2.3.4 Current collaborations with health institutions
UTM-MDA lakar kerjasama dalam membangunkan Program Eksekutif Peranti Perubatan
The Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed between UTM and the Medical Device Authority (MDA), which operates under the Ministry of Health Malaysia (Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia), represents a formal, three-year, strategic collaboration. This partnership is highly impactful as it targets the crucial area of medical device safety and regulation, which is fundamental to positive health outcomes.
Key impacts demonstrating current collaborations with health institutions to improve health and well-being outcomes include:
- National Regulatory Capacity Building: The collaboration’s primary focus is the Development of 22 Medical Device Executive Programme Modules (Pembangunan 22 modul Program Eksekutif Peranti Perubatan). This executive programme is specifically designed to be offered to industry players (penggiat industri) in the medical device sector and enforcement officers (penguatkuasa) from the medical device authority, both in Malaysia and regionally. This action directly improves health outcomes by raising the standards of knowledge and compliance for medical devices used in healthcare nationwide.
- Strategic National Health Partner: MDA, as a statutory body under the Ministry of Health, is a definitive national health institution. UTM’s formal, three-year MoA with MDA validates a sustained, institutional-level partnership dedicated to achieving better health regulation and, consequently, better health and well-being outcomes for the population.
- Integrating Expertise into Education: The executive program modules will be credentialed as Microcredentials, allowing for credit transfer toward Master's level studies in Medical Device Technology (Sarjana dalam Teknologi Peranti Perubatan) at UTM or other Higher Education Institutions. This ensures that expert knowledge is formalized and integrated into the national educational framework, creating a sustainable pipeline of highly qualified professionals in medical device regulation.
This formal, three-year, curriculum-focused collaboration between UTM's Medical Devices and Technology Centre (MEDiTEC) and the MDA is a tangible, high-level mechanism for improving public health outcomes through enhanced regulatory capacity and industry expertise.
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𝐂𝐏𝐑 & 𝐀𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐝𝐢 𝐔𝐓𝐌: 𝐊𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢 𝐏𝐊𝐔 𝐔𝐓𝐌 𝐉𝐁 & 𝐈𝐉𝐍–𝐔𝐓𝐌 𝐂𝐄𝐂
The collaboration is formalized and functional, as evidenced by the successful execution of the CPR & AED Awareness Program (Program CPR & AED Awareness), which was a direct hasil kolaborasi (result of collaboration) between the University Health Centre (PKU) UTM Johor Bahru and the IJN–UTM CEC.
Key evidence demonstrating this institutional health collaboration and its impact includes:
- Formalized Institutional Partnership: The joint planning and execution, highlighted by the presence and leadership of representatives from both the PKU UTM (Dr. Mohd Zaki Bin Mohd Yunos) and the IJN–UTM CEC (PM Dr. Jasmine Hau Yuan Wen and PM Dr. Syafiqah Saidin), confirm a current, active, and high-level collaboration between the university's health services and a specialized cardiovascular institution.
- Direct Improvement of Health Outcomes: The core focus of the collaborative program is to empower knowledge of cardiovascular emergencies (memperkasakan ilmu kecemasan kardiovaskular) by providing essential, hands-on training in CPR and AED usage. This directly enhances the skills necessary to improve health outcomes and survival rates in the event of a cardiac emergency within the community.
- Sustained and Expanding Community Reach: The partnership is not a one-off event; it demonstrates a commitment to continuity. The program is explicitly planned to be executed bi-monthly (dilaksanakan secara dwibulanan) and its benefits will be extended to the surrounding UTM community (diperluas manfaatnya kepada komuniti sekitar UTM). This ensures the continuous transfer of life-saving skills from the collaborating institutions to the public, fulfilling the mission of creating a health-literate and prepared community (komuniti yang lebih celik kesihatan dan bersedia menyelamatkan nyawa).
This evidence confirms an ongoing, structured collaboration with a health institution that directly translates specialized cardiovascular expertise into practical, community-wide health improvement.
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𝐊𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐊𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐍 𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐇 @𝐔𝐓𝐌 𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐀 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐈 𝐀𝐈𝐃𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐀 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐊𝐀𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐈 𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐎𝐑
The evidence points to UTM's role as a key institutional partner for a significant regional public health campaign:
- Hosting a State-Level Health Event: The event, the Red Ribbon Health Carnival @UTM (Karnival Kesihatan Riben Merah @UTM), is explicitly held "sempena Sambutan Hari AIDS Sedunia 2025 Peringkat Negeri Johor" (in conjunction with the 2025 World AIDS Day Celebration at the Johor State Level). Hosting a state-level observance confirms a formal partnership with the regional (State) health and public administration bodies responsible for this critical public health awareness campaign.
- Focus on a Critical Health Issue: By centering the carnival on World AIDS Day, the collaboration directly addresses a global and national health priority, focusing on promoting awareness and well-being related to HIV/AIDS. This aligns with the overall goal of improving health outcomes.
- Leveraging Institutional Assets for Community Health: UTM is providing its primary facilities (Jabatan Perpustakaan UTM) and organizational resources to host the event, extending the reach of the public health initiative to its own community of staff, faculty, and students, while also supporting the state-level program. The invitation is explicitly addressed to the entire UTM community (warga Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)).
This initiative confirms a current, high-profile collaboration with a local administrative health entity to lead a significant public health awareness campaign, thereby contributing to local health and well-being outcomes.
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