THE INTERNIST Volume 1, Issue 2 College of Physicians Academy of Medicine
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August 2013 THE INTERNIST Volume 1, Issue 2 College of Physicians Academy of Medicine College of Physicians Council 2012/2014 President Prof Dato' Dr Aminuddin Message from the Editor’s Desk Ahmad Immediate Past President Dear Members of the College of In the past 1 year as a council Prof Dato' Dr Khalid Yusoff member, amongst the issues most Physician, discussed seem to be about Vice President making the college more active Prof Dr Rosmawati On behalf of our president and the and also relevant to physicians in Mohamed college council I wish you all Malaysia. At present we have a total of 477 members and 107 greetings and Selamat Hari Raya fellows in the College of Honorary Secretary to all Muslim members! Physicians. If I were to think about Dr Goh Kim Yen It gives me great pleasure to have that, what would I see? Too few the opportunity to write to all my members? Too many inactive Honorary Treasurer esteemed fellow collegians on members? No, what I see is a significant pool of some of the Dr Chew Hon Nam some of my thoughts and greatest medical minds in the challenges as the editor of the Internist. I would like to thank our country and I would imagine that if and get to know one another Council Members President Prof Dato Dr. Aminuddin we could all somehow come better. Share your challenges and Dato' Dr Abdul Razak Ahmad for allowing me this together and share our thoughts dilemmas within your practice. Tell us about how rewarding it is Mutallif privilege in place of his President’s and experiences on medicine and healthcare in general we could to train juniors or perhaps the Dr Azmillah Rosman message. really create something exciting concerns you may have for the Dr Letchuman Ramanathan In this rapidly developing world we and vibrant. future of our young doctors. Dr Richard Lim Boon Leong live in today, communication is the Dr Mohd Noh Idris key to just about everything. It Being one of the youngest So I invite all members to feel free Dato' Dr S Nagappan provides information, updates, members of the council, some to use the Internist as a platform cynics may say that the for expressing your views about Prof Dr Roslina Manap brings people together, prepares enthusiasm will die off medicine in Malaysia and make Dr Tan Soek Siam us for the future and keeps us in touch with things that are relevant. eventually….however, it may also the college of physicians really Assoc Prof Dr Tengku When I started off as a newly be said that the future lies in a work for you. Saifudin elected council member and then good succession plan and new appointed as editor for the ideas that can energize and Thank you once again for the Internist, it was indeed a daunting revitalise. So I would like to opportunity to serve you as the Contents: task as I was fairly new to the challenge each and every member editor and I look forward to your college. Initially I wondered how I of the college, junior or senior to input. Editor’s Message would try to put the Internist put on your thinking caps and ask together and what form it would yourselves, “How can the college Warmest regards, Review of Medical take. My first few ideas were become more relevant and what Subspecialties in Malaysia overzealous perhaps as the format can I suggest to bring about Dr. Richard Lim seemed to mirror that of a medical change?” Send in your thoughts Respiratory Medicine 6-7 journal. Later I realised that the and ideas, no matter if you think Infectious Diseases 8-9 newsletter should really be about the idea is bad or good, Let us just (If you would like to share communication. Communication start talking and sharing. We something with the Internist, College Activities 2013 for the members, about the would love to just hear more from please email to members and by the members. I all of you. There are many of you [email protected]) had therefore endeavoured to who are doing wonderful things Medicolegal course 2 gather more contributions about from your own individual platforms MRCP PACES 2-3 college activities from college be it as a consultant or head of New members 9 members. I am indeed pleased department of medicine training Upcoming events 10 that in this issue there are a fair younger physicians, a young number of contributions from physician teaching medical Psychiatry & Medicine members of the college and I thank officers how to pass the MRCP or all of you for your support and a senior consultant giving Pseudodementia 4-5 welcome further contributions. weekend talks and running CME workshops. Let’s share about it The INTERNIST Page 2 of 10 Medicolegal Course Kedah-Perlis 26th January 2013 This course was jointly in their field besides having a response with over 300 organized by Hospital wealth of experience in dealing registrants. The course Sultanah Bahiyah Alor Star with medicolegal issues. This participants included doctors Medical Department and the gave them the edge when from government tertiary College of Physicians speaking on the topics hospitals, district hospitals and Malaysia under Dato Dr. presented during the course. clinics in Kedah and Perlis. It Muhammad Radzi B Abu The topics presented were : was also attended by Hassan who is the paramedical staff. We were Dato’ Dr. Zaki Morad representative for Kedah/ 1) Serious Professional also delighted with the Perlis. It was held as a half Misconduct : Meaning and participation of the AIMST day course on the 26th January Implications University students and their 2013. The venue was the 2) Disciplinary Action by lecturers and a number of spacious auditorium of MMC : Why and the private medical practitioners. Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah procedures Involved Alor Star. 3) Clinical risk management Judging by requests from 4) Informed Consent some participants to organize We were privileged to have the course again at different Dato Dr Zaki Morad B This was followed by a locales, it can be concluded (Consultant Nephrologist) and question and answer session. that it was a worthwhile and Dato Dr ( Mr) Wan Khamizar The topics were enlightening successful event. (Colorectal surgeon ) as the and highly relevant to clinical speakers for this event. Both practice. COP Kedah-Perlis are highly respected clinicians The course received good Dato’ Dr.(Mr) Wan Khamizar MRCP PACES MOCK EXAM: The Taiping Hospital Experience 2007-2013 Dr Cheah Wee Kooi, Dr Albert Iruthiaraj, Dr Teng Kok Seng, Dr Goh Kee San, Dr Lai Ee Ling, Dr G R Letchuman, Hospital Taiping Taiping Hospital has being organising MRCP of time keepers, surrogates etc they could get a mock exam since 2007. Initially, it was only a first hand view of the questions asked and mock exam for candidates from Taiping and Ipoh answers given. When it is held annually without with local examiners. Over the years, annual mock fail, it helps to attract medical officers to your unit. examination has grown to a stage where we take in 30 candidates for the mocks with up to 20 In the past 6 years, 11 people going through the observers. These candidates now come from all medical unit of Taiping Hospital have passed the over the country. Half of the examiners are the exam. For those who wish to start organising the actual MRCP examiners. For the past 2 years, we course, it is advisable to go through College of have also included teaching component for all Physician’s document on the core requirements of stations on day 1 of the two day course/mock the real exam. Our local MRCP examiners usually exam. So far we have maintained 2 examiners per will have a copy. We would like to highlight some station. This is to allow candidates to have the points which may be useful to you, that we have actual feel of the exam and to get the feedback learnt over the years: from 2 different examiners for the same station. Furthermore, one examiner will have more time to 1. The date setting is extremely important. write comments while the other is actively Setting it early is good but you may not be examining the candidates. However, you may still able to foresee other factors. Recently, we carry out the mock exam with one examiner per had our MRCP exam on the last week of station, having the advantage of lower cost. March. The trip back to KL after the exam For the benefit of medical units which have not yet was jammed. We did not foresee that the organised MRCP mock exam, we would ‘Cheng Beng ‘and ‘School holidays’ were encourage doing so because it has many ending on the same day. The year before, a advantages for the unit. Firstly, it prepares your youth festival was going on in Taiping at the own candidates for the exam. Because the date is same period. That festival lead to a major set early, it propels them to start getting ready. On blackout in the hotel for the examiners. We top of it, it encourages the younger medical officers to sit for part one. While they play the role had to ferry the examiners to alternative hotels in the wee hours of the night. Page 3 of 10 The INTERNIST (cont. from page 2) 2. On whether to have the mock exam on a weekday to the event. In the first year, the college did give or weekend depends on your local setting. In our RM 2000 up front for us to organise.