The Reality of Being a Doctor in Malaysia: Is KKM Truly Collapsing? (ft. Dr Tan Guo Jeng)

Hi! Welcome back to my channel, I am Xiao Yue, a second-year medical student at University Malaya. Doing podcasts with guests about topics that are important and also interesting, has always been my calling. As such, I have decided to give it a try! I hope that you are able to gain something out of this video, and if you are also a medical student , or a doctor in Malaysia, please share your thoughts on how we can improve working conditions in Malaysia for doctors too, we would like yo hear from you! P.S: If you have any content you'd like to see from me, kindly drop them in the comments too! and once again, thank you so much for watching and see you soon! Timestamps: 0:00 Trailer 1:00 Introduction 3:02 Is KKM Truly Collapsing? 05:13 Why do the same issues remain unsolved? 12:30 Why the oncall system may be better than shift system 23:21 Why are there so little doctors in Malaysia? 29:49 COVID-19 and the opportunity to absorb doctors 36:40 Are there more chances to specialise in Malaysia? 40:30 Healthcare budget cut 12:20 How to cut down healthcare costs 44:56 Why doctors move overseas 52:30 Why Dr Tan wanted to pursue medicine 53:40 Sacrifices in KKM 58:09 Bayaran Insentif Wilayah(BIW) 1:02:05 Career certainty 1:07:42 Career progression in Malaysia vs UK/Singapore 1:11:56 The 63 hour work week for HO 1:14:34 Moving to Singapore 1:16:56 How to retain doctors 1:32:34 Reflections of journey