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Clinical Psychologist- entry route and salary information

anuja10

Hello from England, with the Dr title in clinical psychology. I know in Malaysia the field is not as developed as UK, US, Australia etc so the Dr title/ practitioner doctorate isn't available in Malaysia, so someone bringing this would be highly skilled/ highly trained to this level. I know there is a regulatory body too and it is not that hard for them to recognise the british qualification. HOWEVER, I am struggling to find information on

  1. Salaries
  2. Career progression and prospects
  3. Work permits/ Visa related to the role of clinical psychologist.


Does anyone have clear information or can signpost me somewhere or help me understand how best to seek explicit information regarding salaries, where one works etc, and if trained to Dr level in clinical psychology (NOT PSYCHIATRY, NOT A MEDICAL DOCTOR), how to find work and salary information?


Kind regards,

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wyngrove60

As far as I know, very many doctors and specialists in Malaysia have certificates from Edinburgh behind their names and which they proudly display on their office walls. From living in Kuala Lumpur for 12 years I never saw a non-Malaysian doctor and that was by going to Gleneagles, Pantai, Prince Court, Tung Shin and some smaller clinics. Also, I always thought that doctors rent a space in these hospitals and set up their practice this way, and when successful they sometimes open their own place outside. That's why they all charge different rates to their patients, which in general is around MYR150-250 just for consultation for a regular specialist. Anyway, I might be completely wrong here as I am just making assumptions...


Why don't you contact some of the larger hospitals and see what they say? I'm not sure there would be many foreign doctors here in this group working in Malaysia to advise you.

anuja10

@wyngrove60

  helloo, I did not even know contacting the hospitals was an option and setting up clinics inside, so even that is helpful. Yes my dr title is from England so I hope it will be valued. Thanks for putting the names of hospitals in, I will contact them.

As a clinical psychologist I am mental health trained (CBT, Systemic, Anxiety, depression, trauma, cognitive assessments, Alzheimers, child development, eating disorders, schizophrenia etc), rather than physical health trained.


kind regards.

wyngrove60

Yeah I don't know anything about that as I'm very sane....lol.


But anyway, I have never heard of foreign doctors working in KL so I am really not the right person to give advice. It might be that you stand zero chance of working in Malaysia, I just don't know.