PSV (Primary Source Verification)

PSV (Primary Source Verification) 

Verify your graduation certificate (for IMG)

It has been tragic experience to be caught up in the middle of the transition. first everything goes online and now we must have verification from another international platform to secure location. Hopefully all International Medical Graduates will get updated from this recent news and stay alert. 

So, I recently try to apply for MPM no.(number needed before you get your housemanship) through the merits website online and they have queries on my application. 

I was requested to get the PSV (Primary Source Verification) to make sure I can apply for e-HO. 

From the news shown below, they started this verification on the 1st June 2020 

and all candidates are to verified their documents from either 

>>ECFMG platform or the Data Flow platform. (refer to the official website link at the end of this thread to go to their website for specific instructions)

>>Once you manage to get the verification, 

>>upload the documents to the merits mmc website for processing

Reference: 

https://mmc.gov.my/2020/01/22/primary-source-verification-psv-bagi-semua-ijazah-dan-transkrip-pengamal-perubatan-yang-bergraduat-dari-institusi-luar-negara-bagi-tujuan-pendaftaran/

KENYATAAN AKHBAR

Mesyuarat Majlis Perubatan Malaysia (MPM) kali ke-395 yang telah bersidang pada 21 Januari 2020 telah memutuskan bahawa semua pengamal perubatan yang bergraduat dari luar negara yang ingin berdaftar dengan Majlis Perubatan Malaysia wajib melalui proses Primary Source Verification bagi tujuan pengesahan ijazah dan transkrip mereka berkuatkuasa 

Proses Primary Source Verification ini adalah bertujuan untuk memastikan kesahihan sijil ijazah dan transkrip mereka sebelum berdaftar dengan MPM dan secara langsung bagi mengelakkan sebarang kes pemalsuan sijil-sijil tersebut.

Semua pengamal perubatan warganegara dan bukan warganegara yang bergraduat dari luar negara bagi tujuan pendaftaran dengan MPM iaitu bagi tujuan permohonan Sijil Pendaftaran Penuh, Sijil Pendaftaran Sementara, Sijil Perakuan Amalan Sementara, pendaftaran bagi tujuan pasca-siswazah / latihan klinikal pasca-siswazah / fellowship / clinical attachment diwajibkan untuk melalui proses verifikasi ini sebelum didaftarkan. Pengamal perubatan yang bergraduat dari institusi dalam negara tidak perlu melalui proses ini.

Pihak MPM telah melantik dua badan bagi tujuan proses Primary Source Verification tersebut iaitu 

Adalah menjadi tanggungjawab semua pengamal perubatan yang bergraduat dari luar negara sama ada warganegara atau bukan warganegara yang ingin berdaftar dengan MPM untuk melalui proses verifikasi tersebut dalam tempoh yang lebih awal supaya proses permohonan pendaftaran dengan pihak MPM adalah tidak tergendala.

Pihak MPM berhak menolak mana-mana permohonan pendaftaran seperti yang dinyatakan di atas sekiranya tidak memenuhi proses verifikasi yang tersebut berkuatkuasa

Sekian, terima kasih.

DATUK DR. NOOR HISHAM ABDULLAH

Related Links

1. ECFMG website for MMC: 

https://www.ecfmgepic.org/instructions-malaysia.html

Instructions below are from the website link shown above. 

ECFMG partners with the Malaysian Medical Council to primary-source verify medical credentials of graduates of medical schools located outside Malaysia who are applying to the Council for registration to practice medicine. If you are applying for registration in Malaysia, having your credentials verified through EPIC meets the Council’s requirements for document verification of your medical qualifications.

To have your credentials verified through EPIC in support of an application to the Council, 

• Step 1 – Confirm your eligibility with the Malaysian Medical Council.
• Step 2 – Establish an EPIC Account.
• Step 3 – Confirm your identity with EPIC.
• Step 4 – Upload each credential required by the Council and select the Malaysian Medical Council to receive an EPIC Report once the credential is verified.
• Step 5 – As each credential is verified, ensure that an EPIC Report has been sent to the Council.
• Step 6 – Submit your application to the Council.

Credentials Required by the Council

The following credentials are required by the Council in support of your application for registration:

• Basic Medical Degree (Final Medical Diploma in EPIC)
• Final Medical School Transcript
• Evidence of Postgraduate Training or Specialist Qualification, if applying to be listed on the National Specialist Register.

Please note: If you graduated from medical school in the United Kingdom, Australia, or New Zealand and completed internship training there, you may be eligible for exemption from the two-year internship requirement in Malaysia. If you are requesting exemption, you must submit evidence of the training.

Additional documents required for graduates of medical schools in India

• Student Bonafide Certificate (Alternate Graduation Document in EPIC)
• Rotating Internship Certificate (Pregraduate Internship Credential in EPIC)

Additional documents required for graduates of medical schools in Indonesia

• Sijil Kedokteran (S.KED) (Student Medical School Transcript in EPIC)
• Ijazah Kedokteran (Ijazah Profesi Dokter) (Final Medical Diploma in EPIC)

Please note that although EPIC will primary-source verify Medical Registrations/Licenses to Practice Medicine, the Council requires that a Certificate of Current Professional Status/Good Standing be sent directly to the Council. Verification through EPIC of a Medical Registration/License to Practice Medicine will not substitute for this purpose.

Any document you upload to EPIC that is not in English must be accompanied by an English translation that meets ECFMG’s translation standards. Please see 

If you have questions regarding the Council’s documentation requirements for registration, please visit the Council’s website at 

If you have any questions regarding EPIC and the EPIC verification process, please contact EPIC at 

Cost for EPIC account set up : USD 80

Cost for verification : USD 30 (depends on the documents needed)

Estimated days for completion: 45 days or more or less

2.Data Flow group link for MMC:

https://member.trueprofile.io/mmc/1

To have your credentials verified through DataFlow in support of your application to the Council, complete the following steps:

Step 1: Confirm your eligibility with the Malaysian Medical Council

Step 2: Register with TrueProfile.io with the coupon code – 

Step 3: Follow the online instructions to submit your application

    

Malaysian Medical Council will receive your verified credentials on completion of the primary source verification process.

Things to prepare: Scanned graduation certificate (english and another language), passport, Identification card, transcript

Cost: USD 148

Estimated days for completion: 35 days / more than 35 days / less than 35 days

I used data flow link and I got the verification on the 40th day. They sent an email to notify you once the verification is done. You will just need to log into your true profile.io to download the documents before uploading into the MERITS website (under the additional documents tab). 

https://www.trueprofile.io/member/resources/how-to-work-as-a-healthcare-professional-in-malaysia