Why parallel pathways are needed


The training doctors undergo in order to become specialists is very similar under both pathways, and is essentially the same type of training the specialists have undergone all this while, and all over the world, says the writer. — 123rf

There has been a lot of heated words exchanged over the question of what is called the parallel pathway training programme for medical specialists in Malaysia.

When I first tried to understand the controversy, things seemed quite confusing. The more I learned, however, the more obvious the way forward seemed.

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