SPA letter. What's next?

In my previous note, i mentioned that i got the SPA acceptance letter for my Housemanship. Since there were many documents attached to it, i finally managed to figure them out.

So here are the steps.

1. Fill in borang SPA 6a. Send it back to SPA indicating you have agreed with the offer.

2. For Surat Akuan Berkanun, Medical Check Up forms as well as another copy of Borang SPA 6a, you are only required to submit them to your Hospital Director, NOT to SPA back.

3. On the day of report duty, bring along the documents stated in no 2 as well as MMC certificate and Ask for Surat Janji.

So, those are the summaries on the subsequent tasks after receiving the letter.

MMC Registration

On the same day as well, i went to register for MMC license in Putrajaya.

The documents which u need are :

1. Form 4
2. Appendix A
3. 2 passport sized photographs
4. CERTIFIED COPY of your whole results for the whole course!
5. CERTIFIED COPY of SPM
6. CERTIFIED COPY of IC & Birth Certificate
7. ORIGINAL COPY of Dean's Letter saying you have completed the course
8. Postal order worth RM20 (go to Post Office for this purpose)

Then go to Precint 1.
Find Parcel E
Go find parking as close as to block E1
Then go up to level 2.
MMC office is the one on your right.

NOTE :
- MMC is very fussy with the documents. make sure you have your names right. or else, you need some Surat Sumpah.

- for the person to certify your documents, please make sure you fulfill the criteria!

please click on the link below for the forms

http://mmc.gov.my/v1/docs/form/1.Provisional%20-%20updated300311.pdf

SPA letter of appointment

Today, 22nd July 2011, I got SPA acceptance letter. it has been 2 weeks since i did my interview. it was very quick i must say! all this while, i was hoping to start my Housemanship a bit later than the rest since i postponed my SPA interview for 3 weeks! well, i guess the Pengerusi must have really liked me a lot! *perasan*

the thing is now, im a bit clueless on what to do next. I thought it is just gonna be a letter stating " you got the job, congrats!" but to my surprise, there were few other forms that we have to fill in. eurgh..

a) medical check up form (MO must fill in the sections)
b) surat Sumpah (to be done in front of commissioner of Oath)
c) Acceptance of Appointment Form
d) surat Aku Janji

In that letter, it was also stated that i have to report duty within 1 month from the stated date, which was 14TH July! Does that mean i have only less than a month to enjoy?!?!? i have a feeling we will be starting job before Raya this year. BOO HOO!

SPA interview

today, 5th July 2011, i had my SPA interview. before this, i tried to google on SPA questions for Pegawai Perubatan UD41 but i did not find that many. (or perhaps, my googling style is still noob-ish!)

so, this entry is for y'all! i will put them in briefly. i dont think you need to know the subquestions anyway.

i had two interviewers : an SPA officer (pengerusi) and a medical doctor. my BF who was there along with me said that i was in the room for about 35 minutes. i kinda felt like it was a bit too long too!

so, to start off, simple questions were asked. Thank God, none of them asked on the political / government related things.

since i had interesting personal background, the pengerusi was asking me on that for almost half of the convo :

- my origin, my family
- my education background
- reasons for doing medicine
- my choice of hospitals for HO
- my university
- my financial assistance

then, he passed the baton to the medical doctor. questions asked were

- my clinical postings; which ones were my favs
- emergency cases :

• Dengue cases - what do you know about dengue, what ivx, how would you monitor the patients based on the Ivx, dengue shock
• a lil bit on anaphylactic shock - causes
• breast cancer - i just blurted out all of those that i remembered : risk factors, ivx, tx, chemo, radio, surgery, staging

by the end of the session, the Pengerusi was giving me advices on how to be a good houseman. overall, they were impressed with my CV and performance. He even advised me to go to MARA for loan reduction. 

what i brought for the interview. (PLEASE PHOTOCOPY THEM ALL)

1. Resume / Curriculum Vitae + MUST HAVE PICTURE ON ITS FRONT COVER
2. IC
3. Birth certificate
4. Primary School Cert (UPSR etc)
5. Form 3 exam slip  (PMR etc)
6. O Level (SPM etc)
7. A Level (STPM / Matrics)
8. certification letter by the Uni
9. final exam slip saying that u passed the final exams
10. Uni exam results transcript

10. other academic certs that you have

NOTE : you also have to bring the original documents for the above list. They want to countercheck with your copies. PLEASE order them in your file based on the above sequence. (i.e place your Primary School result first, then followed by form 3, form 5 etc)

Otherwise, the interview went well.

Just be yourself, appear confident, pray hard. People say that this session is done as a formality. Otherwise, you are almost guaranteed to be offered the position.

GOOD LUCK.

SPA resume

My SPA interview is scheduled next week.

One of the requirements is to prepare a resume. I am in a total mess right now since i have too many certificates to list down in. My dad told me it would be easier later on if i can fill everything in this resume.

Well, as if they have the time to read up EVERYTHING on my past achievements. Bet they dont even understand them all!

I think i need to buy a new file after this. My current file is already too clogged up with all the certs!

PS : Some of you might think i am showing off about my certs in this post. Well, you have the right to be jealous! :p