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EIlUCATION ACT , 1988

(ACT XXIV OF 1988)

Regulations for the Degr« of Doctor of Medldnt aBd Surgery - M.Il.

IN exerci~ ofthe powers conferred upon him b~ sect ions 28(~) and

29(6) of the Education Act , 1988, the Ch a n~l lor of the Unive rsit~ of

Malta has promulgllled the following Regu lat ions made b~t he Senate of

the Universit y of Malta in virtu e of the powe rs conferred upon it by

section 33 of th e said Act:-

Cita tion

These Regul atio ns ma~ be ci teJ as the Regulations for the Degree

of Doctor o f Medicine and Surgery (M . D.) a nd shall be applicable to

courses staning in October ]988 o r lateT.

REGULATIONS .-OK TilE DEGKEE OF

])OCTOR OF MEDICINE AND SU RGE RY (M .D.)

(applicable to courses staTting in October 1988 o r latcr)

Eligibility fot" Ill'gffil

I. To be eligible for the award of the DellTee of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery

( M.D.) a candida te must

(a) be registered as a mat riculated student in terms of the Admission

Regulations of the Unillersit y

(b) s~ tisfy the Special Course Req ui reme nts in acoorJance wi th Regulation

3 below;

(c) complete the course of st uJies, qualify in the exam illations and sat isfy

any other require me nts as prescri beJ in these Regulations

(d) SlItisfy any other require me nts prescribed in any ot heT releva nt STatutes

and Regulations of the Un iversi ty.

Duratiun of Coonoe

Biex ikuIl j ista' jillghata l·Grnd ta' OIlIlIlT tal- MediCina u I- Kirurgija ( M. D.)

kandidat irid

(a) ikun irregislrat bhala stude nt matrikolat skond ir- Rcgolamenti ghad-

Obul ta'I·Un iversitll;

(b) jissodisfa r-Rekwititi Spetjali gl'lall-Kors skond ir-Regolame nt 3 hawn

isfel;

(';) itcmm il-kors ta' I-istudji, jikkwalifi ka "-ciamijiet u jissodisfa I-kwalifiki

I-ol'l ra kollha kif hawn imnittcl rdawn ir- Regolamenli

(d) jissodisfa kwalifi ki oh Tajn kollha mnizzlin fi Statu ti u f' RegolamCll1i

ri levanli ohra la' I-Universilil.

II-TullaI-Kon

Th e COUlse of st udies leadi ng to the degrecofDoetor o f Medicine and Surgery

extend!; ollcr a period of fille years anJ is divided inlo two parts: the Inte nncdiate

Coursc of two years' duration; and the Final Course, of three yc~rs' duration.

SpKial COUrR R~qllir~ments

3_ To apply for adrnission to the co urse leading to the deg ree of Doctor of

Medicine and Surgery a ca ndidate mUSI. besides SIItisfying the conditions for admission

as a regular studenl in tenns ofthe Adm ission Regu latio nsof the University. sat isfy the

fo llowing Special Course Req ll irements

passes al Advanced Level (two of which at Grade: C or better and the otheT at

Grade 0 or better) in

(.) Ph~ics o r Ph)'l'ics-with-Mal he matics or (for Octobe r 1988 a nd

(klObc r 1990 only) Mathematics

(ii )

Chemi stry

<iii) Biology or Zoology

in the Matriculation En minot ion o f tlte Universi ty. or at correspo nding levels of

OI he r c:xamina tions rewgnitcd by the Sena te for the purposes of the Admission

Regulatio ns

Provided Ihal a candida te who is a graduate of a university, or has o lhe r

qualifications considered 10 be sufficient , may be exe mpt ed by the

Admissions Board, on lite advice of the Facully A dmissions Comm ittee, fro m

the whole or pa n of these special course rC'Iui remcnlS.

SUbjects of the Cou ~

The subjects of the Intermediate Cou rse are the fo llowi ng

FiTSI Yell'

An atomy and Cell Biology

Pllysio logy. Biochemis try an d Mo lccu1 3T Biology

Sl'Cond Yeur

Stm C$IU I

A natomy and Cell Biology

Ph)'liiology, Biochcmi$lry and Molecu lar Biology

Semester 11

Ge ne ral Pat hology. Microbiology, General Pharmacology a nd Behavioural

Sciences

The subj«:lsof l ite Final Course are the following

First Year

Pathol ogy

Medici ne (i nd. Clin k al Pharmacology)

Surgery (ilK!. O nhopaedics)

Second Ytar

Pat hology

Medici ne (i ncl. Clinica ll'harmacology)

Su rge ry

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Paed iatrics

Pui)lic ~l ca1t h

Derma tology

Opht halm ology

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Anaesthesia

Psychia try

Fore nsic Medicine

Third Year

Medicine (incl. PaediatriC$)

Surge ry (incl. OrthopaediC$)

ObstetriC$ and Gynaeco logy

Practical and cl inical wor k shall be: carriedoutthroughOUlt hecourse, including the

vaca tion5.

J>rOl(rtsS TesUl

6, During the course, progress test~ shall be he ld in subjects the teaching of which

extends over more than one academic year ,

These tests shall be held as follows

Inlermediate Courje

Allhe End oflile First Year, in

Anatomy and Cell Biology

Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecu lar Biology

AI the End uflhe Second Yeor, in

Gene ral Pat hology and Microbiology

Pharmacology

Fi"al Cour5e

At the E"d of lire NW Yeor, in

Pathology

Medicine (inel. Qinical Ph armacology)

Surgery

AI the End oflhe Second Year, i"

Medicine (incl. Cli nical Pharmacology)

Surgery

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

7, There shH II be IWO sessions o f these tesUl: one In MaylJ une and onc III

Se pte mber,

8, A candidate sh31l not be allowed to proceed to the fo llowing year of the course

ifthe Facul ty Board isnot$atisficd as a rC$ultofthe teSts that thc candidate has followed

thc previous yea r of th e course with profit ,

The Intermediate Cour"$e

The Intunledla te Examination

The subjects o f the Inte nqedite Exami natio n are

Is-suggelli lal-Ko rs Fin111i hum"

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J>alologija

Meditina (inkl uZa I-Farmakologija Klinika)

Kirurgija (inkluia I·Ortopcdika)

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l'a\Ologija

Meditina (inkluta I- Farma kologija Klin ika)

Kiru rgija

Obstetricja u C inekologij:s

Pedjntri;a

Sahha Pubblika

Dcrmalologija

Oflalmologija

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AneSlcsija

I'sikjatrija

Medicina I'orensika

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Medi6na (inkluZa I·Pedjal rija )

Kirurgija (inkluia I-Onopedika)

ObslelrKju u Oi nekologija

Xogho l praniku u kliniku jsir mmu! il -kors. inklu!:i I·blajje!.

Testijld lW' I'rog~s

Malul il-kors. lestijit'1 la' progress isiru fsugge Ui li Haghlim taghhom hu

mifrull fuq akl3r minn sena akkademika waM;!,

Dawn il-lestijicl isiru kif gcj

Kon Irlfcrmtdj ..

A Tmi"" f-EM' .. ·~I S~"a.

A nalomija u Bijologija lal'-Celiuli

Fj~jologija. Bijokimika u llijologij:! Moickulari

Pi Tmimr il- Tieni Senu

Palologija Cenerali u Mikrohijologija

Farmakologija

Kors PiI1IJ!i

Palologija

Medi6na (ink!uia I-Fannakologija Kli nika)

Kirurgija

Fi Tm iem il- Tien! Set/a

MediCi na (inkluZa I-Farmakologija Klinika)

Kirurgija

Obstwi(:ja u Gine kologija

7, Ikun hemm icwg scssjo nijict la' dawn it-Iestijiel : wahda fMejj ulCunju u

wahda rSenembru,

8, Kandidat ma ji thal1ie~ ighaddi ghas-scna ta' wara tal-km'S jekk il-Llord lal·

Fakultit ma jkunx sodisfatt biHcslijiel Ii I-ka ndidal scgwa b'suCCess ris-~ na ta' qabel

lal-kors,

II _K~ Intermedju

L-Eiami Inlcrmedju

9, (a) ls-suggeui ta' I-Etami Intennedju huma

Anatomija u Ilijologija lu ~-tell u li

Fi:i:jologija, Bijokimika u Bijo!ogija Molckulari

(b) L-eia mi la' I· A natomija 11 I-Bijologija tat-Celluli jikk onsist i f iewg kart i

la' tliet sighal kull wahda u sessjon' prallika ; l-etami tal-Fi i jologija, il-l1 ijokimika u I·

Bijologija Molekulari jikkonsisli fi Iliel karti la' Ilit'1 sigha! kutl wahda u progen lal-

librerija,

II -kandida t; j;Slghu jkunu mislennija "'ko ll I; jaghmlll l'ta mi l'il'lJ \,(K~ f da"'n is·

suUelli ,

(a)

Anatomy and Cell Biology

Physiology, Biochemistry am! Molo:<:ular Biology

(b) The examinat ion in Anatomy and Cell Biologyshall consist of two three_

hour pa pers and a practical session: thc examination in Physiology, Biochemistry and

Molo:<:ular Biology shall consist of three th ree- ho ur papers and a library·project.

Candida tes may also be req uired to take a "i"Q "OCII!ua mination in these subjeets.

\0. (a) the illtermediHte Examination shall be held at the begin ning o f the

Second Semeste r of the second yea r of the Intermed iate COllrse.

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(b) There shall be a second session of the E~aminalion at the e nd o f the

Second Semester.

(a) L-EZami Intc rmedju jsir l'iI-bidu tal-Tien; Semestru IlIHie ni se na tal-

Kors Intermedju ,

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(b)

Ikun he mm iHieni sessjoni lO' I-Et'lmi fi Imie m il-Tie ni Scmcslru.

BeroTe being admitted to Ihe Intermediate Examination ~ candidate must

present to the Dean a ce rtificate, signed by the Head of Department concerned.

showing Ihall hecandidat e hascompleled satisfactorily all assigned work in the subjetts

concerned.

Result olthe Intermediate ElIamlnatklllS

In each sl,lbjeC1 of the Intermediate Examination the nomes of ca ndidates

who have passed the eumi nBtion shall be published in alphabe tica l o rdt: r in cHch of

four groups: A. B. C and D . according 10 their standard of merit. A cand idate whose

name does 001 appea r in any o f the fou r groups shall be considered to have failed the

examination in Ihe sllbj~ concerned.

The published result of the examination in ea<:h subjcCl shall take in to account all

parts of the exami nation in that subject.

A ca ndida te who dQc:s not complete the Inte rmediate Examination in the t .... o

prescribed sessions shall be deemed to have failed the Examination as a whole.

A candidate who fails the Intermediate Examination may be allowed by t~

Faculty BOIIrd to repea t the second year of the Intermediate Course.

No ca ndidate Shllll be allowed to repe at the Examination in this manne r mo re than

once.

The Final Course

Admission 10 the Final Course

Before being admi tted to the Fi nal Course a candidate must pass the

Intermediate E~am i nat io n . o r be eKempted from it by the S<:nalc on I I\(: recommenda·

tion o f the Faculty Boa rd .

Subj«t TU l.!lln ttle . 1rull Coone

Du ring the Final Course. departmental tests sha ll be held in elLch of the

following subjects

At the End of Octobc:r of the Second Yeur

Pu blic I-Iea lth

Forensic Med icine

At the End of Jonuory of the Second Y"or

Psychiatry

In A pril of the Second Year

Derma1010gy

Ophthalmology

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An aesthesia

There sha ll be a second sessio n of each of th ese tests in the nut following

September.

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Re5U lt

In each o f these su bjects the namcs of can didates who havc passed thc tests

shall be published in alphabetical o rder in a Pass Li st.

Thc result in each subject shall also ta ke in to aa;o unt the work of the ca ndidate in

that subject during the course.

No candida te shall be allowcd to procecd to the following yea r of the COUIX

if he has OOt passed each test prescribed for the year .

Euminalion In Pathology

(a) Th ere shall be an examina tion in Pat hology at the end of th e $Ccond yea r

of the Final Course .

(b) There shall be two sessions of this examination: one in lune and one in

Septembe r.

(c) The exam in at ion shall consist of two three-hour papers and a practical

I;Cssion.

Candidates may also be required to tak e a viva voce ex amination .

Be fore being admin ed to the exam ination a candidate must prese nt to the

Dean a certificate signed by Ihe Head o f I)epa rtment of Pathology showing that the

candidate has completed satisfactorily the schedule of praclical WQrk prescribed for tbat

subjoxt.

Result

n . The names of candidates who have passed the e xamination in Pa thologyshaJl

be published in al phabetcial orde r. Exceptiona l perfonnance shall also be ind icated on

thc list.

Th e published resu lt shall tak e into accou nt all pari s o f the examination in the

subject.

L-ismijiet tal-kandidali li jkunu ghaddcw mill-eiam i lal -Patologija jkunu

ppubblikali fordn i al fabcl iku. Ritull ali cctl'lZjonali jkunu indib li wkoll fil-lisla.

Ir-riiullal ippubblikat iq is il -partij i ... 1 koilh a la'l-ciami fi~-suggeI 1_

A ca ndidate sha ll not be a llowed to proceed to the third year of the Fin al

COUIX if he has not passed tbccxamination in Pathology in the two prcscribed sessions.

The Final ElI8mination

(a) The subjects of the Fi nal Examination are

Med icine (incl. I'aediatrics)

Surgery

O bstetrics and G ynaecology

( b) 11tc examination in each of lhese subjeClSshaJl ronsist of two three-hour

papers and a clinical session.

Candida tes may al so be required to ta ke a I'il'll voce e nmi nal ion in thcscsubjeClS.

(a) Th e Fin al Examination shall be held in lun eofthe third year of th e Final

CoUIX. Therc shall be an addi tional session o f th e Examination in thc following

January.

(b) A candidau~ shall be required tQ takc all the subjccts of the Final

Examination in one session unless he takes the Examinal ion as provided for in

Regulation 28.

lJefo re being admincd to the Fina l Examination a candida te must presenllo

the Dcan ce rtificates signed by Ihe Heads o f De partments concerned showing that lhe

candidate has com pleted SIItisfactorily the schedule of clinical Illork prescribed for the

COUIX .

Result or the fi na l Examination

(a) The nam es of cand idates who have passed thc Final Exami nati on at the

first l une session shall be pu blished in alphabetical order in two categories: ' 1' lIS!iCd with

B

Distinction' and ' Passed' , EJr:ccplional performance in a subject shall also be indicated

on Ihe list.

In the ot her session the names of successful cand idates shall be published in

alphabe tical orde r in a sim ple Pass list.

(b) The published resulfof the Final Examina tion shall talte iOlo aa;:ount all

pam of the eumi nation in the three $ubjeCls of Ihe Final Examina tion itsel f and the

Examinat ion in Pathology. as well as the work done by the caJld idale during the Final

Course.

Rercrt'nte ~ nd R_ 1<aminalion

(a) In the first sessiOn of the Final E~amination, a candidate who ta kes all

three subjects of the Examination may be rderred in one o r Iwosubjects. A list of such

candidates will be published indicat ing the subjectls in which each candidate has been

referred.

(b) A candida te who has been referred in a subjeetls may take the

examination in that subject at the next session. If he passes the examinalion in that

subjectJs, his name will be included in the list of those who have passed the Final

Examinatioo. If he fail s, he will be deemed to have failed the Final EJ:amina tion as a

whole.

A candidate shall n01 be allowed 10 rc-sit the Examina tion. in whole or in

pan, unless he has followed satisfactorily such courses of st udies as the Faculty Board

may in each case require.

Rt-admiMloa

A ca ndidate who does not pass the Final Examination in the two semollS

prescribed in Regu la tion 25(a) may be allowed by the Faculty Board to join the third

year of th e Finnl Course a1 the next occasion and to take the Final Examinat ion again at

the end of that course unde r such condit ions as the Faculty Board may in each case

impose. Such a candidate may nOl qualify for a ' Pass with DIStinction'.

No candidate may be re-admitted 10 the Final Eumination in terms of

Regulation 30 more than once.

Interruption or coulW

Exccpl wi th the special permission of Ihe Facu lty Board a candidate must

follow the course from admission to the Inlennediate Course up to the Fin ~1

Examination without interruption Or repetit ion . Penn ission 10 interrupt or 10 repeat

any pan of the course will nonnally nOl be given mOf"e than once. except by leave of

Se na te granted for special reasons.

ApJlliCllbllity

These regulations shall apply to courses starting in October 1988 or late r.

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