Regulations, 2018

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L.N. 425 of 2018

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Doctor of Medicine and Surgery - M.D. - Degree Course (Amendment)

Regulations, 2018

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74 (5) and 75 (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 articles 75 (3) and 79 (b) of the said Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery

- M.D. - Degree Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 and shall be read and

construed as one with the Doctor of Medicine and Surgery - M.D. - Degree Course

Regulations 2013, published as Legal Notice 310 of 2013, hereinafter referred to as

the “principal regulations”.

Applicability

(1) Regulation 3 of these regulations shall be applicable for courses

commencing in October 2018 and later.

(2) Regulation 4 of these regulations shall be applicable to all students

enrolled on the Course from October 2018 onwards.

Amendment to regulation 11 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 11 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

“(2) Before being allowed to sit for any examination of the Final Year of

the Course (Year 5), students must present a certificate to the Dean, signed by the

heads of department concerned, showing that students have completed the schedule

of clinical placements prescribed for the Course satisfactorily. In addition they must

also provide a certificate showing that they have attended a minimum of 80% of the

“shadowing programme” (a period as may be defined from time to time by the Faculty,

wherein medical students are assigned to a Foundation Year doctor and the students

are expected to practise clinical and administrative skills under his/her supervision)

in order to be eligible to sit for the examination of the Essential Core Competences.”

Amendment to regulation 12 of the principal regulations

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For regulation 12 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the

following

“12. Students shall not be allowed to sit (whether as first sit or re-sit) for any

clinical examinations or for the Paediatrics Objective Structured Clinical Examination

(OSCE) during the September examination session of the Final Year (Year 5) unless

they have attended at least 80% of such additional studies as the Board of Examiners

may in each case determine.”

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