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Programme:
Advanced Training in Family Medicine (ATFM)

Advanced Training in Family Medicine (ATFM), previously known as Advanced Training Program (ATP) is 2-year academic, structured programme, encompassing strategic collaboration and research offered to trainees who have satisfactorily completed the 2-year Graduate Certificate in Family Medicine (GCFM) Programme of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia.

The curriculum of the ATFM Programme is a part of the National Postgraduate Primary Care Curriculum of Malaysia, a common curriculum for postgraduate training in Primary Care in Malaysia. The aim for ATFM programme is primarily to upskill general practitioners for safe and unsupervised family and community practice in Malaysia. It culminates in the Conjoint MAFP/icFRACGP award in collaboration with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).

OBJECTIVES

  1. To train general practitioners in the field of Family Medicine:

  2. To provide continuing, comprehensive, and personalised care to individual patients and their families

  3. To detect and manage illness early in the community setting

  4. To provide health promotion and prevention of disease

  5. To understand research and/or the audit process

Advanced Training in Family Medicine (ATFM) Programme – Intake 15 (2025)

 

Thank you for being so interested in the Advanced Training in Family Medicine (ATFM) Programme – Intake 15 (2025)!

 

To proceed with your application, please request a personalised OneDrive folder link by contacting the AFPM Course Department:

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Mr. Mohd Aminuddin Sukor
✉️ amin@afpm.org.my

 

Please CC the IT Department in your email:

 

Once you receive your folder link, kindly upload your completed application form, and all required supporting documents to the designated folder before the closing date:

  • 11 May 2025 - For candidates who have already passed the GCFM

  • 20 July 2025 - For candidates who will complete the GCFM exam in May 2025

 

⚠️ Please note: Submissions via email will not be accepted. All uploads must be made through the provided

OneDrive folder.

 

It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that the application is submitted by the respective deadline. Late submissions will not be entertained.

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For more information, you may contact:

  1. Ms Nirmala Devi Argedas (mala@afpm.org.my) - AFPM Course Manager

  2. Ms Atiqah Nadzirah Abdull Razak (atiqah@afpm.org.my) - ATFM Course Coordinator

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INTERESTED TO JOIN AS ATFM CLINICAL OR RESEARCH MENTORS?

ATFM BEST RESEARCH MODULE AWARD

This award honors a group with best research project in ATFM Programme Research Module each intake.​

Click below button for the Best Research Module Award Winners list:​

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"This program aims for primary care doctors to comprehensively develop the essential knowledge, clinical skills, and professional competencies required for safe, independent, and high-quality practice in family medicine."

- Assoc. Prof. Dr Ilham Ameera Ismail, Director of ATFM Programme

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