KUALA LUMPUR: There are many medical schools to choose but prepare a checklist of what to look for. Melaka Manipal Medical College clinical studies and student affairs director Prof Dr M. Nachiappan said parents and students should look at well-established schools. Accreditation, ranking and curriculum are crucial, said the neurosurgeon and surgery department head at the college’s medical faculty. You won’t want to end up studying in a shoplot,” he said, adding there were cases of medical schools closing down here in recent years. “That’s why we prepare our students early on to think about specialisation,” she said.

Source: The Star May 26, 2019 23:48 UTC