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6.13.8.2 Operational policy: a All patients admitted to a psychiatric
hospital should have an individually tailored care plan made for them.
b The care plan should include details of medications and its intended duration and
a multi modal psychosocial intervention. c The
interventions include
psycho education after recovery from acute
symptoms; usually after 3 days with patients being given some of education
before discharge.
d A family intervention plan should be instituted and patients’ and their families
should be seen at least once before discharge. Subsequent family intervention
strategies include skills training can be done as outpatients.
e All in-patients who wants to work should be offered job placement supported
employment services before discharge f
Where possible, modules based on Illness Management
and Recovery
should be made available to patients before
discharge. g All inpatients should be trained in ADL,
grooming, personal hygiene, social skills and effective use of leisure time before
discharge.
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6.14 TRAINING AND RESEARCH
6.14.1 Training
Ministry of Health Malaysia promotes lifelong learning towards producing excellent and competent human resources. It has
introduced the PTK-CPD to enhance the professional oficers in the respective areas of work through participation in activities
that contribute to increased knowledge, skills and experience. PTK Penilian Tahap Kecekapan is an instrument to assess
competency human resources and CPD Continuous Professional Development is an ongoing learning activities conducted for
the purpose of enhancing professionalism through increased knowledge, skills and experience. These activities are conducted
together with the daily activity tasks. Training and development will be a constant and crucial component in developing careers
with Ministry of Health.
6.14.1.1 In Service Training Latihan Dalam Perkhidmatan
In-service trainings are programs designed to strengthen the competencies of workers while they are on the job. In-service
training included induction or orientation training, refresher courses, bedside teaching and ward rounds. Posting to various
functional areas in Psychiatry and Mental Health Services will form an indispensable part of training and development that
would help staff to be exposed and be kept abreast of a wide range of health-related issues.
6.14.1.2 Continuous Medical Education CME
CME consists of educational activities that serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, professional
competence and relationships mental health personnel uses to provide services for patients and the public. The content of
CME are usually impart through workshops, journal clubs – critical appraisal, seminars and informal contacts.
6.14.1.3 Short Courses And Conferences
While on-the-job training is the backbone of training but
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opportunities must be provided through formal training in the forms of courses, seminars and conferences offered by
various local and overseas training providers for personal and
professional development.
6.14.1.4 Postgraduate Psychiatry Training
In recent years, the national conjoint committee collaboration between universities and Ministry of Health has been in
partnership to developed postgraduate training in psychiatry. Psychiatric trainees will be placed in accredited Ministry of
Health Psychiatric Unit. The psychiatrist in charge will need to be provide training as per stipulated in the Postgraduate
curriculum.
6.14.2 Research
The department shall provide support and opportunities gearing toward encouraging psychiatry trainees, medical students, clinical psychology
graduate students, basic biomedical science graduate students, and allied health professional to carry out research.
All research must obtain the approval of the Ministry Of Health Malaysia in accordance with prescribed procedures. All publications resulting
from MOH research must obtain prior approval from the Director-
General of Health.
6.15 PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEALTH
Effective Mental Health promotion, prevention and early intervention strategies will play a key role in improving Mental Health in the country and reducing the
prevalence and impact of mental Health problems or illness. Approach will be directed at different range of settings including families, schools, workplace and
the communities.
6.15.1 Objective
To promote positive mental health and wellbeing by increasing emotional resilience, reduce vulnerability to mental illness and
encourage to seek help when needed.
