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Medical & Health Sciences Lecturer

Education

Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.

ScienceEducationAllied Health

Picture the job

Where you'd usually workA lecture hall

  • Mostly indoors
  • Sitting for most of the day
  • Dealing with customers or the public
  • Regular working hours

An illustration of a typical workplace, not a photo. The work-style notes come from US O*NET data, so read them as a guide.

In Malaysia

In Malaysia health-science teaching happens at university medical and health faculties (often attached to teaching hospitals like HUKM, UMMC and HUSM) and at Ministry of Health training colleges for allied health professions. Clinical lecturers must be fully registered with the Malaysian Medical Council and usually combine teaching with clinical work at the university hospital.

How people get into it here
SPM (science stream) → Matrikulasi/Asasi/STPM → degree in medicine, pharmacy, dentistry or an allied health science → professional registration and clinical experience → Master's/clinical specialist training or PhD → lecturer. Medically qualified clinical lecturers are appointed under a separate DU scheme.
Demand
UKM lists physiotherapy, occupational therapy, audiology, speech science, clinical psychology, optometry, and diagnostic imaging & radiotherapy as critical fields where it will hire lecturers on temporary DS45 terms (2024 criteria). UKM lecturer appointment criteria UA20241

Sources:pengambilancns.uitm.edu.myappsmu.ukm.myapps.ump.edu.mydocs.jpa.gov.my

Pay in Malaysia

Government starting pay

RM3,320 – RM3,650

per month

Senior grade

RM6,210 – RM14,370

per month

Official basic pay for the government grade, before allowances. Private-sector pay can differ.

UiTM academic job advertisement (Pensyarah Universiti DS11/DS13, SSPA) · Dec 2025

How far is this from you?

Roughly how much preparation this job usually takes. In Malaysia your UPU route and the programme's syarat still decide entry, so treat this as a guide, not a gate.

  1. 1

    Entry straight after SPM

  2. 2

    SPM + sijil / short TVET course

  3. 3

    Diploma / TVET (sijil–diploma)

  4. 4

    Degree (ijazah sarjana muda)

  5. Typical entry

    Postgrad (sarjana / PhD) or professional route

Typical educationMaster's degree

Quick answers

How do you become a Medical & Health Sciences Lecturer in Malaysia?

SPM (science stream) → Matrikulasi/Asasi/STPM → degree in medicine, pharmacy, dentistry or an allied health science → professional registration and clinical experience → Master's/clinical specialist training or PhD → lecturer. Medically qualified clinical lecturers are appointed under a separate DU scheme. Optional registration with Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) for medical lecturers; Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council (Act 774) or the relevant board for other health professions is available.

What should I study to become a Medical & Health Sciences Lecturer?

Related fields of study: Science, Education and Allied Health. SPM subjects that help most: English, Biology, Additional Science and Chemistry.

How much does a Medical & Health Sciences Lecturer earn in Malaysia?

The official pay scale put starting pay at RM3,320 – RM3,650 a month, and RM6,210 – RM14,370 with experience (source: UiTM academic job advertisement (Pensyarah Universiti DS11/DS13, SSPA), Dec 2025).

What you'd do all day

The tasks that matter most in this job, most important first.

  1. 1Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  2. 2Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  3. 3Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  4. 4Supervise laboratory sessions.
  5. 5Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  6. 6Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as public health, stress management, and work site health promotion.
  7. 7Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  8. 8Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
  9. 9Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
  10. 10Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, course materials, and methods of instruction.
  11. 11Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
  12. 12Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
  13. 13Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
  14. 14Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
  15. 15Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
  16. 16Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
  17. 17Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
  18. 18Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
  19. 19Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
  20. 20Act as advisers to student organizations.
  21. 21Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
  22. 22Participate in campus and community events.

Also known as

What this job is called on JobStreet, LinkedIn and in job ads. Search these too.

  • Teacher
  • Lecturer
  • Professor
  • Instructor
  • A&P Instructor
  • Faculty Member
  • Health Teacher
  • Anatomy Teacher
  • Coding Educator
  • Hygiene Teacher

Subjects that matter here

The SPM subjects worth your effort for this career, with the reason for each.

EnglishDraws directly on English Language — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
BiologyDraws directly on Biology — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
Additional ScienceDraws directly on Biology — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
ChemistryDraws directly on Medicine and Dentistry — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).
BusinessDraws directly on Administrative — a top knowledge area for this role (O*NET).

What you'd need to know

The subject areas this job leans on most, and the SPM subjects that build them.

  • Education and Training94%
  • English Language92%

    English

  • Biology86%

    BiologyAdditional Science

  • Medicine and Dentistry85%

    BiologyChemistry

  • Psychology75%
  • Administrative74%

    Business

Tools you'd use

Software and equipment that show up in this job, worth learning early.

Where to learn these, free

Scholarships & funding

What the work feels like

Day-to-day working conditions, so you can tell whether the job suits how you like to work.

  • Face-to-face discussionsEvery day
  • Contact with other peopleConstant contact
  • Dealing with customers or the publicVery high
  • Leading or coordinating othersVery high
  • Indoors, air-conditionedEvery day
  • Outdoors, in all weatherAlmost never
  • Noisy environmentRarely
  • Time spent sittingMost of the time

AI and demand for this job

A few real, dated data points, not a single score. AI making some tasks faster usually means a job changes, not that it disappears.

18%

Share of everyday tasks today's AI can already help with (2023)

This estimate is from 2023, already out of date, since AI moves fast. Treat it as a rough, aging starting point, not the current picture.

0.01%

Of Malaysian Claude conversations, about this kind of work

Measures how much people use Claude for this work, not how many Malaysians do this job, and more AI use can mean people relying on it, not that it's replacing them.

Growing role in the US

US Bureau of Labor Statistics data, not Malaysian. Shown because it's the only forward-looking demand estimate we have for this job.

What beginner adverts asked for

We read 28 internship and fresh-graduate adverts in related fields (August 2026). A small sample from one job site, not every vacancy.

14 of 28 were internships

Allowance or pay, when stated

RM800 – RM2,000

17 of 28 adverts printed an amount: usually between RM800 and RM2,000 a month. Many print none.

Minimum CGPA asked

3.00 to 3.00

Stated in 2 adverts. Others did not state one.

Languages named

Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin

An empty line means the adverts did not say, not that employers have no requirement. Check each employer's own advert before you plan around it.

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About this information

This describes what the job involves. Pay, demand and entry routes differ in Malaysia, so check the Pathways and Programmes pages for local requirements.

O*NET occupation: Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

Source: UiTM academic job advertisement (Pensyarah Universiti DS11/DS13, SSPA) · as of Dec 2025

Check the salary figures yourself:UiTM academic job advertisement (Pensyarah Universiti DS11/DS13, SSPA)

Job responsibilities, knowledge areas and work context from O*NET 30.3, US Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0. onetcenter.org