MT
Regulations, 2006
Table of Provisions (7)
Statutory Text (7 Articles)
B
L.N. 98 of 2006
EDUCATION ACT
(CAP. 327)
Doctor of Medicine and Surgery - M.D. - Degree Course (Amendment)
Regulations, 2006
IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 30 (5) and
31 (6) of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the University of
Malta has promulgated the following regulations made by the Senate of the
University of Malta by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by sections 31
and 35 of the said Act
Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery -
M.D. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2006 and shall be read and construed
as one with the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery - M.D. - Degree Course Regulations,
1998, published as Legal Notice 137 of 1998, hereinafter referred to as “the principal
regulations”.
Applicability
These regulations shall apply to courses commencing in October 2005 or
later.
Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal regulations
For regulation 6 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the
following
“6. The subjects of the Intermediate Course shall be the following
First Year
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advanced Learning Skills
Behavioural Sciences
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Second Year
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
General Pathology and Microbiology
General Pharmacology
Behavioural Sciences”
Amendment of regulation 7 of the principal regulations
For regulation 7 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the
following
“7.
The subjects of the Final Course shall be the following
First Year
Pathology
Medicine
Clinical Pharmacology
Surgery (including Orthopaedics)
Family Medicine
Behavioural Sciences
Second Year
Pathology
Medicine
Clinical Pharmacology
Surgery (including Orthopaedics)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Paediatrics
Public Health
Dermatology
Ophthalmology
ENT
Anaesthesia
Forensic Medicine
Family Medicine
Third Year
Medicine (including Paediatrics)
Surgery (including Orthopaedics)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Psychiatry
Family Medicine
Behavioural Sciences”
Amendment of regulation 9 of the principal regulations
For paragraph (2) of regulation 9 of the principal regulations there shall be
substituted the following
“
(2) Progress Tests shall be held as follows
(a) in the Intermediate Course
At the end of the First Year in
Anatomy and Cell Biology
Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
During the First Year
Behavioural Sciences
At the end of the Second Year in
General Pathology and Microbiology
General Pharmacology
During the Second Year
Behavioural Sciences
(b) in the Final Course
At the end of the First Year in
Pathology
Medicine
Clinical Pharmacology
Surgery
During the First Year
Behavioural Sciences
During the Second Year in
Medicine (including Neurology)
Clinical Pharmacology
Surgery (including Orthopaedics)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
During the Third Year in
Behavioural Sciences”
The following paragraph (7) is to be added after paragraph (6) of regulation 9
of the principal regulations
“(7) Progress Tests for Behavioural Sciences shall take place at the end of
each component of the subject. Assessment is by active participation, assignment
and/or take-home test. Failure shall entail repetition of the component in the following
year. In the case of failure in the re-assessment, students in the First Year of the Final
Course shall not be allowed to proceed to the following year while students in the Third
Year of the Final Course shall not be allowed to sit for the Final Examination. In both
cases, the Board may allow students to repeat the year.”
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