Meeting with Year 4

M.D. students:
Intake 2017

5 October 2020

Ms Doris Mangion
Senior Executive
Key Objectives of this presentation:

1. Logistics; and

2. Information about the M.D. Regulations

Logistics
1. COVID19 University and Faculty Guidelines;
2. To report absence for on site teaching:
attendance.ms@um.edu.mt
3. OHP and Access Arrangements;
4. Police conduct – by post
5. Communication to and from um.edu.mt email address;
6. Booking of teaching rooms for on site tutorials:
bookings.ms@um.edu.mt; and
7. Administrative Forms: ex. Dean’s statement(s) to be
booked online
Teaching
1. Lectures: recorded panapto/zoom/ppt with voiceover
2. Tutorials: on site/ live on zoom
3. Clinical Placements – Family Medicine placements will be
circulated shortly.
Not to roam in the hospital(s) unless indicated in the
timetable

For all online teaching – the camera must be ON

Communication with the Faculty
DESCRIPTION EMAIL
DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY surgery.ms@um.edu.mt
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE medicine.ms@um.edu.mt
DEPARTMENT OF PAEDIATRICS paediatrics.ms@um.edu.mt
DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY pathology.ms@um.edu.mt
DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS & GYNAECOLOGY obsgynae.ms@um.edu.mt
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH publichealth.ms@um.edu.mt
DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY MEDICINE familymedicine.ms@um.edu.mt
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY psychiatry.ms@um.edu.mt
DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS pharmacology.ms@um.edu.mt
DEAN'S OFFICE dean.ms@um.edu.mt
ATTENDANCE attendance.ms@um.edu.mt
HELPDESK helpdesk.ms@um.edu.mt
BOOKINGS OF MEDICAL SCHOOL VENUES bookings.ms@um.edu.mt
MAIN OFFICE OF THE FACULTY umms@um.edu.mt
STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM studentsupport.ms@um.edu.mt
TEACHING TIMETABLES scheduling.ms@um.edu.mt
Study-Unit Descriptions

https://www.um.edu.mt/courses/programme/UMDFT-2020-1-O
As per the Assessment Regulations

(iv) by any improper means whatever obtain, or seek to

obtain, advantage in the Examination; give or endeavour to
give assistance to other students by having or seeking access
to unauthorized information or material, or by copying or
attempting to copy from, or by communicating or attempting
to communicate with an examiner or any other person
during the time appointed for an Examination or with an
examiner about the Examination until the official results are
published;
Standard Procedure

Exams: Sem1 – result – Revision of Paper – result

Exams: Sem2 – result – Revision of Paper - result

Exams: Resits – result – Revision of Paper - result

Progression

Performance Letters + Progression

M.D. Degree Course Regulations

https://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/1903
15/MD-Regulations-2013.pdf
Change to the Marking and Grading System

A+ from 95%-100% to 90%-100%

A from 80%-94% to 80% to 89%

C+ from 65%-69% to 60%-69%

C from 55%-64% to 55%-59%

Conditional Repeat Year Additional Suspension of
Progression Year studies

x1 x2 x1 x2

Maximum mark Any mark Maximum mark

45% 45%
Classification of the Degree

based on the results of the Final Year

80% - 100% Pass with Distinction

70% - 79% Pass with Merit
45% - 69% Pass
Consequences of Withdrawal from the Course

1. equivalent of 3 years of full-time study (180 ECTS)

2. Bachelor in General Studies Degree (B. Gen. St)

3. Equal weighting to all years

4. Category I
Category IIA
Category IIB
Category III
Changes to the Undergraduate General Regulations are NOT
applicable

- Students should sit for exams when these are due;

- Level playing-field for the ranking system for entry into the
Foundation Programme; and

- to maintain the quality and standard of the M.D. Course

Basic Life Support (BLS)

- mandatory for all MD4 students;

- during Semester 2;
- on a Saturday;
- timetabled within MDS4016 Family Medicine;
- continuous and not additional assessment;
- certification is valid for 3 years and is endorsed by Malta
Resuscitation Council;

- exemption possible: terms and conditions apply

Basic Life Support (BLS): Exemption Procedure

- BLS certificate should be valid by July following MD5;

- First Aid certificates cannot replace BLS certificates;

- original and 2 photocopies to be presented at the Helpdesk;

- requests for exemptions after 30NOV19 are NOT accepted.

Ranking

Students may apply for:

- Foundation UK only (following JUN results); or

- Foundation Malta only (following SEP results); or

- both;
https://www.um.edu.mt/ms/administrativeform
Ranking

a. Establish student’s year average:

Results of each year from MD1 to MD4 +
total /60 = Avg of each year

b. Establish student’s average over 4yrs:

Average of each year +
total /4 = student’s overall overage

c. Overall average of all students in deciles

Any Questions?