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Several articles from MaHTAS in collaboration with CPGs’ development groups members, academicians,
and other clinicians were also published in peer- reviewed journals in 2017:
i. Ariff MI, Yahya A, Zaki R, Sarimin R, Mohamed Ghazali IM, Gill BS, et al. (2017) Evaluation of
awareness & utilisation of clinical practise guideline for management of adult Dengue infection
among Malaysia doctors. PLoS ONE 12(5): e0178137.
ii. Abd.Rahman M, Ahmad Zaki R, Sarimin R, Ariff MI, Suli Z, Mahmud M, et al. (2017) Adherence to
Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) management of dengue infection in adults (revised 2nd edition).
PLoS ONE 12(11): e0184559.
iii. Liew BS, Zainab K, Cecilia A et al. CPG Update: Early management of head injury in adults in
primary care. Malaysian Family Physician. 2017; 12(1);22-25
iv. Hong YHJ, Hassan N, Cheah YK et al. CPG Update: Management of T1DM in children and
adolescents in primary care. Malaysian Family Physician 2017; 12(2);18-22

Training

MaHTAS continued to organise trainings and awareness activities in 2017 such as:
i. Seminar on Horizon Scanning for Health Technologies held on 15 February 2017
ii. Systematic Review on Evidenced-Based CPG Development & Implementation Workshop: Two
sessions were conducted in 2017. The first session was from 20 to 22 March and the second
session was from 21 to23 August 2017.
iii. Horizon Scanning Engagement Session with Universities held on 6 Nov 2017
iv. Application of Decision-Analytic Modelling in Health Economic held on 15 to 16 March 2017
v. Workshop on Economic Evaluation - Tree Age Application held on 27 to 28 September 2017

Other than that, internal trainings were also conducted to ensure continuous capacity development
among MaHTAS officers.

MaHTAS members were also involved as presenter, speaker or facilitator in many activities, such as:
i. Briefing on CPG work process for Malaysian Endocrine & Metabolic Syndrome (MEMS) at MEMS
office on 4 Feb 2017
ii. Echo-training CPG Management of Multiple Sclerosis in Hospital Kuala Lumpur on 22 May 2017
iii. Critical Appraisal Course organised by Institute for Public Health from 22 to 23 May 2017
iv. Workshop on Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) and Critical Appraisal organised by Clinical Research
Centre Perak and Pharmaceutical Services Division, Perak State Health Department on 10 to 12
July 2017
v. Engagement session with Pharmaceutical Association Malaysia (PhAMA) with Horizon Scanning
Unit on 18 July 2017
vi. Systematic Review on the development and implementation of dental CPG for dental specialists
and officers by Dental Health Division, MoHfrom 31 July to 2 Aug 2017
vii. Bengkel Pengkomersialan Inovasi Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia organised by Innovation Unit,
Management Services Division MoH on 27 September 2017

CPG Implementation Activities
i. Launching
Three (3) national CPGs were successfully launched in 2017. The launching was done in collaboration
with various professional societies. CPGs which were launched in 2017 were:

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