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INTRODUCTION

School of Medical Sciences, USM is one of the leading universities in Malaysia. USM has been entrusted as the first APEX university in Malaysia and is one of the established research universities in ASEAN region. USM offers an elective programs at numerous departments/laboratory/units for those who interested to undergoing their elective attachment at USM Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia. It has adequate infrastructures, facilities and staffs that can assist the students to gain medical knowledge and upgrade their clinical skills and practices in the chosen field. USM also is equipped with a sophisticated library and other facilities and equipments, and has highly trained staffs and researchers that are willing to assist all students coming from around the world for their elective experiences at USM.

TYPES OF ELECTIVE PROGRAM OFFERED

1.  Clinical / Hospital based

2.  Laboratory based

3.  Community based 

CLINICAL ELECTIVE

It is ONLY open to the students who already underwent clinical year in their home university. Students may choose to do placements in the departments of their interest. They may choose to do placements in medical or surgical based departments or a combination of posting. However, the minimum period for a placement is two weeks and further information could be referred to Appendix A.

LABORATORY BASED ELECTIVE

USM has a variety of laboratory facilities. Students can choose to do placement in department of haematology, chemical pathology, Anatomy, pathology, immunology, microbiology, human genome, and many others. To ensure the application process can be carried out as soon as possible, students are advised to state the learning objectives to be followed. The approval of application will depend on the completeness of the form and presence of supervisor in selected department.

COMMUNITY BASED ELECTIVE

Activities related to community based are coordinated by Department of Community Medicine and Department of Family Medicine. Students could join a special program called Community and Family Case Studies, and invited to participate in hospital district placement in “Preventive and  Primary  Care" posting. However, students can freely determine their own direction based on the learning objectives.

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL    

  1.  The application form can be fill through the link https://goo.gl/forms/Fi2PRZX5NrzmTEMl2 (google form). The documents for upload should be in jpeg or png files. Pdf file is not compatible.
  2. The original recommendation letter from home university should be attached.
  3. Copy of IC (Malaysian student) and passport copy (Non-Malaysian students) should be attached together with application form
  4. The requirement as mentioned in Appendix A should be fulfilled
  5. Students should read the terms and general guidelines and agree with the conditions imposed
  6. The selection of department will depends on the availability of the supervisor at the respective departments of choice. If there is no supervisor at respective department, the Elective secretariat will suggest the most suitable department for students to attach for their electives.
  7. The students has to pay the registration fee 30 days after getting the offer letter, before starting the attachment. The rate is USD152 for every 2 weeks of elective attachment.
  8. The hospital card access will cost MYR 25.00 and can be used to access the clinics, OT and wards.
  9. All students are encouraged to bring their own white coat, which need to be worn during all clinical activities in the hospital.

STUDENT PREPARATION

  1. All teaching & learning will be conducted in English
  2. Students  need  to  be  aware  that  they  might  be  taught  together  with  USM 
    students (i.e. clinical teaching or clinical presentation)
  3. Main language used by patients and community is Bahasa Malaysia. Those who have proficiency in Bahasa would get better advantage.
  4. Any request related to accommodation will NOT be managed by the secretariat. Those who require rooms need to personally contact the hostel manager via email as return in Appendix A. List of hostel nearby the hospital could be obtained in Appendix C.

ELECTIVE PROGRAMME