Move to boost bumiputra family medicine specialists


KUALA LUMPUR: Yayasan Peneraju Pendidikan Bumiputera (Yayasan Peneraju) and the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia (AFPM) have signed a memorandum of understanding to groom more bumiputra family medicine specialists.

Under the three-year partnership, both parties have agreed to enable permanent or contractual bumiputra general practitioners or medical officers to enrol in AFPM’s Advanced Training in Family Medicine programme with partial funding by the foundation.

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