SECRETARIAT OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES FACULTY OF MEDICINE​

Assoc. Prof. Dato’ Nik Ritza Kosai bin Nik Mahmood

Assoc. Prof. Dato’ Nik Ritza Kosai bin Nik Mahmood

Upper GI, Bariatric and Metabolic

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Associate Professor Dato’ Dr Nik Ritza Kosai Nik Mahmood , graduated for university of St Andrews,Scotland with Bsc Med Sci followed with MBChB from Manchester university. He underwent Basic and higher Specialist Surgical training in the North West of England Deanery rotation leading to FRCS Gen Surgery and CCST. He joined  Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia  in January 2011 and is currently the Head of  Upper Gastrointestinal, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical unit at the Faculty of Medicine. Since commencing his post in 2011 , he has established the UGI and Bariatrics unit at Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz , PPUKM making it the country premier and the main referral centre for treatment for Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers and Obesity Disorder. This centre has since performed more than 1500 Bariatric and Metabolic surgeries, the most in Malaysia.  He is currently very active in research in particular obesity , Upper GI cancers and helicobacter Pylori including international collaborations. He has published over 100 peer reviewed publications, book chapters, expert opinion catalogues, magazines and newspapers articles. He is currently the examiner for the MRCS ( Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh), Conjoint Masters of Surgery and External Examiner at Universiti Sains Malaysia. He Sits in the committee for the Subspeciality Upper GI training in Malaysia and the national Guidelines for Bariatric surgery and the National Obesity Guidelines.He is currently the president of the Malaysian Metabolic and Bariatric Surgical Society, Vice president of Malaysian Upper GI Society and President of Malaysia chapter of IFSO ( International Federation of Surgery for Obesity. As being one of the key opinion leader for his field, he has been invited as a speaker and faculty at numerous national and international conferences and surgical workshops. He has also appeared on numerous occasions on Radio and Televison shows.

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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 PKP) 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 Profesional 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.

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Log in to this link: http://credentialing.ppukm.ukm.my/index.php to apply for credentialing application.
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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.
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Select Head of Department (HOD) to verify your application.
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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)

Sources: http://credentialing.ppukm.ukm.my/files/pdf/Manual-Pengguna-Sistem-Credentialing-Core-Privileges.pdf