ThenProgrammenStandards:nMedicalnandnHealthnSciencesncontainsnbenchmarkednstatementsnpertainingn t
onthenfieldnofnmedicalnandnhealthnsciences.nThencomplexnmultidisciplinarynnaturenofnmedicalnandnhealthnscie
ncenrequiresnansound,nresearch-
informed,nscientificneducation.nGraduatesnmustnacquirensufficientnknowledge,nunderstanding,nskillsnand
nprofessionalismnthatnunderpinntheneducationnandntrainingnofnhealthnprofessionals.nTheynshouldnbenawarenof
nthencurrentnapproachesnusedninnhealthncarenandnresearch.nTheyn arenencouragedntonintegratenthenknow
ledgenofnvariousnkeyndisciplinesntonfurthernunderstandntheirnrespectivenfields.nThesenobjectivesncannb
enachievednbynincorporatingnprofessionalnstandardsnwithinnthenprogramme.
,ProgrammenStandards:nMedicalnandnHealthnSciencenFirs
tnEditionn2013
SecondnEditionn2016
MalaysiannQualificationsnAgency
14thnFloor,nBlocknB,nMenaranPKNS-
PJnNon17,nJalannYongnShooknLin
46050nPetalingnJayanSelango
rnDarulnEhsan
Tel +603-7968n7002
Fax +603-7956n9496
Email
Website www.mqa.gov.my
MalaysiannQualificationsnAgencyn2016n
ISBN:n00000000
AllnthenAgency’snpublicationsnarenavailablenonnournwebnsite:nwww.mqa.gov.my
,Contents
FOREWORD 1
GLOSSARY 3
ABBREVIATIONS 5
INTRODUCTION 6
PROGRAMMEnAIMSnANDnEDUCATIONALnOBJECTIVES 18
LEARNINGnOUTCOMES 20
CURRICULUMnDESIGNnANDnDELIVERY 36
ASSESSMENTnOFnSTUDENTnLEARNING 53
EDUCATIONALnRESOURCES 67
LEADERSHIP,nGOVERNANCEnANDnADMINISTRATION 68
PROGRAMMEnMONITORINGnANDnREVIEW 70
CONTINUALnQUALITYnIMPROVEMENT 71
APPENDIXn1:nPANELnMEMBERS 72
APPENDIXn2:nBODYnOFnKNOWLEDGE 73
DIPLOMA ......................................................................................................................... 73
BACHELOR’SnDEGREE................................................................................................................ 93
APPENDIXn3:nRESOURCESnSPECIFICnTOnTHEnFIELDnOFnSTUDY 121
, FOREWORD
InnitsneffortntonensurenthenqualitynofnprogrammesninninstitutionsnofnhighernlearningninnMalaysia,n
MalaysiannQualificationsnAgencyn(MQA)nhasnpublishednvariousndocumentsnsuchnasn Malaysia
nnQualificationsnFrameworkn(MQF),nCodenofnPracticenfornProgrammenAccreditationn(COPPA),n
CodenofnPracticenfornInstitutionalnAuditn(COPIA),nGuidelinesntonGoodnPracticesn(GGP)nandnPro
grammenStandardsn(PS).nItnisnimportantnthatnthesenqualitynassurancendocumentsnbenreadntoge
thernwithnthisndocumentninndevelopingnandndeliveringnhigherneducationnprogrammesninnMalaysi
a.
ThenProgrammenStandardsndocumentnoutlinesnsetsnofncharacteristicsnthatndescribenandnrepre
sentnguidelinesnonnthenminimumnlevelsnofnacceptablenpracticesnthatncovernallnthenninenMalaysi
annqualitynassurancenareas:nprogrammenaimsnandnlearningnoutcomes,ncurriculumndesignnandn
delivery,nassessmentnofnstudents,nstudentnselection,nacademicnstaff,neducationalnresources,np
rogrammenmonitoringnandnreview,nleadership,ngovernancenandnadministration,nandncontinualn
qualitynimprovement.nThenProgrammenStandards:nMedicalnandnHealthnSciencesncovernallnthen
educationnlevels:nfromndiplomantondoctoral.
ThisnProgrammenStandardsndocumentnhasnbeenndevelopednbynanpaneln(Appendix1)ninnconsult
ationnwithnvariousnstakeholdersnrepresentingnpublicnandnprivatenHighernEducationnProvidersn(
HEPs),nrelevantngovernmentnandnstatutorynagencies,nprofessionalnbodies,nrelatednMedicalnan
dnHealthnSciencesnindustrynandnstudents.
Thisnstandardsndonnotnattemptntongivenspecificncharacteristicsnfornthenprogrammes,nespeciallynf
ornthosenrelatedntonthenframingnofnthencurriculanandnprovisionnofneducationalnresources.nThisnPr
ogrammenStandardsndocumentnencouragesndiversitynandnallowsnprogrammenprovidersntonbeni
nnovativenandntonbenablentoncustomisentheirnprogrammesninnorderntoncreatentheirnownnniches,n
whilenensuringntheynproducengraduatesnthatnmeetnthencurrentnneedsnofnthenprofessionnandnens
uringntheynfulfilntheirnobligationsntonsociety.n SomenexamplesngivenninnthisnProgrammenStandar
dsndocument,nsuchnasnthenstatementsnofnprogrammenaimsnandnlearningnoutcomes,narenintend
edntongivenclarityntonthendocument;ntheynarennotnintendedntonbenadoptedninnanverbatimnmanner.
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onthenfieldnofnmedicalnandnhealthnsciences.nThencomplexnmultidisciplinarynnaturenofnmedicalnandnhealthnscie
ncenrequiresnansound,nresearch-
informed,nscientificneducation.nGraduatesnmustnacquirensufficientnknowledge,nunderstanding,nskillsnand
nprofessionalismnthatnunderpinntheneducationnandntrainingnofnhealthnprofessionals.nTheynshouldnbenawarenof
nthencurrentnapproachesnusedninnhealthncarenandnresearch.nTheyn arenencouragedntonintegratenthenknow
ledgenofnvariousnkeyndisciplinesntonfurthernunderstandntheirnrespectivenfields.nThesenobjectivesncannb
enachievednbynincorporatingnprofessionalnstandardsnwithinnthenprogramme.
,ProgrammenStandards:nMedicalnandnHealthnSciencenFirs
tnEditionn2013
SecondnEditionn2016
MalaysiannQualificationsnAgency
14thnFloor,nBlocknB,nMenaranPKNS-
PJnNon17,nJalannYongnShooknLin
46050nPetalingnJayanSelango
rnDarulnEhsan
Tel +603-7968n7002
Fax +603-7956n9496
Website www.mqa.gov.my
MalaysiannQualificationsnAgencyn2016n
ISBN:n00000000
AllnthenAgency’snpublicationsnarenavailablenonnournwebnsite:nwww.mqa.gov.my
,Contents
FOREWORD 1
GLOSSARY 3
ABBREVIATIONS 5
INTRODUCTION 6
PROGRAMMEnAIMSnANDnEDUCATIONALnOBJECTIVES 18
LEARNINGnOUTCOMES 20
CURRICULUMnDESIGNnANDnDELIVERY 36
ASSESSMENTnOFnSTUDENTnLEARNING 53
EDUCATIONALnRESOURCES 67
LEADERSHIP,nGOVERNANCEnANDnADMINISTRATION 68
PROGRAMMEnMONITORINGnANDnREVIEW 70
CONTINUALnQUALITYnIMPROVEMENT 71
APPENDIXn1:nPANELnMEMBERS 72
APPENDIXn2:nBODYnOFnKNOWLEDGE 73
DIPLOMA ......................................................................................................................... 73
BACHELOR’SnDEGREE................................................................................................................ 93
APPENDIXn3:nRESOURCESnSPECIFICnTOnTHEnFIELDnOFnSTUDY 121
, FOREWORD
InnitsneffortntonensurenthenqualitynofnprogrammesninninstitutionsnofnhighernlearningninnMalaysia,n
MalaysiannQualificationsnAgencyn(MQA)nhasnpublishednvariousndocumentsnsuchnasn Malaysia
nnQualificationsnFrameworkn(MQF),nCodenofnPracticenfornProgrammenAccreditationn(COPPA),n
CodenofnPracticenfornInstitutionalnAuditn(COPIA),nGuidelinesntonGoodnPracticesn(GGP)nandnPro
grammenStandardsn(PS).nItnisnimportantnthatnthesenqualitynassurancendocumentsnbenreadntoge
thernwithnthisndocumentninndevelopingnandndeliveringnhigherneducationnprogrammesninnMalaysi
a.
ThenProgrammenStandardsndocumentnoutlinesnsetsnofncharacteristicsnthatndescribenandnrepre
sentnguidelinesnonnthenminimumnlevelsnofnacceptablenpracticesnthatncovernallnthenninenMalaysi
annqualitynassurancenareas:nprogrammenaimsnandnlearningnoutcomes,ncurriculumndesignnandn
delivery,nassessmentnofnstudents,nstudentnselection,nacademicnstaff,neducationalnresources,np
rogrammenmonitoringnandnreview,nleadership,ngovernancenandnadministration,nandncontinualn
qualitynimprovement.nThenProgrammenStandards:nMedicalnandnHealthnSciencesncovernallnthen
educationnlevels:nfromndiplomantondoctoral.
ThisnProgrammenStandardsndocumentnhasnbeenndevelopednbynanpaneln(Appendix1)ninnconsult
ationnwithnvariousnstakeholdersnrepresentingnpublicnandnprivatenHighernEducationnProvidersn(
HEPs),nrelevantngovernmentnandnstatutorynagencies,nprofessionalnbodies,nrelatednMedicalnan
dnHealthnSciencesnindustrynandnstudents.
Thisnstandardsndonnotnattemptntongivenspecificncharacteristicsnfornthenprogrammes,nespeciallynf
ornthosenrelatedntonthenframingnofnthencurriculanandnprovisionnofneducationalnresources.nThisnPr
ogrammenStandardsndocumentnencouragesndiversitynandnallowsnprogrammenprovidersntonbeni
nnovativenandntonbenablentoncustomisentheirnprogrammesninnorderntoncreatentheirnownnniches,n
whilenensuringntheynproducengraduatesnthatnmeetnthencurrentnneedsnofnthenprofessionnandnens
uringntheynfulfilntheirnobligationsntonsociety.n SomenexamplesngivenninnthisnProgrammenStandar
dsndocument,nsuchnasnthenstatementsnofnprogrammenaimsnandnlearningnoutcomes,narenintend
edntongivenclarityntonthendocument;ntheynarennotnintendedntonbenadoptedninnanverbatimnmanner.
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