The Family Medicine Department, IMU School of Medicine organised the 15th IMU Family Medicine Clinical Skills Course, a one-day event on Saturday, 4 June 2022. As had been in previous years, it was a very much sought-after CME and was once again one of IMU’s most successful educational events. This was the 15th consecutive year IMU had successfully supported the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia in hosting this event with the objective of raising standards of general practice in Malaysia.
The workshop, which covered areas of clinical importance in general practice, was designed and officially offered as the Mock Exam for postgraduate trainees of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia in preparation for their Conjoint MAFP/FRACGP Examination. This event was held as a Remote Clinical Examination (RCE) in keeping with the new examination format of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners to assess clinical competencies in the new norm.
The event was also opened to all other interested general practitioners and medical students to gain an exemplary educational experience. It attracted a total of 145 participants from both the Ministry of Health and private practice. With the extremely positive feedback that was obtained from the participants, the department is inspired to now look at even more innovative ways in the delivery of CMEs in the near future.
| Overall Usefulness of Workshop | Overall Quality of Workshop |
|---|---|
| Good | Good |
| It was awesome | Very well executed |
| Very very good! | Excellent |
| Learnt a lot | Very good |
| Helpful information for our practice and exams | Excellent |
| Very useful | Excellent |
| Insightful view of OSCE | Good |
| Very good | Good |
| Very useful | Excellent |
| Excellent | Excellent |
| Very useful | Good |
| Helps towards Part 2 exam | Excellent |
| Very useful | Great |
| Very useful tips and explanation | Excellent |
| Keep up the great job | Great job done |
| Excellent | Excellent |
| Extremely useful to fresh GCFM grads moving into ATFM | Good |
| Very useful | Good |
| Excellent workshop! | Very good |
| Very useful | Good |
| Good | Good |
| Questions were relevant. Expected answers were clearly spelled out and speakers were knowledgeable and able to summarise key points | Great |
| Very useful for exams prep | Well organised. Punctual and according to schedule. |
| Informative | Great |
| Useful | Good |
| Good | Good |
| Very helpful. Knowledge gained. | |
| Excellent | Excellent |
| Case scenario has cover multiple areas, facilitator provide high yield input | Excellent |
| Excellent | Excellent |
| Very good | Very good |
| Well done | Well done |
| Very useful and informative | Very informative, good discussion, learned a lot |
| Enhanced my knowledge | Good |
| Informative | Good |
| Enhanced my knowledge | Good |
| Early exposure to exam format on how to handle case according to scenario | Good |
| Informative | Good |
| Very good and interactive sessions | Excellent course |
| It was above and beyond my expectations. I would join a more intensive course if offered by IMU just for the Part 2 preparation. | Excellent |
| Good | |
| Very useful for exam preparation purposes | Excellent |
| Very useful | Great |
| Very useful and eye opening experience. | Excellent. Audio visual was tip top. |
| Very good | Good |
| Really good | Very good |
| Good areas of clinical scenarios | Very helpful and informative |
| Very useful | |
| Good | Good |
| Very informative | Very useful for future exam preparation |
| Good | Good |
| Excellent | Excellent |
| Extremely Useful | Excellent Quality |
| Good | |
| Very useful tips for OSCE preparation. | Good |
| Very useful | Well organised |
| Good | Good |
| Useful for attending OSCE exam | Good. Keen to attend again in the future |
| Good topics for discussions |
Written by A/Prof Chandramani Thuraisingham, Organising Chairperson.
