Alternative career options and better opportunities abroad are causing many medical graduates to shun housemanships, although that leaves them without the licence to practise medicine. Another graduate who only wanted to be known as Lee, said she preferred to do her housemanship in Singapore than in Malaysia. The pay in Singapore is better and the work life is also better than what I have heard from my seniors in Malaysia. The Star reported in May last year that about 30% of medical graduates from Universiti Malaya (UM) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) have moved to Singapore for housemanship in recent years. Following the announcement, a senior doctor in the republic invited USM medical graduates to do their housemanship in the country.

Source: The Star March 28, 2026 11:14 UTC