Perdana Offers a New Approach to Medical Education
The future of medicine is individualized care. PUGSOM students learn to combine expertise on the biology of health and disease with knowledge of a person's social, cultural, psychological and environmental variables.
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- 29 March 2012 PUGSOM faculty teach adult paediatric resuscitation workshop in Myanmar
- 28 March 2012 Dr. Nicole Shilkofski wins the Lisa J. Heiser award
- 24 March 2012 PUGSOM admissions visits Penn State
- 17 March 2012 Read about the development of the Perdana University Hospital
- 11 March 2012 Watch the Global Health Simulcast with Johns Hopkins Students!
What We Believe
The 21st century physician should not simply diagnose and treat disease, but should also understand all the factors that contribute to individual variation – from the gene to societal and environmental influences.
Our Curriculum ›Perdana Quick Facts
- Founded in 2010 in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- The first American-style graduate medical school in Malaysia
- Developed in concert with a fully integrated teaching hospital and research enterprise
- Located 25 minutes from downtown Kuala Lumpur in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
- Offering 100% tuition coverage for eligible Malaysian students.
Clinical Experience from Day One
On a model of concurrent learning, Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine first-year students are introduced not only to the scientific foundations of medicine but also to clinical care from the first day of classes. In the course of the first year, students practice physical exam skills, history taking skills, communication skills and other clinical exercises with individuals trained to portray the roles of patients, family members and others whom they may encounter in clinical situations.
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Cutting Edge Learning Spaces
Dedicated solely to medical student education, Perdana's Medical Education Building will allow the incorporation of new teaching techniques, such as team-based learning, learning studio presentations, group computer work, electronic whiteboards and microsimulations.
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Featured Faculty: Dr. Patti Gravitt, PhD, M.S., Vice Dean for Research
"I am interested in ensuring that the effective HPV prevention strategies are broadly available to women in the regions with the highest burden of cervical cancer – ensuring that the young girls are vaccinated before sexual debut and that women over age 30 are effectively screened. Malaysia is doing a great job with vaccination – but it will take another 20 years for this to result in reduction of cervical cancer mortality. The millions of women already infected remain at risk of cervical cancer, yet <30% have ever had a Pap smear. In collaboration with Prof Tin Tin Su and Yut Lin Wong at the University of Malaya, we are planning to address this problem by conducting some formative research to evaluate whether a home-based self-collected sample for HPV testing might offer a better strategy for primary cervical cancer screening in Malaysia."
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