Undergraduate

About

The University of Malaya Medical Programme (UMMP) is the 5-year undergraduate medical programme. Our department is involved in teaching students at various stages of their training.

Students also learn about the work of other members of the primary health care team, as they have practical sessions in the outpatient pharmacy, Directly Observed Short-Term Therapy (DOTS) clinic, child immunisation clinic, and spend time with the social worker, dietitian, and diabetic nurse educator.

Students are introduced to the approach of social accountability in the form of a small Community Oriented Primary Care project. They are required to identify a community health issue and deliver an intervention to address this issue, while simultaneously learning how to use community resources.

Training Stages

• In Stage 1 (Year 1): During clinical day sessions, students are introduced to patients in a clinical setting and have the opportunity to practise history taking and general communication skills.
• In Stage 2 (Year 2): Clinical day teaching sessions with patients in the department are organised based on the organ system that the students are currently learning about.
• In Stage 3.3 (Year 5): Students spend 8 weeks with the department on rotation. They are taught the principles of family medicine across three settings: the Primary Care Clinic at UMMC, a government health clinic, a one-week attachment with a private GP, and a one-day attachment to Hospis Malaysia.