Programme standards medical and health sciences 2025

Abdullah, Ahmad Fahmi Lim and Appukutty, Mahenderan and Haw, Chang Kah and Norazit, Anwar and Salleh, Mohd Nazil and Suid, Asmaa' and Ishak, Wan Syafira and Jamaluddin, Saiful Adli and Zakaria, Mohd Normani and Che Husin, Siti Suriani and Anual, Muhammad Shafiq Imran and Abu Bakar, Nurulamin and Razali, Zuliana and Gunasekaran, Baskaran and Salvamani, Shamala and Yasid, Nur Adeela and Abd Hamid, Dr. Zariyantey and Md Akim, Abdah and Ishak, Reezal and Ng, Wen Jie and Jiram, Adela Ida and Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum and Lim, Hooi Shan and Ng, Lai Oon Alvin and Subramaniam, Ponnusamy and Low, Jia Liang and Ithnin, Noorhaizad and Abdul Hamid, Rosli and Mubarak, Mohd Farouk and Mustaffa, Abdul Rahman and Chua, Kah Hoay and Mat Daud, Zulfitri ‘Azuan and Safii, Nik Shanita and Mohd Shukri, Nor Azwani and Arasu, Kanimolli and Hassan, Hasliza and Zulfakar, Siti Shahara and Mohd Noor, Mohamad Azhar and Abdullah, Rozaini and Hamid, Zakaria and Mamat, Siti Rolizawati and Abdullah, Ahmad Fahmi Lim and Rus Din, Rus Dina and Rajan, Revathi and Tan, Lee Yin Eva and Nikman, Khairul Adli and Mohamed Yousoof, Saira Bahnu and Ng, Ching Ching and Zainal Ariffin, Shahrul Hisham and Mohd Aris, Nor Khatijah and Mohd Zulkufli, Farah Amalina and Mohd Zin, Zaikiah and Abdul Kadir, Khairulnissa and Chan, Mei Hsien Caryn and Danis, Ajau and Wee, Lei Hum and Abdullah @ Abu Bakar, Kamarul Amin and Mohd, Zanariah and Mohd Zain, Norhayati and Othman, Elza Azri and Zainal Alam, Mohammad Mudzakir and Mohamed, Emida and Zahary, Mohd Nizam and Samat @ Darawi, Mohd Nazif and Balan, Santhra Segaran and Init, Boob Pa and Wong, Hsiu Ding Jeannie and Mohd Zin, Mohd Hafiz and Yeong, Chai Hong and Velo, Parimalah and Mohamed Hanifa, Mohd Ariff and Yap, Wei Boon and Chia, Suet Lin and Voon, Gah Leong Kenny and Mahpudz, Hanani Norlina and Abdul Rahman, Azhanazura and Wong, Jyh Eiin and Sabran, Mohd Redzwan and Aris, Norliyana and Chong, Hueh Zan Megan and Ulaganathan, Vaidehi and Haidhir, Harnisha and A. Rahman, Padma and Wan Yunus, Farahiyah and Sellathurai Pathar, Muthuraman and Tengku Makhtar, Tengku Mohd Asri and Abdul Manaf, Mohd Haidzir and Mohd Nordin, Nor Azlin and Justine@ Stephany, Maria and Muthurethina Barathi, Mahadevi and Arum Shah, Nazatul Sima and Ab Majid, Abdul Hafiz and Yaakop, Salmah and Shahar, Mohd Khadri and Basari, Norasmah and Awang Besar, Noor Aslinda Ummi and Azmi, Nor Aniza and Ahmad Fadzil, Muhammad Safwan and Khairil Anuar, Muhammad Afiq and Abu Bakar, Siti Adawiah and Sithamparam, Santhekumari and Mohd. Ibrahim, Hasherah and Mohd Khairuddin, Khairy Anuar and Mustaffa Kamal, Rahayu and Mohd Zawawi, Nor Shahrina and Ng, Peik Hwa (2025) Programme standards medical and health sciences 2025. Standard. Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council, Putrajaya, Malaysia.

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Abstract

The Programme Standards: Medical and Health Sciences (2025) serves as a guide to the Higher Education Providers (HEPs) in designing and offering academic programmes pertaining to the field of medical and health sciences in Malaysia at tertiary levels. The programme standards (PS) also takes into consideration the need to provide flexibility for HEPs to exercise innovation in offering academic programmes to meet the current and future needs in medical and health science education and training based on different modes of study*. Section A of this PS describes the general standards that provide supplemental requirements that build upon the foundation of the Code of Practice for Programme Accreditation (COPPA) for medical and health science programmes. In addition, discipline-specific requirements for the respective disciplines at Diploma (Level 4), Bachelor’s Degree (Level 6), Master’s Degree by coursework, mixed-mode and research (Level 7), and Doctoral Degree by coursework, mixed-mode and research (Level 8) are further described in Section B, Section C, Section D and Section E, of this PS, respectively. To ensure continuity, this PS has rearranged, revised and updated the information from the programme standards of the previous versions and incorporated the new requirements and recent changes, including but are not limited to the Malaysian Qualifications Framework (MQF) (2024), the Malaysian Higher Education Blueprint (MHEB), education policies, professional body accreditation requirements, guidelines to good practices (GGPs) and technological advancements including artificial intelligence (AI). The PS further describes the supplemental and discipline-specific requirements in addition to the standards in COPPA 2nd Edition that an academic programme seeking accreditation must comply with, in the areas of: i. Programme development and delivery ii. Assessment of student learning iii. Student selection and support services iv. Academic staff v. Educational resources vi. Programme management vii. Programme monitoring, review and continual quality improvement This PS provides only the minimum requirements on the development and conduct of different MQA levels of academic programmes in twenty (20) disciplines of medical and health sciences at the time of writing. The PS acknowledges that new programmes with different modes of delivery in medical and health sciences are emerging, driven by the advancement in sciences and technologies, therefore, HEPs could use the PS as a guide for the development and delivery of any new or revised health science programme. The PS must be read together with other quality assurance documents and policies issued by MQA, professional bodies and other related agencies, which include but are not limited to: i. The Malaysian Qualifications Framework (MQF) 2024 ii. The Code of Practice for Institutional Audit (COPIA) iii. The Code of Practice for Programme Accreditation (COPPA) 2nd Edition iv. Relevant Guidelines to Good Practices (GGP) v. Relevant Acts and Standards vi. Relevant Guidelines by Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council (MAHPC) The standards for the following programmes have been developed for the medical and health sciences in the programme standards established in 2010 and some disciplines were further revised in 2016. They were revised in this document as follows: i. Audiology ii. Biochemistry iii. Biomedical Science iv. Dietetics v. Environmental Health vi. Forensic Science vii. Genetics viii. Health Promotion ix. Medical Imaging x. Medical Laboratory Technology xi. Microbiology xii. Nutrition xiii. Occupational Therapy xiv. Physiotherapy xv. Radiation Therapy xvi. Speech-language Therapy The programme standard for the discipline of Clinical Psychology, previously established in Programme Standards: Psychology (2023), was revised and harmonised in this document. New programme standards were developed for the following disciplines: i. Dental Technology ii. Medical Physics iii. Public Health Entomology

Item Type:	Monograph (Standard)
Additional Information:	MOH/P/BSKB/77.25(HB) – e
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF636 Applied psychology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences > Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences > Department of Nutrition Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Psychology
Depositing User:	Dr Jamilah Hanum Abdul Khaiyom
Date Deposited:	31 Dec 2025 12:34
Last Modified:	31 Dec 2025 13:03
Queue Number:	2025-12-Q1537
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/126196

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