At present the Department includes programs in medical student education, faculty development, research and consultation services in primary care facilities in and around Kuching.
The Department of Family Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak is led by Dr. Syed Alwi bin Syed Abdul Rahman. The department was founded as an independent department in 2005, but existed prior to that as a unit of the Department of Medicine.
The Department’s participates mainly in the fourth year medical programme of the medical curriculum.
The Department is actively involved in research especially in clinical and educational research either in collaboration with on-campus colleagues as well as with colleagues at other esteemed institutions. The department also provides research opportunities for its academicians.
Source: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)