AMSC Taiwan & AMSEP Indonesia 2009

During the last week of July 2009, AMSA had organized 2 different major events, namely AMSC Taiwan 2009 and AMSEP (a.k.a Asian Medical Students Exchange Program).

The30th AMSC Taiwan Conference which was held from 25^th July to 1^st August with the theme “Stigmatized Illnesses – to understand, to accept and to change” comprised of 400 medical students from 22 countries such as Indonesia, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, United Kingdom, Ukraine and many more. UKM was represented by 14 delegates from 2^nd year and 3^rd year medical students.

Throughout the whole conference, there were a few activities, mainly the paper presentation which was won by the Philippines, poster presentation and movie gallery which was won by Korea and Taiwan respectively. Besides academically, the delegates were also exposed to the social cultures in Taiwan. There were sight-seeing, mouth-watering night markets, the cultural night and party, cultural workshop, hospital visits and community services et cetera.

The main venues during the stay in Taiwan were Taipei World Trade center, also known as Taipei 101, National Taiwan University, National Yang Ming University and Tzu Chi University.

Paper presentation by UMS medical students

A visit to Tzu Chi University

Tarako National Park

Cultural Night (comprises medical students from other countries in their respective costumes)

The tallest skyscaper in the world - Taiper 101

our fellow friends who went for the conference

must-visit tourism places

At the same time back in KL, Our AMSEP team had exchange program with Indonesia medical students. Our fellow friends went to Indonesia during the 1^st year end break and it was time for the Indonesians to visit us in Malaysia. There were many activities planned for them, but due to the sudden H1N1 isolation, campus KCKL was closed for a week, hence the academic sessions were cancelled. However, AMSEP organisation managed to pull through this obstacle and the Indons had lots of fun.

They visited many places in KL specifically KLCC (skybridge and Suria KLCC), the National Blood Bank, Batu Cave, National Palace and other places. They went to Central Market too to buy Baju Kurung as this costume is hard to find in Indonesia.

And I shall let the pictures do the talking...

Welcoming dinner at Kapal restaurant

A visit to National Blood Bank

some place....

the National Monument

the National Palace (haha, they didn't get to go inside, who gets to? :P)

going up to the skybridge in Petronas Twin Tower

and lastly, Batu Cave!

thanks to all that have participated and helped out in these 2 events, directly and indirectly.
bon voyage!

To Yr 2 Medical Students (PPD Seminar on Healthy Lifestyle)

A message from Dr. Norazlina Mohamed from facebook:

Salam and dear all,

It seems that many of you are not clear on the instructions and guidelines of the seminar especially these 2 points.

i. Students to come up with a programme which include date, venue, target group, video, activities, props, etc.
ii. Students should also create a poster pertaining to the programme (students to choose one area from the selected programme, eg Drug Abuse programme, the poster may be on the Classification of Commonly Abused Drugs etc)

For point no. 1:
You just have to give an outline of the programme that you are planning to do;
- date, venue, target group, programme name, theme (if applicable)

- list the activities that you planned to have during the programme eg Blood sugar or cholesterol levels measurement or BMI calculations or free medical check up or free dental check up or free eye examination. But the activities must be relevant to your programme and theme. Jangan buat programme on stroke tapi bagi free dental check up.. sungguh tak sesuai..:)

- list or give an outline of any video that you planned to show during the programme. Briefly explain what the video will be about and why you think it's important and significant to show such video. For example: The programme may be on exercise so you may want to list in your programme outline that you are going to show a video on optimal exercise habits. No need to actually show the video during your presentation. I heard that some groups have made a promotional video to be shown on the presentation day. That's ok with me but please do not exceed the time that has been allocated for your group. Penat2 buat video nak dapat markah tinggi, nanti kena potong markah sebab over time pulak..:)

- props: this does not mean you have to bring any props during the presentation day. Just list what are the props that you want to bring if you want to actually implement the programme. For example: if the programme is about drug abuse, you may want to include in your props list that you will be displaying the types of drugs that are commonly abused in Malaysia. Not that you have to bring the props ya... Nanti tak pasal2 kena tangkap for the possession of illegal drugs..:)

- Any other activities or planning or pengisian program are welcomed. Demonstration for example. Let's say program to promote breastfeeding. So maybe ada demo the correct way of breastfeeding.. no la.. bad idea..joking only ya..:) But on a serious note, yes, you can add in demonstration if applicable and relevant.

Point no. 2
- The posters that you should design and display on the presentation day are educational posters not promotional posters. The judges would like to see the educational value of your posters and of course the creativity. Posters must be creative and eye-catching enough to attract the would-be audience of your future programme. But creative if no knowledge and educational value pun tak guna jugak ya..

So have fun.

P/s. Please convey this note to the other Yr 2 students. I don't think I have lots of Yr 2 in my list and if I have I can't actually recall which one of you are Yr 2 and which one are Yr 3 or 4 or 5. It's not the age, I blame it on the information overload. :)

Perubahan jadual

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera...

Sebenarnya perubahan jadual adalah sama dengan perubahan yang kita dapat semasa hari pertama di tahun 2.
Di sini disertakan perubahan tersebut bagi sesiapa yang tidak mendapat jadual pada hari tersebut.

Perubahan adalah pada minggu ke-12, 14 dan 16.

Sesiapa yang telah tersilap beli tiket untuk balik kampung semasa cuti raya diharap dapat mengambil tindakan yang sepatutnya seperti menukar tarikh untuk sesi PBL dan jangan ponteng PBL plak.


Sekian saja...

Ramadhan datang lagi...

Assalamualaikum dan salah sejahtera...


Alhamdulillah, kita masih lagi dipanjangkan umur untuk bertemu dengan ramadhan pada kali ini.

“… Bagi orang yang berpuasa itu dua kegembiraan. Kegembiraan semasa berbuka puasa, dan kegembiraan semasa bertemu Tuhan-Nya…” [Riwayat Muslim, Ahmad, al-Nasa'ie dan Ibn Majah]

Setelah lama menanti, kini ramadhan datang lagi untuk kita sama2 merebut peluang untuk meningkatkan lagi keimanan kepada pencipta kita.

Puasa biar penuh dan ikhlas...

Jangan lupa solat tarawikh...

Banyakkan baca Al-Quran...

Rajinkan diri Qiammulail...

Jaga tingkah laku dan kurangkan perkara sia2...

Gunakan peluang ini dengan sebaiknya dan mudah-mudahan tahun depan masih ada untuk kita...

Selamat berpuasa!!!!

Sekian untuk kali ini...

Selamat maju jaya...

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera..

Assessment untuk modul blood & lymph adalah seperti berikut-

Tarikh: 21 ogos 2009
Masa: 10.00 pagi

Tempat: TIBE

Setelah sebulan kita belajar modul ini ditambah lagi dengan seminggu "study week" InsyaAllah kita boleh berjaya.

You all can do it!!!

Wish all the best to all of you!!!!

Doa banyak2, usaha sungguh2, dan jangan lupa tawakkal.. Insya Allah.....

usaha,usaha gak... tapi jangan la jadi camni, tido atas katil.

Sekian saja untuk kali ini..

Cardiovascular assessment

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera..

Syukur alhamdulillah assessment untuk modul CVS telah ditukarkan pada:

Tarikh : 4 September 2009 (Jumaat)
Masa : 3.00 petang
Tempat : DSG KTSN

Semoga dengan adanya pertukaran jadual ini dapat meringankan sedikit beban kita untuk study dan dapat fokus pada kedua-dua peperiksaan.


Jangan tension-tension, tido biar cukup, doa, usaha dan tawakkal. InsyaAllah boleh berjaya.

Gud luck... wish all da best to all of U.

Sekian saja untuk kali ini, terima kasih.