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Total Allocations Expenditure No. of Training No. of Medical
Year
(RM) (RM) Activities Personnel
2016
Overseas Training 2,000,000.00 1,149,341.65 53 71
Local training 21,152,000.00 20,812,727.44 10,455 259,951
Total 23,152,000.00 21,332,069.09 10,508 260,022
2017
Overseas Training - - - -
Local training 11,576,000.00 11,407,744.20 9,405 210,479
Total 11,576,000.00 11,407,744.20 9,405 210,479

Source: Medical Professional Development Section, Medical Development Division, MoH

9. Smart Partnership between the MOH and the Local and Foreign Agencies Medical
Programme

9.1 Smart Partnership with Local Agencies
Since 1993, the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MoH) has established a formal partnership with both Private
and Public Institutes of Higher Learning through the utilisation of MoH facilities for clinical training of
medical students from each respective medical college. As of December 2017, there are 31 institutions
(11 public and 20 private institutions) which were given permission to utilise the MoH facilities for the
clinical training of their medical students. In addition, MoH facilities were also utilised for post-graduate
training in various fields of medical specialties and subspecialties.

In line with the implementation of the National Blue Ocean Strategies, the MoH has also offered the
MoH hospitals without resident specialist to be utilised by Institute of Higher Education (public/private) in
providing specialist services to the patient, particularly in the 6 basic specialties namely Internal Medicine,
General Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopaedics and Anaesthesiology. To date
there are a total of 9 public universities and 11 private universities that have offered to provide specialist
services in MoH hospitals without resident specialist.

9.2 Smart Partnership with Foreign Agencies
MoH has a smart partnership in the field of medical education with foreign agencies. A MoU (Memorandum
of Understanding) was signed with the Royal College of Physician and Newcastle University, United
Kingdom on 19 January 2012 on medical education including postgraduate, particularly for the Training
of Trainers.

MALAYSIAN HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT SECTION (MaHTAS)

Since its establishment in 1995, MaHTAS has continued to play an important role in providing input
for informed decision on health technologies and clinical practice. In 2017, Horizon Scanning of health
technologies activity was formally started following a successful pilot project, carried out from year
2015 to 2016. The Technical Advisory Committee for Horizon Scanning was established to provide
technical expertise in the development and implementation of the strategies and priorities of horizon
scanning. Following the establishment, several awareness and engagement sessions for horizon
scanning activity were conducted.

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