Assalammualaikum.
Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan (HLP)
For those who don't know, HLP is the name of the program by MOH for staff to apply for further studies be it doctors applying for masters, pharmacists or nutritionists applying for masters, radiographers applying for a degree or perhaps masters and so on.
Every year, the HLP offer will open at around July for a month.
And this is my first year of applying.
Last year and the years before, one of the many conditions set includes the average for the 3-consecutive-years mark of SKT must be 85% or more. That means if u start working in 2014 ie first SKT is in 2014, hence to apply for Masters in 2017, you will need the average of your 2014, 2015 and 2016 marks to be 85% or more.
If you get 89% for 2014, but somehow got 74% for your 2015 and then 89% for 2016, your average for past 3-consecutive-years will not be >85% and you will not be eligible. That was what happened to me last year 😞
This year, they changed the ruling.
You need an average of 3 years' marks within the past 5 years to be more than 85%.
That means the rule above still apply but in case you start work in 2014, and you have SKT of 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 - you only need any of these 3 years average to be more than 85%. So it doesn't matter if you scored really badly in 2015, as long as you excel in other years. They removed the "consecutive" condition. And it doesn't matter if you are not yet 5 years in service.
The Entrance Exam
For each programme, the entrance requirement will be different. Radiology (Hubs, Akmal is applying for Radiology) for example, the applicants will need to go for an exam as well as an interview.
For Anaesthesiology (me me me!), on the other hand, there will only be ONE SUPER-DIFFICULT entrance exam which will be somewhere in December this year.
And I have not studied enough, yet.
Urgh I really should start studying.
Very very few people get in on their first attempt, but Hui Fong did it!
Yeah, that girl did it. I am not sure how had she studied for the exam, but knowing her, she must have slept, ate and vomit books and notes.
And we have to pay for that exam!
And next year onwards, they will start conducting exam through Medex (I might talk about it in a different post in the future) and it will cost RM800!
Crazy.
They are making the exam equivalent to a Royal College exam.
Anyway, it looks like I have to start burying myself in books like I did mine during medical school years.
To adiks2, yes. There is no short-cut.
You just gotta study hard and smart.
Oh, some might ask. What's in it if I get into and graduated from this Masters programme?
Well, Masters graduates are basically Specialists!
So once I am a specialist, 1) Higher pay 2)Bigger responsibility 3)Becomes a bigger boss 4)Can be malignant 😈😆
-Because life is a test-
-AkMaR-
http://nur-akmar.blogspot.com
Hadiah Latihan Persekutuan (HLP)
For those who don't know, HLP is the name of the program by MOH for staff to apply for further studies be it doctors applying for masters, pharmacists or nutritionists applying for masters, radiographers applying for a degree or perhaps masters and so on.
Every year, the HLP offer will open at around July for a month.
And this is my first year of applying.
Last year and the years before, one of the many conditions set includes the average for the 3-consecutive-years mark of SKT must be 85% or more. That means if u start working in 2014 ie first SKT is in 2014, hence to apply for Masters in 2017, you will need the average of your 2014, 2015 and 2016 marks to be 85% or more.
If you get 89% for 2014, but somehow got 74% for your 2015 and then 89% for 2016, your average for past 3-consecutive-years will not be >85% and you will not be eligible. That was what happened to me last year 😞
This year, they changed the ruling.
You need an average of 3 years' marks within the past 5 years to be more than 85%.
That means the rule above still apply but in case you start work in 2014, and you have SKT of 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 - you only need any of these 3 years average to be more than 85%. So it doesn't matter if you scored really badly in 2015, as long as you excel in other years. They removed the "consecutive" condition. And it doesn't matter if you are not yet 5 years in service.
The Entrance Exam
For each programme, the entrance requirement will be different. Radiology (Hubs, Akmal is applying for Radiology) for example, the applicants will need to go for an exam as well as an interview.
For Anaesthesiology (me me me!), on the other hand, there will only be ONE SUPER-DIFFICULT entrance exam which will be somewhere in December this year.
And I have not studied enough, yet.
Urgh I really should start studying.
Very very few people get in on their first attempt, but Hui Fong did it!
Yeah, that girl did it. I am not sure how had she studied for the exam, but knowing her, she must have slept, ate and vomit books and notes.
And we have to pay for that exam!
And next year onwards, they will start conducting exam through Medex (I might talk about it in a different post in the future) and it will cost RM800!
Crazy.
They are making the exam equivalent to a Royal College exam.
Anyway, it looks like I have to start burying myself in books like I did mine during medical school years.
To adiks2, yes. There is no short-cut.
You just gotta study hard and smart.
Oh, some might ask. What's in it if I get into and graduated from this Masters programme?
Well, Masters graduates are basically Specialists!
So once I am a specialist, 1) Higher pay 2)Bigger responsibility 3)Becomes a bigger boss 4)Can be malignant 😈😆
-Because life is a test-
-AkMaR-
http://nur-akmar.blogspot.com
Hi,Doctor. Thanks for such useful information. May I ask how to prepare for HLP exam and interview for master of radiology ?
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