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Table 17
Number of Medical Specialist from Parallel Pathway Programme 2013 to 2017

Discipline Awarded 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Internal Medicine MRCP 47 77 85 112 137
Paediatric MRCPCH 27 37 35 15 60

O&G MRCOG 4 2 9 1 20
Oftalmology FRCOphth - - 1 - -
Clinical Oncology FRCR ONCOLOGY 3 - 2 4 -
Anesthesiology FCAI - - - 1 -
Radiology FRCR - - - - 5
Psychiatry MRCPsych - - - - 2
Total 81 116 132 133 224

Source: Medical Professional Development Section, Medical Development Division

3. Subspecialty Programme
In the effort to further increase the number of subspecialists for the country, the subspeciality training
has been strengthened whereby in July 2010 the Treasury and the Public Service Department had
approved the MoH’s application for the provision of scholarship for specialist who wish to pursue
subspeciality training. Partial scholarship will be awarded to those pursuing the local training, while
full scholarship is awarded to those who pursue overseas training. On average the MoH provides 150
scholarship slots for subspeciality training annually.

The Subspecialty Programme has used all 150 slots allocated for three consecutive years. The most
popular subspecialties were Cardiology followed by Endocrinology, Gastrohepatology, Geriatric Medicine
and Colorectal Surgery.

4. Gazettement of Specialists and Subspecialists
Every doctor with recognised post-graduate qualification has to be gazetted by the Special Gazettement
Committee (Jawatankuasa Khas Perubatan) which is chaired by Director-General of Health and 3
panel members; in accordance to Section 27, Chapter F of the Public Service’s General Order. In
2016, 586 clinical specialists were gazetted as compared to 707 in 2017. The field of Internal Medicine
has produced the most number of gazetted specialists, followed by Paediatrics and Anaesthesiology
(Table 18).

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