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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adawiyah Jamil

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adawiyah Jamil

Dermatology

Mini Biography

Associate Prof Dr Adawiyah Jamil is a Senior Consultant Physician and Dermatologist in Hospital Tuanku Muhriz Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HCTM UKM). She is currently the Head of Dermatology Unit in the Department of Medicine HCTM UKM. Her academic qualifications include MBBCh BAO, MMed (Internal Med) and AdvMDerm. She was the Advanced Master of Dermatology (AdvMDerm, UKM) programme coordinator from 2010-2018 and has supervised the training of many AdvMDerm graduates and post-graduate students from other medical disciplines. Her areas of research interest are eczema, skin pH, moisturizer, photodermatology and nutrition. Dr Adawiyah is an active member of the National Specialist Registry Specialty Subcommittee, Malaysian Dermatological Society and Academy of Medicine Malaysia. The Dermatology Unit, Department of Medicine is an established center for dermatology training in Malaysia equipped with a dedicated laboratory, emergency, outpatient and inpatient care.   

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.