PENANG Medical College (PMC) is not resting on its laurels. Fresh from receiving a six-star rating in the Malaysian Quality Evaluation Systems for Private Colleges (MyQuest) from the Ministry of Higher Education (Mohe), the college is introducing three postgraduate training programmes.
PMC president Brendan Lyons said the new dermatology, neo-natal nursing and public health research courses next year would be targeted at general practitioners.
Prof Amir S. Khir, PMC Medical Faculty Dean and Foundation Professor of Medicine, said that general practitioners normally see many patients with skin problems, hence the dermatology course was appropriate.
“The dermatology course is very popular in Ireland and we believe it will be here as well.
“Sometimes, a patient with skin problems may go straight to the specialist when there really is no need.
“This is where a general practitioner trained in dermatology comes in,” said Prof Amir, adding that there was a strong demand among private hospitals for neo-natal courses.
Lyons added that PMC was also planning to forge closer collaborations with colleges in Ireland, and to serve as a resource centre for them in areas such as tropical diseases.
Six-star institution: Lyons posing at the main PMC campusPMC is a partnership forged by two of the oldest and most respected medical schools in Ireland — the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and University College Dublin (UCD).
“We’ve produced more than 800 graduates since our inception and have grown from strength to strength.
“We have students coming from Korea, Brunei, Trinidad and Tobago and Singapore,” said Lyons.
PMC was among three out of 210 private colleges in the country to receive the maximum six-star rating.
The recognition was also given to SEGi College Subang Jaya and Taylor’s College Subang Jaya.
Sixty colleges attained four stars while the rest scored three stars and below.
MyQuest aims to encourage colleges to raise their standards.
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