Tuesday, May 26, 2009

SEMESTER 5 FEES

Dear Student,

Please be informed that your Semester 5 fees are due on 20 July, 2009.

Invoices details are as follows:


Categories Amount Remarks

For IMU,JPA & MARA Scholar: RM 40.00 Refer M207_Sem5 E-Inv IMU,JPA,MARA

For Self Sponsored Student: RM 27,640.00 Refer M207_Sem5 E-Inv_OTHERS

For NHEF Loan: RM 27,640.00 Refer M207_Sem5 E-Inv_OTHERS

For INT Student: USD 9,015.00 Refer M207 Sem5 E-Inv_INT


Attached the invoice together with the payment instructions for your further action.

Kindly settle the amount on time. Fines according to the IMU Policy on Payment of Fees will be imposed on late payments.

Please do not hesitate to contact Wan Saizatul Aizan Umar at 03-27317441 or Fahada Mohd Daud at 03-27317347 or 03-86567228 (ext.2502 /2501 ; wansaizatul_umar@imu.edu.my ) should you require further clarification.

Regards,

Finance Department
IMU

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Timetable additions/changes

HEY EVERYONE!

A) Dr Christine Ariaranee will be delivering the following lectures on TUESDAY, 26th MAY 2009 in LT1

1. Acute Renal Failure @ 8.00am
2. Chronic Renal Failure @ 9.15am

So set your alarms and wake up early!!! :P

B) Also, later on Tuesday, there will be a lecture on "Communication Skills: Giving Bad News & Consent Taking" at 5.15pm in AUDI A

C) Replacement for "Histology Session" under Dr. JP for Group 5 (Q1-T10) is scheduled for Monday 25th May @ 9.00am in Pathology Lab (4th Floor)

So mark these in your time tables!

Thank you!! :D

Monday, May 18, 2009

SRC ANNOUNCEMENT

HEY!! Just to inform you guys, the SRC has set up a BLOG, FULL OF INFORMATION about important announcements and notices for students so if you check it out once in a while, you should know what's been happening in IMU =)

The link to IMU Library's vast online resources (online textbooks, questions, diagrams, etc.) are all put up on Nirmals (Secretary) page. All IMU computers are automatically logged in to these pages, but if you would like to access it from home please approach the library or the SRC Office.

(Also, IMU Library has a blog and a twitter, which announces the latest book/journal additions in the library, so please do encourage your batchmates to check it out.)

Secondly, SRC can now also be contacted through an internal line in IMU. Our extension number is 6601. There are phones in the cafeteria, PBL corridor and inside the student lounge as well.

Other ways of contacting us: visit our blog, our twitter, IMU Campus Forum, imusrc@gmail.com or simply come and visit us at the SRC Office at LG, inside the student lounge. We have a duty roster put up in the atrium on the SRC board and on our office door to let you know who will be in the office at what time.

If you do have a website please do put up the relevant links on it. Thanks a lot dears!

PRE MATCHING!

**********UPDATED!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Everyone! Hope studying for ICA is coming along ok!

To all of you doing IMU-PMS, Karim and myself have started the Pre-Matching for us to gauge our chances of getting into various universities in relative to our peers!

So this is how it's going to work.

1. Those doing PMS from student ID's 001-131, E-MAIL to Karim your TOP 10 university choices along with your Name and Student ID. Those with Student ID numbers 132 onwards (INCLUDING RESIT STUDENTS) e-mail me the details. Our e-mails are at the right side of the page >>>>>>>>


2. The list of Partner Medical Schools can be seen HERE.

The general requirements for some of the PMS are in the I drive, under Elective & Matching. PLEASE HAVE A LOOK TO KNOW WHICH UNIS YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR!

Some excerpts from the link

"We have a new pathway for those wanting to go to a PMS. It is the graduate entry to the Australian National University (ANU), the University of Warwick (UW) and the University of Queensland (UQ). This new pathway will allow you to better plan your finances. We only have 35 places."

"To get the BMedSci degree, you will have to remain for 1 more year to complete a research-based degree, the Bachelor of Medical Sciences (BMedSci) at the IMU. You must achieve an upper second class degree. If you do not achieve an upper second class degree, or have failed a major examination in Phase 1, every effort will be made to offer you a place in an undergraduate PMS. In the unlikely event that there is no PMS place, there will be a place for you in the IMU Clinical School. "


3. To those who want to apply to Jefferson or any of the Post Grad schools, still put in your top 10 (though you guys will be matched first) BEAR IN MIND THAT THERE ARE 3 POST GRAD SCHOOLS - QUEENSLAND, ANU AND WARWICK so to those who want to do post grad, YOUR TOP 3 SHOULD BETWEEN THESE 3, followed by other unis. To those who want to apply to Jefferson, put Jefferson as your top choice and rank the other 9 unis in order of preference should you change your mind about applying for Jefferson.

4. PLEASE BE AS HONEST AS POSSIBLE and not be SOO "KIASU" AND SECRETIVE about your choices so that "others won't know and hence won't consider that university" (if that makes sense).

To you kiasu folks out there, if you don't want others to go to a university, the point would be to show that that particular university is popular, right??? MEANS you HAVE to truthfully put it as your prefered choice!!!

5. PLEASE TYPE OUT THE FULL NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY AS PER THE IMU WEBSITE! i.e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE instead of just MELBOURNE. This is to make it easier for me to just cut and paste your selections into Excell as opposed to individually adding the UNIVERSITY OF.

Why do we want everything in full? For standardization purposes so later when we want to sort the unis, it will be easier. Otherwise, Excell will interpret "University of Melbourne" and "Melbourne" as separate.

6. DEADLINE IS THE DAY OF OUR ENDO-REPRO- RENAL Summative! (29th May 2009)!!

Good luck!!! And we hope to get a good response from everyone!!

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Yoga club announcement

Hey guys,

Teck Han here from the IMU Yoga Club.

Just a call for help from me to you as the batchrep to announce some information to your batchmates. So here goes...

There will be a yoga class this Friday (22 May 2009) at 1.30pm at the dance room.

It's an introduction class, so it will be a basic class - thus, welcomed to join are any people who are interested, with or without prior yoga knowledge, be it members or non-members of the Yoga Club.

There will NOT be a fee for this class, Free Of Charge (FOC) that is.

Bring a yoga mat (if you have one, not compulsory) and wear loose comfortable clothing (a MUST).

So once again, the details:

Date: 22 May 2009 (Friday)
Time: 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Venue: Dance Room
Extra: Basic introduction class, open to everyone, FOC

Do make this announcement to your batchmates please.

Thank you so much.
Blessed be,
Teck Han (ME1/08)

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

announcements

Hi guys!

I know you are all preparing for exams now, hope you're not too stressed okay. Just few announcements I need you all to make to the batch:

1. MMS
Please be informed that the museum is/will be closed on the following dates for end of semester examinations:
1) 16 May 09 - Saturday
2) 18 May 09 - Monday
3) 19 May 09 - Tuesday

2. Society of Malaysian Medical Association Medical Students - 1st Malaysian International Medical Students Conference

This year the Society of Malaysian Medical Association Medical Students will be organising its 1st Malaysian International Medical Students Conference in September 2009.
The conference is set to bring together medical students from around Malaysia as well as foreign countries to one platform. This conference will be hosted by 3 universities ; International Medical University, Seremban , University Putra Malaysia and University Malaya.

Details of the conference is as below:

Date: 4th-6th September 2009
Venue : Palace of Golden Horses Hotel
Theme: War, Peace and National Calamities : "The doctor in conflict"


Unfortunately, there is a maximum number of particpants. Therefore on behalf of the committee, I urge each and every one of you to take part in this conference. You can also enter the oral and poster presentation with your research papers. Exclusive prizes to be won. Besides that, how often do you get a chance to mix and mingle and share experience amongst medical students from around the globe.

If you do have any queries you can email us at mimsc2009@gmail.com or visit us at http://mimsc2009.webs.com

P.S It would be great if you can help us promote the confrence to your medical student friends from other uni in Malaysia and overseas.

- From Kajendran Visvalingam
1st MIMSC Program Secretariat Division
and student of International Medical University

To participate, please pass your names to your batch reps or email imusrc@gmail.com directly to obtain a copy of the application forms. Please submit your applications to Jodie (SRC) by 7th of June 2009. Thanks.


Just something I learned recently: Remember you're competing against no one but yourself, and how far you will go depends on how far you're willing to go :)

Cheers,
Jodie.
VP (Med)



3. Convocation

Convocation will be on 30 May 2009. This is the first time Convocation will be held in Bukit Jalil Campus instead of Sheraton hotel! How exciting!

This is for the following reasons:
1. To showcase the campus, allow parents to experience the environment their child has been studying in and such. Also, nostalgia!
2. To built a stronger rapport between faculty, administration and students
3. To develop the sense of belonging in students

To make this a success, the administration will need a lot of manpower and we would like to recruit 25 ushers to help out on 30th of May.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided, along with a special chance to be treated like a staff and allowed entry to the staff lounge, and an opportunity to experience the grandeur and be part of Convocation.

At the moment we can't confirm any incentives for volunteers, but we really do need your help to make the convocation of our seniors a special one.

We all reap the fruits of the contributions our seniors made to IMU and this is a small chance for us to give something back in appreciation. To volunteer, please email your name and contact details to imusrc@gmail.com or contact Jodie (VP Med) directly at 014-9215715.

Thanks!

Loads of love and cheers,
Zia Shah
President SRC 09/10

Hello everyone. Few announcements regarding the activities going on and planned
for our batch:

1) Mock PMS Matching - I'll be printing out the namelist of our batch. Pls check
whether ur details are correct. Hopefully we can begin by this week once things
are sorted out.

2) Patho Quiz - I'll print out a grouping form for u guys to write ur name if u
want to volunteer. I'm not gonna force anyone so in the end of the day, we'll
just check how many people volunteered to join the quiz :p

3) Convo Mag - We need people to take up the posts available to start off this
project. Jimmy had agreed to be the editor and Hakim agreed to help out with
design. Posts available:

a. Editor
b. Sub Editor (2)
c. Secretary
d. VICE sECR
e. Treasurer and Vice
f. Multimedia and Design (2)
g. Photographer(2)

We really need your creativity and cooperation to make this project a success.
You would wanna have one magazine worth keeping right? At the same time, feel
free to write any articles on M207. Memories, Friends, Etc.

4) Malaysian Studies Project - We'll need help from people other tha Msian
Studies students to also contribute in this event (plan to be in August). This
is ur opportunity to get to know other cultures better and more importantly
,work with batchmates whom u've never known b4. We'll need people for
Performances,Exhibition,Sales,Sponsorship,Logistics,Community Service, Publicity
and Decoration. So please volunteer ya. And join our Google Group.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

IMU BALL VIDEO

Our batch Ball video =) EXCELLENT JOB by HAKIM AND SABREE =) =) A HUUUUUUUUGE THANK YOU TO THEM!!

Monday, May 11, 2009

Minor updates

First of all, I would like to inform all of you that some of the SRC members will be on "leave" due to exams.

From 11th - 22nd May:
  • Iris - VP of Medical Sciences
  • Yan - VP of Health Sciences
  • Alicia - IT Liasion
From 18th - 22nd May:
  • Zia - President
  • Ickes - Treasurer
  • Nirmal -Secretary
  • Natasha - Cultural and Religious Representative
  • Ashvini - Social Concerns Representative
  • Mira - Sports Representative
This is not to say we will be completely unavailable, but that we may be not as prompt in replying.

We hope everyone understands.

Secondly, the Welfare Meeting will be taking place on May 25th, 12.30 PM - 2 PM in the Senate Room and as always, Batchreps are invited :). Please reply with any issues you would like to bring up and whether or not you will be coming for it.

Lastly, Dr. Mei Ling Young (our Provost) would like to know why the canteen is not being used to its full extent during non-peak hours (ie, Lunch time) and what students would like to see there to make them come (her suggestions were: more snack foos during those times, eg. fruits and some live music). Please ask your batchmates about this. I shall be sending out a survey form after the exam period as well.

Yours sincerely,
Zia Shah
President of SRC

SELECTIVES GROUPINGS

OPTION A: "Fight Cancer, Fight for Life!"


OPTION B: Nutrition in Medicine


OPTION C: "Humanities in Medicine"


OPTION D: "Infectious Disease Outbreak"


OPTION E: "Bite Marks"



CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE!

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

1. ECA Computer
I regret to inform you that the ECA computer in the student lounge has been abused by students. I would like to remind everyone that the ECA Computer is for ECA purposes only. Also, on May 5th the computer was not switched off and thus was running overnight. This is detrimental to the CPU.

The computer will soon be password locked and students will need to get the council members to open it as the computers are the under the charge of SSD and thus SRC needs to keep an account of the usage.

Your cooperation in this matter is much appreciated.

2. Part Time Work Available with Star

Dear Sir/Madam,

We from YourPartTime.com would like to invite your students to
participate in Star-Jobs Help Part-Time Week. See HERE

With the economic crisis hitting every part of the world, retrenchment
is on the rise. The collaboration between Star-Jobs and
YourPartTime.com strive to assist the retrenched to go through their
career transition as smoothly as possible and at the same time to
discover potential talents within themselves. This event is also
relevant for your students who on semester break or even recent
graduates who are waiting for full-time placement.

Therefore we from YourPartTime.com would like to take this opportunity
to invite your college to be part of Star-Jobs Help Part-Time week.
Details of the event:

Date : 7th May 2009 (Thursday)
Venue : Studio V, Lower Ground,One Utama Shopping
Centre,
Time : 2pm – 6pm
Charges : FREE

During the event, there will be walk-in interview for part time
jobs.Among the participating employers in Star Jobs h.e.l.p Part Time
Week are Genting Group, Cathay Cineplex, Palace of Golden Horses,
Tenji Japanese Restaurant ,TGI Friday, Italianese, YourPartTime.com
and etc.

More information about this event, see
http://www.YourPartTime.com/help/

Looking forward for your support by helping us to inform your students
regarding this event.You can use the attached to promote to this
event.

* Part-Time Jobs offered during Star Jobs h.e.l.p Part-Time Week are
also available at http://www.YourPartTime.com . Interested job seekers
can view
and apply part-time jobs from there.

Thank you.

Yours Sincerely,

Michael Tan
Mobile : + 60 (16) 3384548
Tel (O) : +603-78770066
Tel (F) : +603-78770055
Email : michael@YourPartTime.com
Website : www.YourPartTime.com

3. Batchrep Meeting Minutes
Batchrep Meeting, 27th April 2009

IT & Library
- The pay for students who have taken up part time jobs in the IT department and the library has been fixed at RM8 per hour.
- Printers will be outsourced by midyear and so new printers will be brought in.
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Paper will be provided.
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Printing price shall remain at 10 sen per page for black and white printing.
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Antivirus programme in the computers are not outdated. The programme used in the computers is the Kaspersky Enterprise Version (6.0), not the Kaspersky Personal Version (8.0). Version 6.0 offers the same protection as Version 8.0.
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Students are required to scan their thumbdrives before and after using the computers in the library and E-Labs.
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One E-Lab is ‘swept’ per month.
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Phone lines will be installed in the E-Labs for students to report problems in computers to the IT department immediately.
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Computers in the lecture halls and MPH will be replaced in June.

Student Lounge
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Damages to equipment/facilities in student lounge must be reported immediately to ensure that it is fixed promptly.
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No eating or drinking is allowed in the student lounge. This is to ensure that the new equipment does not get dirty and to prevent a rodent infestation in the lounge.
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Students are only allowed to eat and drink in the Executive Lounge in the SRC room and the cafeteria.
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There aren’t any water coolers in the lounge or anywhere nearby. However, Jumbo provides free water in the cafeteria.
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Students must ensure that lights, AC and all other electrical appliances that are not in use must be switched off before leaving the lounge.

Outsiders in IMU
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The SRC must be informed of any outsiders who would like to visit IMU at least one week before the stipulated visit. If that is not possible, SRC must be informed two days before the visit.
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The visitor’s name, IC number and handphone number must be submitted to the SRC.
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This measure is to prevent any unfortunate incidents from occurring within the IMU and as a means of tightening the IMU’s security.

Other Concerns
- The E-Labs have changed names but not the printers, causing confusion.
- H Drives of every faculty is accessible to all students.
-Conclusion :
Names and proper labels shall be put up. H Drive will accessibility will be corrected. IT department will be informed about this.
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The Pink Sage was too expensive and when asked to lower its prices, the quality and quantity of the food was also lowered. They were then asked to leave.
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Another food provider will be brought in soon to ensure a variety of food.

Monday, May 4, 2009

ALL INVOLVED IN THE HANDWASHING CAMPAIGN

Dr Ranjit has forwarded this e-mail to fellow IMU colleagues so we really have to make some noise on the 5th (tomorrow) about handwashing! Get all your articles and posters done k? We can ask SAD to help print for us as its for IMU and not our personal use!

Dear All,

On the 5th May 2009 WHO will announce SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands
Vision 2020. WHO will also launch the revised hand hygiene toolkit and
the revised WHO Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Health Care.

The date 5th May links the ‘fives’ together of the 5th day of the 5th
month with the WHO 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene.
The aim, as outlined on
the website, is to be able to officially promote hand hygiene globally
on an annual basis every year on this day beginning in 2010.

The students of the M2/07 cohort will launch a hand wash campaign at the
IMU on 5th May. The IMU is One of the 5 institutes in Malaysia out of
4471 institutes worldwide that has declared commitment and registered
for activities for this global programme.

A message from Prof Didier Pittet on the importance of hand hygiene in
preventing Influenza A (H1N1) could be accessed at
http://www.who.int/patientsafety/en/index.html

Regards

Ranjit

Sunday, May 3, 2009

HAND WASHING CAMPAIGN

Hey there to everyone involved in the Hand Washing Campaign!

I need to see all the posters and articles tomorrow so we start putting them up. Also...is someone making the lettering for the HAND WASHING DAY sign we are putting at the atrium wall??

I will ask AAD tomorrow for permission to put up our little "exhibition" in the atrium...they should allow as it is a project that IMU wanted us to do.

PLEASE BRING ALL ARTICLES AND POSTERS TOMORROW (Monday 4th of May)