEStep1andStep2.

Upon successul completion o the medical course, all Malaysian

students who graduate as doctors through the IMU are eligible

or housemanship positions in Malaysia. Please note that the laws

pertaining to employment are subject to change.

16 HOW CAN I DO POSTGRADUATETRAINING OVERSEAS?

Doctorswhohavecompletedtheirhouseofficerpositionsinthe

UK may apply to work as Senior House Oicers (SHO) in the UK

and sit specialist examinations e.g. membership/ellowship o the

various medical proessional colleges in the UK or Ireland.

In the United States, when you apply or an internship position,

you are also applying or a residency (postgraduate) position.

Ear examination using anotoscope on a model


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17 HOW CAN I UNDERTAKE POSTGRADUATETRAINING IN MALAYSIA?

18 DO I HAVE TO SERVE THE MALAYSIAN

GOVERNMENT?

19 HOW DO I REGISTER TO WORKAS A DOCTOR?

The present programme or postgraduate specialist training or

doctors has been on-going or nearly 20 years. The Malaysian

Universities which run this proessional Masters programme

are Universiti Malaya, Universiti Sains Malaysia and Universiti

Kebangsaan Malaysia. It is a our-year training programme.

Many Malaysian doctors who attend the local course also sit the

membership examinations o the UK colleges and thus end up

with postgraduate qualiications rom the UK as well.

It is compulsory or all Malaysian doctors who want to practise in

Malaysia to serve the Government or two (2) years.

The Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) is the proessional body

in Malaysia which regulates and issues the Annual Practicing

Certiicate (APC) to all doctors.

All applications or registration and or renewal o APC are made

to the MMC. The MMC is also responsible or gazetting doctors

as specialists.

Students observing in theopertation theatre

20 WHEN SHOULD I APPLY?

You can apply anytime using your orecast or actual exam results.

21 WHO WILL AWARD THE MEDICAL DEGREE?

The IMU will award the medical degree o MBBS (IMU) to

students in their Clinical School. This degree is recognised by

the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and accredited by the

Malaysian Qualiications Agency (MQA) ormerly known as

NationalAccreditationBoard(LembagaAkreditasiNegaraorLAN).ThedegreeislistedintheWorldHealthOrganisation

(WHO) directory o medical schools.

The Partner Medical Schools (PMS) will award degrees to

studentsintheirrespectivetrainingprogrammes.Degreesfrom

these schools are recognised internationally and locally by the

Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) or ull registration.


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22 WHEN DO I ATTEND A STUDENTINTERVIEW?

23 DOES IMU ACCEPT INTERNATIONALSTUDENTS?

24 WHAT SHOULD A POTENTIAL STUDENT DO TOPREPARE FOR THE MEDICAL TRAINING?

All applicants who have pre-university qualiications that meet

IMUs minimum requirements have to attend an interview. The

interview is to gauge the students aptitude and motivation or

pursuing a career in Medicine as well as communication skills

in English. Students will be inormed o the date and time o

interview ater the application orms and all other necessary

documents are received by the IMU.

The IMU welcomes international students. International students

applying or the medical programme are required to check with

the respective proessional bodies in the countries they wish to

work in on accreditation issues.

All potential candidates are advised to try and obtain practicalexperience related to their intended career:

(a) Voluntary work in charitable organisations, eg. Spastics Home

(b) Hospital/clinic/pharmacy attachment or a period o

4 to 6 weeks

(c) Talk to students and practitioners about the proession and

lie as a student

25 COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

The Private College Act (Section 34(3) Act IPTA 1997) under the

Malaysian Education Policy requires students to attend a course

ofinstructioninBahasaKebangsaan(NationalLanguage),

PengajianAgama/Moral(MoralorReligiousStudies)and

Pengajian Malaysia (Malaysian Cultural Studies). At the end

o the courses, Malaysian students are required to sit or the

examinations. Students must pass all the papers during their time

at the IMU. International students are not required to take the

compulsory subjects.

IMU provides a holistic 360 degree

learning experience which allows us to

become caring doctors and reective

medical practitioners o the uture.

Pamela Pillai Velasamy4th year Medical student


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The International Medical University (IMU) began in 1992 as the International Medical College,or IMC, Malaysias frst private medical college. IMC became a University in 1999, but theUniversity has remained true to key elements o the IMC vision, which are to widen accessto proessional healthcare education, and to use innovative, integrated and student-centredmeans in providing that education.

This vision required strong links to be orged, rom the outset, with reputable Partner Medical

Schools committed to excellence and who share our educational philosophy. It was ourprogressive, systems based, integrated medical curriculum that frst caught the imaginationo our Partner Medical Schools, and today we collaborate with partner universities inAustralasia, North America, Ireland and the United Kingdom. This successul collaborationthen expands to the pharmacy and health sciences programmes at world-class universitiesin Scotland, Australia, New Zealand and China.

Since 1999, the Universitys growth and development has been in developing clinicalschools in Seremban, Batu Pahat and Kuala Pilah, our own Honours degree courses inPharmacy and Nursing, and in establishing research as a core activity, together withdevelopmentofpostgraduateresearchMastersandPhDprogrammes.Wearealreadythe preerred private school or medicine and pharmacy in Malaysia. Our growth hasbeen supported by heavy investment in inrastructure development and expansionat Bukit Jalil and Seremban, and in the recruitment o sta o high calibre. In 2008,wehaveintroducedHonoursdegreecoursesinDentistry,Nutrition&Dietetics,MedicalBiotechnology, Psychology, Biomedical Science and in Pharmaceutical Chemistry.In common with our MBBS, BPharm and BNursing, these courses have been designedrom frst principles by our aculty. Bachelor o Nursing Science (Hons) was introducedin 2009, a programme targeted solely or registered nurses to upgrade theirqualifcation rom diploma level to a degree level.

In 2010, we introduced Chiropractic programme, the frst o its kind and only completeeducational programme in Malaysia as well as in all o Southeast Asia. Then, inFebruary 2011, IMU launched the Chinese Medicine programme. The programmewill ocus on combining medical education and scientifc research, oering the ull

array o medical both Chinese Medicine and Western.

To date, the University oers undergraduate degree programmes in Medicine,Dentistry, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Nursing, Nursing Science,Nutrition&Dietetics,Psychology,BiomedicalScience,MedicalBiotechnology,Chiropractic, Chinese Medicine as well as postgraduate degrees MSc MedicalSciencesorCommunityHealthbyresearch,PhDinMedical&HealthSciencesby research and MSc (Public Health). We believe our courses to be progressiveand innovative, and we strive to use best practice in their delivery andassessment.

We continue to seek to widen access to healthcare education, and to growinto a centre o healthcare educational excellence in the Asia-Pacifc region.

IMU Clinical School, Seremban

IMUClinical School, Batu Pahat

IMU Bukit Jalil Campus


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PROGRAMMES AVAILABLE:

Medicine KPT/JPS(KR10935)09/2014

Dentistry KPT/JPS(KA8358)12/2012

Pharmacy

KPT/JPS(R/727/7/0002)10/2015, KPT/JPS(A1746)7/2014PharmaceuticalChemistry

KPT/JPS(KA8229)12/2012

NursingKP/JPS(A4675)4/2014

NursingScience(forregisterednurses)KPT/JPS(KA9377)12/2013

MedicalBiotechnologyKPT/JPS(KA8228)8/2012

Nutrition&DieteticsKPT/JPS(KA8176)8/2012

PsychologyKPT/JPS(KA8177)8/2012

BiomedicalScienceKPT/JPS(KA8230)11/2012

ChiropracticKPT/JPS(KA9294)7/2014

ChineseMedicineKP/JPS(KA10260)12/2015

PublicHealth(MSc-CourseworkandResearch)KP/JPS(KA10261)09/2015

PostgraduateDegrees(MSc&PhDbyResearch)KPT/JPS(KR10618)6/2014, KP/JPS(KR10625)01/2015

The IMU has been certifed with MS ISO 9001:2000 or the provision otertiary education in medicine, pharmacy and health sciences.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information givenin this brochure but it is subject to alteration without notice. The Universityreserves the right to alter or delete any of the information included at any timeand it shall not be bound by any errors or omissions and cannot accept liabilityin respect thereof. Please consult the Department of Student Services and

Marketing for the most up-to-date information.

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