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

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wan Salwina Wan Ismail

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wan Salwina Wan Ismail

Child And Adolescent Psychiatry

Mini Biography

Associate Prof Dr Wan Salwina Wan Ismail is a consultant psychiatrist in Hospital Canselori Tuanku Muhriz Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HCTM UKM), subspecializing in child and adolescent psychiatry. She obtained her medical degree (MBBS) from University of Adelaide, South Australia in 1995, and Master of Medicine (Psychiatry) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia(UKM) in 2003. She joined UKM as a trainee lecturer in 2000 and continued to serve as a lecturer and clinical specialist  since 2003. Following her passion to work with children and adolescents with mental health issues, she proceeded to do subspecialty training and obtained Advanced Master in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, from UKM, in 2007. She served  as the Head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, HCTM UKM from 2012 till 2020. She has been actively  involved in the training of  undergraduate and postgraduate students particularly in child and adolescent psychiatry,  for psychiatric discipline as well as other medical disciplines.  Since 2018, she was appointed as  co-trainer for Subspecialty program in Developmental Paediatrics and  Fellowship in  Adolescent Health in Primary Care UKM. She was also actively involved in many seminars and workshop to train and educate healthcare workers, teachers and public, on children and adolescent mental health.  She has conducted various research in the scope of  child and adolescent psychiatry, and published papers in local and international journals. She has been regularly invited as a speaker  in conferences, seminar and workshops  at the local and international level.

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)