I really find this report in The Star today (2nd page) as a big joke and our PM does not seem to know what he is talking about !! Come on, ” the university’s opening would send ripples through the region and be a “phenomenal lure”, adding that it would also attract students from as far as the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. I mean, really , does he know what he is talking about ?
First of all this is NOT John Hopkins University. It is Perdana University and the degree offered is also from Perdana University with a small caption saying ” in collaboration with John Hopkins University”. Thus, it is NOT an internationally recognised degree. So, how in the hell does this university going to send ripples through the region and be a “phenomenal lure”!! I wonder!
Secondly, it has not even been accredited by the Malaysian Medical Council but the government is willing to send students under JPA scholarship !! WTH!! it is like forcing MMC to accreditate the medical school by hook or crook. As usual , MMC will be a toothless tiger!
Lastly, I thought this university suppose to be a graduate medical school, meaning that you need a basic degree before enrolling into their medical programme. May I ask how SPM leavers going to enter this medical school with JPA scholarship without having a basic degree? Am I in some dreamland ? Unless you are talking about JPA scholars post basic degree, which is rather unlikely.
I seriously think Najib does not know what he is talking about. Medical schools are different. Untill today, Monash Malaysia is not even recognised in Singapore. I can assure you, Perdana University will also be the same. Having a collaboration with John Hopkins does not change anything. In US, everyone need to sit for an entrance exam irrespective where you graduate from.
Just face it, John Hopkins is here to make money and to benefit their research projects by using patients from Malaysia and the region who are still naive about medical research unlike in US. And our local private medical school under the name of Perdana University is also here to make money. Whose money? tax payers money! I can assure you that most of the students will be JPA or MARA sponsored. Building grandiose buildings does not mean anything without good human resource. Where are they planning to get the academics from, other than pinching from the nearby medical schools!
PSD students among 100 in first intake for Johns Hopkins
WASHINGTON: The first intake at the Malaysian campus of world-famous teaching and research medical institution Johns Hopkins University will be in September with 100 students.
The students are expected to include 50 Public Service Department scholarship holders.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the university’s opening would send ripples through the region and be a “phenomenal lure”, adding that it was would also attract students from as far as the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
“I am confident the Johns Hopkins medical programme will be a phenomenal lure,” he said at an event to mark the establishment of the John Hopkins Dr Mohan Swami Institute for International Medical Education.
Also at the event in Baltimore, Maryland, were Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin, Malaysian Ambassador to the United States Datuk Jamaluddin Jarjis, Tan Sri Dr Mohan Swami and the university’s chief executive officer Edward D. Miller.
The Johns Hopkins medical programme will be a collaboration with Perdana University, which offers the first private teaching hospital with world-class medical facilities to be established in Serdang under Dr Mohan’s Chase Perdana group.
Glad you’re here: Najib meeting Malaysian students at Johns Hopkins University (from left) Sanjay Rampal, Gooi Zhen, Tai Ken Lin and Tan Ik Lin Tan during the ‘Dedication of the Johns Hopkins Dr Mohan Swami Institute for International Medical Education’ at the Anne and Mike Amstrong Medical Education Building in Baltimore, Maryland. Looking on is Jamaluddin (right). – Bernama
Najib was pleased to note there had been good response not only from the local faculty in Baltimore but from others around the world to teach, work and practise in the Malaysian campus.
He said his administration had embarked on a plan to seek out and encourage Malaysians abroad to return home and at the same time, step up efforts for skills training at home.
“That is the reason why I am so excited about this partnership and why I couldn’t be more pleased with your decision to establish not only a graduate medical school but also the first private teaching hospital and, more so, a centre for cutting edge clinical research,” he added.
Najib said Johns Hopkins was known for its pioneering work in medicine, which included the use of rubber gloves during surgery that had now become universal practice and had a positive impact on Malaysia’s rubber industry.
He said the campus would also encourage more top graduates of Malaysia’s universities to stay home as they now had the chance to participate in the world’s best medical school curriculum and advanced clinical research without leaving the country.
Dr Mohan said 100 students would be reporting at its temporary campus near the Mardi headquarters in Serdang while the permanent campus was expected to be ready by 2013.
i got email from JPA
PROGRAM PENAJAAN PELAJAR PERUBATAN KE UNIVERSITI PERDANA
” Saudara/ saudari adalah calon yang telah di senarai pendekkan oleh pihak Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam (JPA) untuk mengikuti Program Penajaan Pelajar Perubatan JPA Ke Universiti Perdana bagi program Universiti Perdana (UP) – Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine (PUGSOM) / Universiti Perdana (UP) – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) bermula semester pengajian September 2011. Program UP-PUGSOM adalah bagi calon lepasan Ijazah Sarjana Muda Sains. Manakala program UP-RCSI adalah bagi calon lepasan STPM/ Matrikulasi/ Asasi/ A-Level /AUSMAT/ IB.
Sehubungan itu, sekiranya saudari berminat, saudara / saudari adalah dipohon untuk melayari laman sesawang http://www.perdanauniversity.edu.my/ bagi tujuan permohonan kemasukan ke Universiti Perdana terlebih dahulu sebelum memohon penajaan Biasiswa Kerajaan (JPA). Manakala bagi permohonan penajaan Biasiswa Kerajaan (JPA), saudara / saudari boleh melayari laman sesawang http://esilav2.jpa.gov.my/ untuk mengetahui garis panduan, syarat-syarat dan kriteria permohonan bagi Program Penajaan Pelajar Perubatan JPA Ke Universiti Perdana. Permohonan Biasiswa Kerajaan (JPA) adalah bermula dari 27 Jun 2011 sehingga 4 Julai 2011.
Ingin diingatkan bahawa hanya calon-calon yang layak dan memenuhi syarat-syarat serta kriteria permohonan sahaja akan dipertimbangkan untuk mendapat tajaan Biasiswa Kerajaan (JPA). Pertanyaan mengenai program tajaan boleh dibuat dengan menghubungi talian 03-8885 3704 (10 talian) pada setiap hari bekerja mulai jam 8:00 pagi hingga 5:00 petang atau e-mel di alamat lspamc@jpa.gov.my bermula 27 Jun 2011.”
Sekian, terima kasih
Hazwan Nizam Bin Fadil
Penolong Pengarah
Unit Penawaran Latihan Sebelum Perkhidmatan
Bahagian Pembangunan Modal Insan
Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia
anyway i dont have any interest in studying Medicine, i don’t have the commitment to be a medical doctor in Malaysia..but thanks Dr. Pagalavan for clearing that up..nice joke btw..hahah
Looking at this, looks like the government is going to end up funding all these students in Perdana University. There goes our tax payers money. So, what private initiative that our PM is talking about. It is still a stupid project by the government , supplying the funds from a different angle!