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Assalamualaikum.
All praises to Allah. and peace be upon His messenger.

Greetings ;)

Yes, its the first paper tomorrow and I can still blog. Well, this is just a short 5 minutes break.

   Anyway, my classmates and I had this assignment on analyzing workplace conversation. And we are asked to surf the net and look for www.bfm.my website, which is a very famous website among our lecturers, but not among us. It is like hitz,and mix, and red, and hot and sinar fm all. It is named, Business f.m. 89.9. The topics that they discussed are actually very interesting and helpful to all as it does not only discuss on business matters all the time, it also involves current issues, language, and lots more.

   So, because it is a pair work, my partner and I did on current issues regarding medical houseman. We downloaded the podcast, which can be downloaded and listen to anytime you want, that is one good thing about this station. The interview was held on 8 June 2012, if I'm not mistaken, between Dr. Milton from the Malaysian Medical Council and BFM DJ, Kathleen Tan.

Below are some info that I found interesting and useful for us to know, especially if you are a medical houseman or future doctor.


1. there has been a marked increased in the number of housemen in the country. In 2009, there were 3150 housemen registered with the Malaysian Medical counsel, 3257 in 2010 and 3714 in 2011

2. in 2002, Malaysia has 9 medical schools. In 2007, 12 medical schools. This year, 34 medical schools. Now, compare that with the number of medical schools in countries which have similar size population that Malaysia has. Take Australia for instance, with the population of 23million, they have 26 medical schools. Saudi Arabia which has the same population as Malaysia has 16 medical schools. Canada which has 35million population has 16 medical schools. So, by any stretch of the imagination, one can only conclude that there are too many medical schools in Malaysia.

3. the chances of harm in healthcare is 1 in 300, the chances of harm from hospitalization is 1 in 10. These are the figures from the World Health Organization (WHO). So, medicine today is effective but, it also has a potential of harm. It is quite important that you have quality doctors to provide healthcare. Numbers are not going to help address a problem. 

4. we(Based on Malaysian Medical Council) do have problems with doctors who cannot cope until about five years ago there were very few doctors were referred to the Malaysian Medical Counsel because of mental or physical health problems

5. medical schools all have social responsibilities to ensure that the graduates they produced are graduates of good quality because in the final analysis these graduates are going to treat you and me, the whole populations are potential patients

6. they have to undergo a five-year medical course, two-year housemanship and after housemanship they are just starting on the road to practicing medicine

7. housemanship is a time of where the newly graduated doctor transition from theory to practice. And learning during housemanship is not just from books and journals but also experiential


   To get more info, just go to their website at www.bfm.my and look for a podcast under current issue. or you can simply leave your email and I'll email you the interview. So, take note young docs!

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