MAHSA (Malaysian Allied Health Sciences Academy) was founded in 2004 by Professor Tan Sri Dr. Hj. Mohamed Haniffa, whose vision involves the creation of a stronghold academic excellence in the South-East Asian region. Professor Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Haniffa is a clinical practitioner of Medicine, and is the Pro-Chancellor of MAHSA University and the Executive Chairman of MAHSA Group, under whose leadership, today MAHSA University has grown to a full-fledged Malaysian higher education institution with programmes in the fields of Medicine, Biosciences, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Health Sciences, Nursing, Business, Finance, Hospitality Management, Information Technology, and Engineering at Diploma, Degree, Masters, and Doctoral levels.
MAHSA University’s vision is to produce qualified and compassionate professionals to serve the needs of the country in line with the national goals and the government transformation plans in the 21st century. The new 48-acre campus in Bandar Saujana Putra is the embodiment of that vision. Today MAHSA University has students from 75 different countries and not just from the region of Asia, but as far as Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Canada.
MAHSA’s BE MORE maxim drives its strategies towards an education that is beyond classroom and textbooks for the cultivation of professional skills that allow its graduates to be fully equipped for the years ahead. Along with academic qualifications, MAHSA students receive a CAREER PASSPORT filled with a series of elegant Masterclasses and internationally recognized professional certifications offered under MAHSA’s P.R.I.D.E (Professional, Industry Ready Education) programme. MAHSA students enjoy the IR4.0 curriculum with state-of-the-art facilities on campus, such as Additive Manufacturing Lab and AI-based Dental lab.
MAHSA University is fully accredited by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) and awarded ONLINE UNIVERSITY status by the Ministry of Education Malaysia. Moving into the third decade of the 21st Century and aligning with the demands and capabilities of IR4.0, MAHSA envisions to lead research, innovation and enterprises in the areas of its expertise. The online university status allows MAHSA to provide border less education through its dynamic Learning Management System (LMS) that brings an education beyond the limits of physical expectations. Thus, MAHSA University fits the convenience of achieving a dream, an ambition - a world of opportunities at the tip of one's fingers through a range of OPEN & DISTANCE LEARNING programmes that is made to redesign the future of academic learning!
About MBBS program
MAHSA’s MBBS programme is a 5-year programme. It is divided into 2 phases, phase 1 comprises years 1 and 2 and phase 2 years 3 to 5. The Phase 1 programme is largely conducted at the MAHSA University campus with some exposure to clinical medicine at Hospital Tanjung Karang.
The Phase 2 programme is the clinical phase and is almost entirely hospital and clinic based. The hospitals used are Hospital Sungai Buloh, Hospital Kuala Lumpur and Hospital Tanjung Karang. Students are also exposed to clinical training at Klinik Kesihatan AU2, Rawang Perdana, Taman Ehsan and Taman Medan. This ensures an eclectic mix of clinical training in major referral centers, community hospitals and primary care clinics.
The completion of this 5-year programme leads to a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree.
This programme is accredited by the Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA) and is listed in the FAIMER WORLD DIRECTORY OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
Phase 1 – Preclinical Programme
Phase 1 spans 2 years. This is the preclinical phase of the programme and basic medical sciences are taught in organ-system blocks. Personal and Professional Development (PPD) and Early Clinical Exposure (ECE) modules are conducted across the two years. PPD modules are aimed at developing humanistic attitude and communication skills. Early clinical experience enables students to learn history taking and physical examination skills on simulated patients and develop communication and clinical reasoning skills. The students have some clinical exposure to patients during scheduled visits to Hospital Tanjung Karang in both years.
In addition, regular Problem-based learning (PBL) sessions are conducted, whereby clinical cases are presented, and students work through the basic science of the disease and the identification of symptoms, signs and interpreting a variety of laboratory tests to develop rational differential diagnoses. Both the ECE and PBL sessions aim to integrate the basic medical sciences with clinical science learning issues.
There is also exposure to community medicine during this phase.
There are two major examinations during Phase 1. The first is at the end of year 1 and the second at the end of year 2.
Phase 2 – Clinical Programme
The student, upon completion of Phase 1, will proceed to Phase 2 of the program, which is the clinical phase. This phase covers year 3, 4 and 5. It is conducted at government hospitals and health clinics designated as teaching centres for the faculty. The student will undergo rotational postings of 2 to 8 weeks in the disciplines outlined in the programme structure. Students must pass the Final Professional Examination at the end of year 5 to graduate.
September intake Registration open for Sri Lankan students. For more information please contact our Authorized University Representative
Mr. Silmy Farook 0775545000 ( EDUCATION MALAYSIA PRIVATE LIMITED, 14, 37TH LANE, WELLAWATTA, COLOMBO 06, SRI LANKA (www.edumalaysia.lk)