Transfers There are no opportunities for transfer of enrolment between the medicine course in Malaysia and Australia.
General studies All international and Malaysian undergraduate students enrolled at Monash University Malaysia are required to complete and pass General Studies, as prescribed by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia and the Malaysian Qualifications Agency.
General Studies units equip you with knowledge and soft skills such as philosophy, arts and communication to encourage intellectual, balanced and holistic development. General Studies comprises units from four broad categories:
• MPU U1: Appreciation of philosophy, values and history
• MPU U2: Mastery of soft skills
• MPU U3: Broadening of knowledge in Malaysia
• MPU U4: Practical management of community project.
The General Studies Office oversees the administration of these units. For more information, please email mum. generalstudies @ monash. edu.
Health requirements The faculty has an immunisation and infection risk policy and you’ re required to comply with a number of recommendations and procedures so that you can proceed through the course with an acceptable level of risk.
Training in Australia To pursue any components of study in Australia, you’ ll be required to go through a police check by the Victorian Police, a Working with Children Check, and to register with the Medical Practitioners’ Board of Victoria.
Housemanship and registration In Australia, following successful completion of the medical degree, graduates are eligible for provisional registration by the Medical Board of Victoria or other state medical boards. After serving a compulsory internship year in an approved hospital, they’ re eligible for final registration in Victoria and in other states of Australia.
Please note internship placement in Victoria are guaranteed only for Australian citizens and permanent residents who have completed their medicine degree in Victoria. Australian citizens and permanent residents who completed their medicine degree outside Victoria( including Monash University Malaysia) will find it difficult to obtain internships in Victoria.
We cannot guarantee internship placements in Australia for our international students. As a result, many of our international students elect to complete their internships in their home country. Students should not have an expectation of gaining an internship in Australia.
In Malaysia, following successful completion of the medical degree, graduates are eligible for provisional registration by the Malaysian Medical Council. After serving compulsory housemanship, they’ re eligible for full registration in Malaysia, but Malaysian citizens will be required by the Ministry of Health to undertake a further two years of compulsory service. International students currently are not able to do housemanship in Malaysia.
Personal Protective Equipment( PPE) As a healthcare student you may be required to wear PPE to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 on clinical placements. The removal of facial hair may be required for fit testing of masks as a lawful and reasonable direction by healthcare settings.
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