Formerly known as Health Research Development Unit (HeRDU) was established on 15 November 1996 as a non-clinical special unit with its main focus being cross collaboration among clinical and non-clinical departments. It is also tasked with and to strengthen the health research capacity within the faculty. In the year 2008, HeRDU was restructured and renamed as Medical Education & Research Development Unit (MERDU). This is in line with the Faculty of Medicine’s vision to deliver quality medical education and develop research capacity in the area of medical education. The role of the unit is to provide governance, structure and implementation and maintain the quality and standard of the undergraduate medical programme, University Malaya Medical Program (UMMP). The detailed structure of the program can be found in http://ummp.um.edu.my/. In addition, the unit also manages the curriculum revision of postgraduate medical education whereby In 2018, MERDU designed and implemented the Master in Medical Education (MMEd), a fully MQA accredited programme. Faculty development on curriculum design, accreditation, teaching learning methodology, assessment and evaluation are also developed and implemented by MERDU plus research in various educational areas are also actively undertaken.
MERDU is a vibrant and enthusiastic unit which aims to: -
Last Update: 19/02/2024