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Every weekend when I flip through the newspaper (The Star), I just can’t ignore the small adverts that appears at some corners of the newspaper, for those who wants to do medicine! I am so embarrassed and disgusted to see how low medicine has gone. From a well-respected and noble profession to something that goes along with a motto “ Now, everyone can become a doctor………………….” Medicine which use to be done by the creams of the country, has now gone down so low that anyone with a low qualification and money, can become one.

These adverts sometimes make me wonder whether parents have become so stupid in order to make their child a doctor at whatever expense?  If you look at the adverts below, some even guarantees a seat despite not being able to get a seat for A-Levels, STPM and Matriculation!! What does this mean? That the students are so stupid not being able to get a place in these pre-U courses but can still do medicine with a guaranteed seat ,100K total and no selection test? Sounds ridiculous to me!

In most countries, there are only few selected Pre-U courses that are recognised to enter universities. Unfortunately in this Bolehland, anyone can come up with a Pre-U programme to make money. The famous Pre-U programme now is ” Foundation in Science“!. Almost every private college in Malaysia seem to be offering this course with guaranteed seat in their medical course. Please go to some of the private medical schools websites and you will see this. It is really disheartening to know that the Ministry of Higher Education does not monitor this courses and allows so many such courses to appear. So, why struggle to do A-Levels or STPM? Just do a Foundation programme in a private college where you know your medical seat is guaranteed! BTW, who monitors these foundation programme curriculum and exam standards?

Whenever someone ask me about this, I always tell them that it is the safest to do STPM, A-Levels or IB. These are the safest Pre-U courses and internationally recognised. The other options will be SAM(South Australian Matriculation) or AUSMAT, which is a 1 year programme and also recognised in many universities especially Australian Universities. If you do the so-called “ Foundation Programme” in some of the local private universities, please be aware that it is not recognised by any other universities either locally or internationally. Thus, if you want to change course etc, you will not be able to get a place elsewhere.

Another Malaysia Boleh mah……………….., now you know why we are going down the drains………………… I just can’t wait to see jobless doctors soon and make some parents to realise what mass they have created for their child!!