PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT & PRACTICE

AVANIANBAN CHAKKARAPANI, M.P.T in Orthopedic Conditions.,

Lecturer

FM&HS, UTAR

Subject: Professional Development & Practice I

Lecture 1

Date:16.01.2015

Time:8.30 to 9.30 am

Venue: K 401

This unit introduces students with the dynamics,

provision, financing and access to Malaysian health care.

The Malaysian community is made up of people from many

cultures.

Awareness of cultural diversity is vital when working as a

physiotherapist in Malaysia.

Practitioners need to be aware of their own cultural

assumptions, and the cultures of hospitals and of health

care.

Physiotherapists must consider the impact of the health

culture on people for whom a hospital or other health

care setting is an unfamiliar environment.

In this unit, the areas of professional practice such as

medico-legal aspects, professional autonomy and

accountability, administration etc are also addressed.

MALAYSIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Learning Objective

To introduce the student to

the Malaysian health care

system.

Learning Outcome

Able to describe Malaysian

health care system.

MALAYSIA

Malaysia is to be a nation of healthy individuals,

families and communities, through a health system

that is equitable, affordable, efficient,

technologically appropriate, environmentally-

adaptable and consumer friendly, with emphasis on

quality, innovation, health promotion and respect of

human dignity and which promotes individual

responsibility and community participation towards

an enhanced quality of life.

Reference

Heng Leng Chee. (2009).Health Care in Malaysia:

The Dynamics of Provision, Financing and Access.

New York: Routledge.