Program Overview

Clinical Fellowship in Clinical Immunology

The Clinical Fellowship in Clinical Immunology is a program offered by the Faculty of Medicine, UKM. The program is designed to produce clinical immunologists with detailed knowledge, competence, and experience in clinical immunology.

Programme Details

• Programme Name: Fellowship in Clinical Immunology (UKM)
• Course Director: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adli Ali
• Duration of Training: Minimum of 1 year for international candidates and up to 3 years for local Malaysian candidates
• Training Centres: Hospital Pakar Kanak-Kanak Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Specialist Children's Hospital), Cheras 56000 Kuala Lumpur

Eligibility and Objectives

• Eligibility: Recognised postgraduate training in the field of medicine or master equivalent with interest in clinical immunology (MRCPCH/ MRCP/ Masters equivalent)
• Objectives:
  • To produce clinical immunologists with detailed knowledge, competence, and experience in clinical immunology
  • To produce clinical immunologists with detailed knowledge in clinical immunology
  • To produce clinical immunologists with competence and experience in performing procedures pertaining to clinical immunology

Activities and Tasks

• Candidate will be required to perform all clinical activities at the level of a specialist, including running clinics, doing ward rounds, and performing procedures
• Candidate should be able and competent to diagnose and manage common clinical immunology diseases
• Candidate must be confident in obtaining, recording, and interpreting immunology, allergy, autoimmune, and translational multi-omic results
• Candidate must assist as many procedures as possible and be able to perform a few common procedures independently
• Candidate will have exposure, depending on the duration of fellowship, to attachment in the field of Clinical and Translational Immunology / Clinical Immunology Laboratory
• Candidate will have exposure, depending on the duration of fellowship, to disorders in genetics, inborn errors of metabolism, stem cell transplantation in a recognized center
• Candidate will also have the opportunity to run visiting clinical immunology services in other surrounding hospitals
• For local candidates, the 3rd year of the training (with a minimum duration of 6 months) will be a twinning posting in one of the affiliated clinical immunology international centers

Method of Assessments

• Certificate of completion of training certified by Course Director and Dean, Faculty of Medicine UKM will be given to all successful candidates

Requirements

• Please apply at least 6 months before the intended start date
• You will need a Temporary Practising Certificate (TPC) by the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC)
• Application for TPC will be forwarded to MMC by UKM except for the Letter of Good Standing