Clearing the air on Cardiothoracic Parallel Pathway issues


Higher Education Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir.

PETALING JAYA: The cardiothoracic parallel pathway does not use the Joint Surgical Colleges Fellowship Examination (JSCFE) Cardiothoracic examination or the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) international qualification, as quoted by some opponents, says the Malaysian Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (MATCVS).

The association’s executive council said in a statement yesterday that it uses “a totally unrelated and different examination and qualification”.

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