ANALISIS KEPERLUAN PERKHIDMATAN KAUNSELING UNTUK PEGAWAI PERUBATAN SISWAZAH (PPS) DALAM TEMPOH LATIHAN HOUSEMANSHIP

THE COUNSELING SERVICES’ NEED ANALYSIS FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL OFFICERS DURING HOUSEMANSHIP TRAINING

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https://doi.org/10.35631/IJEPC.1163059

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Analisis Keperluan (Need Analysis), Housemanship, Kaunseling (Counseling), Pegawai Perubatan Siswazah (Graduate Medical Officer), Malaysia

Abstract

Pengalaman latihan housemanship untuk Pegawai Perubatan Siswazah (PPS) atau doktor pelatih untuk tempoh dua tahun seringkali dikaitkan dengan pelbagai insiden terkait kesejahteraan psikologi dan emosi yang dihadapi golongan PPS ini. Fenomena ini dibuktikan dengan peningkatan kes-kes bunuh diri, buli, dan burnout serta statistik kegagalan menamatkan tempoh latihan (turnover) dalam kalangan PPS tempatan dewasa ini. Kajian analisis keperluan awal ini dilakukan untuk menilai keperluan memperkasakan perkhidmatan kaunseling dalam tempoh latihan housemanship ini bagi membantu PPS yang berdepan isu-isu kesihatan mental menguruskan tekanan tinggi dalam persekitaran kerja agar tidak menjejaskan kesejahteraan psikologi mereka secara menyeluruh.  Tinjauan yang dibuat menerusi kaedah analisis dokumen ini mendapati wujud kelompangan dalam konteks peranan pegawai psikologi atau kaunselor yang diperjawatkan di Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) dalam menyediakan sokongan psikososial yang berkesan kepada kelompok PPS yang memerlukan, ekoran ketiadaan garis panduan yang jelas dalam kerangka latihan PPS tempatan.  Justeru, dapatan kajian ini menunjukkan wujud keperluan kritikal untuk menerapkan elemen system sokongan psikososial yang mampan menerusi perkhidmatan kaunseling dalam struktur latihan housemanship dalam persekitaran semua hospital di bawah seliaan KKM.

The two-year housemanship training experience for graduate medical officers or trainee doctors is often associated with various incidents related to the psychological and emotional well-being faced by them. This phenomenon is evidenced by the increase in cases of suicide, bullying, and burnout, as well as statistics of failure to complete the training period (turnover) among local graduate medical officers today. These preliminary needs assessment study was conducted to evaluate the need to strengthen counseling services during the housemanship training period to assist trainee doctors facing mental health issues in managing high stress in the work environment so as not to affect their overall psychological well-being. A review conducted through document analysis found a gap in the context of the role of psychological officers or counselors employed by the Malaysian Ministry of Health (MMOH) in providing effective psychosocial support to the trainee doctors group in need, due to the absence of clear guidelines within the framework of local graduate medical officers’ training. Therefore, the findings of this study indicate a critical need to implement a sustainable psychosocial support system through counseling services within the structure of housemanship training in all hospitals under the supervision of the MMOH.

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2026-06-29

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Bakar, A. Y. A. (2026). ANALISIS KEPERLUAN PERKHIDMATAN KAUNSELING UNTUK PEGAWAI PERUBATAN SISWAZAH (PPS) DALAM TEMPOH LATIHAN HOUSEMANSHIP : THE COUNSELING SERVICES’ NEED ANALYSIS FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL OFFICERS DURING HOUSEMANSHIP TRAINING. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELLING (IJEPC), 11(63), 981–991. https://doi.org/10.35631/IJEPC.1163059