Open AccessLicensing examinations in Southeast Asia: Lesson learnt from exploring changes in education policy
Author(s) -
Rachmadya Nur Hidayah,
Richard Fuller,
Trudie Roberts
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the asia pacific scholar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2424-9335
pISSN - 2424-9270
DOI - 10.29060/taps.2020-5-3/gp2178
Subject(s) - workforce , southeast asia , perspective (graphical) , health care , political science , quality (philosophy) , medical education , workforce development , medicine , economic growth , nursing , business , sociology , philosophy , ethnology , epistemology , artificial intelligence , computer science , law , economics
Southeast Asian region has been experiencing significant challenges to their health care systems, driving some countries establishing policies to ensure the quality of the medical workforce through the introduction of national licensing examinations. This paper examines the experiences of Southeast Asian countries in implementing licensing examinations, highlighting the changes and development of the education policy and its impact on medical education. The lesson learnt from the high-stakes assessment policy offers a new perspective on how medical licensing examinations could represent a potential regional approach for a better health care.