The Medical
Education Centre, RIPAS Hospital
POSTGRADUATE
EDUCATION
Postgraduate
Education is organized by:
-
Postgraduate Advisory & Training Board
(PGATB)
The aim of this board is to provide
guidance, advice and training to the
postgraduate doctors to achieve the
highest attainable qualification for the
individual. Training are provided for:
-
Basic Specialty Training
-
Institute of Medicine's postgraduate
programmes
-
Parts of Higher Specialty Training
-
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Committee
Our CME programme is for doctors to
continue updating their medical
knowledge. Its aim is to encourage best
practice in current medical care.
The CME committee also:
-
Monitors National CME Activities
- Checks
& Certifies CME Logbooks
- Acts as
the Approval body for non- government
sponsored educational events in Brunei.
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
RIPAS
Hospital is actively in the teaching of
undergraduate students from variety of
institutions all over the world. The
students from variety of institutions all
over the world. The students come for their
clinical attachments or elective in a
variety of specialties.
The main
institutions involved are:-
-
University of Brunei Darussalam
Institute of Medicine
-
University of Queensland Medical School
- Other
medical School in the UK, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia
SCHOOL VISIT & ATTACHMENTS
The centre
also arranges visit and attachments for
students still at school. The activities
range from one week visit to in-dept
exposure of medical practice such as ward
work. The programmes offered are:
-
1 week rotation in various departments
for the post - 'O' Level or 'A' Level
Student
-
1 week clinical shadowing with 2 days
working in medical wards
-
Voluntary at the Child Development
Centre and Pusat Ehsan
History of Medical Education in RIPAS
Hospital
RIPAS
Hospital has a long history of medical
training going back more then 20 years. The
hospital provides a wide range of specialist
medical and surgical care. These same
clinical departments provide post graduate
medical training to a standard enabling our
candidates to sit their examinations
equivalent to the Membership of the Royal
Colleges in the UK and Ireland
1982
Paediatrics accredited for sitting MRCP exam
Opening of New RIPAS Hospital
1984
MRCP accreditattion for Physicians
1990
Surgery accreditated for sitting FRCS Part 1
and 2
1998
National CME Committee formed
1998
Launch of the Brunei International Medical
Journal
1999
Institute of Medicine at UBD, of which many
lectures are doctors from Ministry of Health
1999
RIPAS designated a Teaching Hospital for The
University of Queensland
2000
General Practice MRGCP programme linked to
St Georgres Medical School
2000
Formation of the Postgraduate Advisory and
Training Board
2003
Formation of the Clinical Quality Assurance
Committee
2004
Accreditation of local programmes for
Certificates of completion of Basic
Specialty Training (CCBST)
2005
Starting of UBD-Partnership Medical School
Programme