Dr Kok Hong Kuan was presented with the joint RCSI-UCD award for first place in the final examinations at the Penang Medical College (PMC) conferring ceremony on 5 July 2009.

RCSI Vice-President Ms Eilis McGovern presented Dr Hong Kuan with the award.

Dr Hong Kuan also took the prizes for Best in Medicine, Psychiatry and Family Medicine.

PMC represents a unique partnership in medical education between the Penang State Government, RCSI and UCD.

Based on the concept of twinning, students spend their pre-clinical years in RCSI or UCD, in Dublin and return to Malaysia for clinical training.