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COMPULSORY PLACEMENT PROGRAMME

NUMBER OF CANDIDATES BY STATE
The 6-month Compulsory Placement Program (PPW) in Emergency Department is a special program
designed and implemented to all fresh Assistant Medical Officers in the Ministry of Health, aimed at
strengthening their clinical skills, enhancing ability to make decisions, and improving their communication
effectiveness. Table 44 showed the number of Compulsory Placement Programme candidates by State

Table 44
Compulsory Placement Programme by State

No State Group.1A/2017 Group.1B/2017 Group.1C/2017 Total
1. Perlis 5 0 0 5
2. Kedah 14 4 0 18
3. Pulau Pinang 23 8 8 39
4. Perak 45 0 3 48
5. Selangor 100 44 31 175
6. Hospital Kuala 26 11 7 44
Lumpur
7. W.P.Putrajaya 37 13 19 69
8. Negeri Sembilan 28 10 15 53
9. Melaka 7 5 10 22
10. Johor 42 24 30 96
11. Kelantan 4 0 0 4
12. Terengganu 3 5 0 8
13. Pahang 26 3 0 29
14. Sabah 30 0 0 30
15. Sarawak 89 28 0 117
Total 479 155 123 757
Source: Medical Assistant Board , MoH

POLICY AND STRATEGIC PLANNING

HUMAN RESOURCE AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION OF ASSISTANT MEDICAL OFFICERS
(AMO)
Table 45 shows human resource and academic qualification of Assistant Medical Officers

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