SECRETARIAT OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES FACULTY OF MEDICINE
ILMU, MUTU, DAN BUDI

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norazlin Kamal Nor

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Norazlin Kamal Nor

Developmental Paediatrics

Mini Biography

Norazlin Kamal Nor is a Senior Lecturer, a Consultant Paediatrician and Developmental Paediatrician in the Department of Paediatrics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Faculty, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She received her MBBS from the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals (University of London) in 1998, and a BSc in Neuroscience in 1995. She obtained the Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH, London) in 2002 and subsequently joined the Department of Paediatrics UKM as a lecturer in 2004. She became involved in the field of Developmental Paediatrics and concurrently started working in the Child Development Centre (CDC) in UKM Hospital from 2008. This CDC is the first CDC of its kind in Malaysia, catering for assessment, diagnosis and intervention for children with special needs and neurodevelopmental issues. Local training for Developmental Paediatrics subspeciality was initiated in this CDC and subsequently significant numbers of developmental paediatricians were trained here, enabling the establishment of more CDCs around the country. In 2018, she also obtained her PhD in Genetic Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, USA. At present, she is the Head of the CDC in Hospital Tuanku Mukhriz and upcoming Hospital Pakar Kanak-Kanak. She has been involved in multiple research projects in the area of neurodevelopment in general, and specifically involving autism spectrum disorder.

Her research interests include paediatric neurodevelopment, neurodevelopmental conditions including autism spectrum disorder, developmental delay and learning disability, follow-up of high-risk infants such as low birth weight infants, as well as feeding and sleep disorders in children, and child safety and protection.

Step 1
Application through Secretariat of Postgraduate Studies (SPS) website/ link at HCTM website/ or direct communication with the Course Director *Application need to be made a minimum of 6 months before the date of admission
Required process:
  • Candidate Details and selected programmes
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
*First medical degree needs to be checked whether it is recognised by Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) (a mandatory requirement if the candidate will do rotation outside of HCTM) An offer letter will be issued (by UKMSHAPE) to the candidate for the payment process Course Director
Step 2
Application will be reviewed by the Course Director
Step 3
  • Fill in and submit Application Form to International Affairs Unit (UPA)
  • Letter of Temporary Approval/ Letter of Rejection to applicants will be issued by SPS
  • For the accepted candidates, a copy of the Temporary Approval Letter will be sent to UKM Shape – for VISA’s application process
Step 4
Accepted candidates are required to complete the following documents:
  • Form 16 for Temporary Practicing Certificate application Click Here
  • Visa application (Professional Visit Pass (PVP) Click Here

  • *Since Covid-19 pandemic, Malaysian Immigration will only issued Professional Visit Pass (PVP) with Single Entry Visa for 1 Year. Candidate must go out from Malaysia before PVP expired and must re-apply new PVP from home country for next year's programme
    *All documents will be sent through the International Affairs Unit, Faculty of Medicine UKM
Step 5
Candidate enrolled and report to the Course Director
Step 6
An offer letter will be issued (by UKM Shape) to the candidate for the payment process
Step 7
Course Director will notify the candidate about privileging and credentialing to HCTM Credentialing Link
Step 8
ONE (1) month before programme ends, the Course Director are required to inform SPS and International Affairs Unit, Faculty of Medicine UKM
Finish
SPS will issue Certificate of Completion to the candidate

Flowchart of Credentialing and Privileging in HCTM for International Candidates

DEFINITION

Credentialing: a process to set the standards and to do an evaluation for a person’s qualification in a field or procedure. It is recognition for the professional training done by a medical practitioner.

Privileges: the rights given by the hospital for a medical practitioner to give treatments or to do procedures on hospital patients based on the qualifications of the training, and the medical practitioner’s experience and expertise.

Step 1
Log in to this link: http://credentialing.ppukm.ukm.my/index.php to apply for credentialing application.
*No payment needed for this application
Step 2
For new application, please fill in the details and update your profile.

* If you want to renew you application, please apply 6 months BEFORE your expiry date.
Step 3
Click Credentialing Form and complete all the required information.

*You need to fill in your Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) Registration Number, Annual Practicing Certificate (APC) Number and National Specialist Register (NSR) Number in the prerequisite field.
Step 4
Select Head of Department (HOD) to verify your application.
Step 5
Tick (√) and submit your application.
Step 6
Your Dashboard for the application status will appear. You can check the ongoing status by time to time.
Step 7
All applications will be reviewed in a meeting.

*The meeting will be conducted 4 times a year
Step 8
HCTM issue an Approval Letter (TWO weeks after the meeting)
Finish
HCTM issue Certificate of Credentialing (ONE month after)