Friday, October 30, 2009

Activating IMU email

1. Activating IMU email

Dear all,

Please ensure that your IMU email address is activated.

All end of semester examination results will be sent to students' IMU email address. We will no longer send results to student's personal email address.

Please get assistance from the IMU Helpdesk if you have any problems with the activation of email address.

To activate the IMU email address, do as follows:

Go to http://its.imu.edu.my/

On the Main Menu, click on "ITS Guide - Getting Started" then click on "Email". The page provides full guide on how to start and use IMU email add.

It is quite detailed and informative so please do have a look at it.

1. MPH Book Fair


Dear All

Good news! MPH is, for the first time, having a book fair in IMU, from 24 Oct - 1 Nov 2009, 10am to 8pm @ Ground Floor, Annex Block. They are offering discount up to 50% and they accept all major credit cards. This fair is also open to the public.

Happy shopping :-)

Regards
Shu Shian

Low Shu Shian
Manager, Marketing & Communications
International Medical University (IMU)
126 Jalan 19/155B Bukit Jalil
57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: +603 8656 7228 (Ext.6109)
Fax: +603 8656 1018
Email: shushian_low@imu.edu.my

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Link to IMU Alumni website!

Heard many of you can't seem to find the link to the Alumni page on the IMU website (though its riiight in front :P ), thought I'd paste it here so its easier to access!


http://www.imu.org.my/register.php

GO SIGN UP PLEASE!! Only if everyone signs up will we get the subsidy cash from them!!! Otherwise your convo mags are gonna cost more!

On a different note, GOOD LUCK preparing for the upcoming ICA and *shudders* EOS!!!

Hope we achieve a 100% pass rate!!

Give it your best for the last exam!!!

=)

Monday, October 19, 2009

ATTENTION: Appeal for organized behaviour at Medical Museum

Dear batch mates, I believe this is very relevant to our batch considering that Sem 5 involves us spending a lot of time in the MMS!!

Dear all,

Please take note of this matter and please take it seriously. This is for everyone's knowledge, even if you don't use the medical museum. Please spread the word to your batchmates at lectures and put it up on your respective batch blogs :


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IMU has been purchasing expensive models for many years in significant numbers so that the students can have a good learning experience. The students should also reciprocate by helping in up-keep of these models.

Recently it has been found that the students are taking away model parts or are not keeping the models properly after the study. I found some students telling that re-assembing the parts of a model, after they have finished the study, is the job of museum staff. I am sorry to say that it does not reflect a professional behaviour. If a student has dismantled a model to study, it is his or her obligation to re-assemble the parts. In case he or she is not able to do that , help of museum staff should be taken.

As Medical Science students are mostly using the models intensively for study, the SRC representatives of Medical Sciences are requested to look into the matter and appeal to the students for more organized and professional behaviour in Medical Museum.

In case, the problem is continued, as museum coordinator I would have no other option but to keep few models in cupboards under lock & key and allow the students to use few models only for study.


Best wishes
With sincere hope for Co-operation
AP Dr Nilesh Kumar
Museum Coordinator
International Medical University


Dear SRC

I really urge students to please be more responsible when handling the models. I can still tolerate it when some students don't put models back and leave them scattered around, making it likely that parts can go missing or broken (as this has happened before) and make it difficult for others to use but I find it really irresponsible when they unscrew the models, eg the skeleton and never bother where they put the screw and just leave the detached part on the table and the screw is nowhere to be found.

I have high expectations especially for medical students and these students use the museum more than the others so it's really disappointing to observe such irresponsible behaviour.

For students who have been good and responsible ..I thank you all so much because it's cool to be nice.

Regards,
Maria
Medical Museum Staff

Sunday, October 18, 2009

1. Reminder - Student Satisfaction Survey 2009‏

Dear all,

Recently, IMU had conducted a Student Satisfaction Survey (SSS) to all IMU students. This exercise is very important as it identifies the concerns raised by the students and the actions that each department has to take in order for them to improve their services.

The survey was carried out on-line in accordance to batches in the E-Lab. However, the response rate from the students is really low.

Thus, we would appreciate if you could inform your batch mates who have not done the survey to do the survey at http://its.imu.edu.my/imusurvey/

Thank you and your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Chiew Yeong

2. IMU RESEARCH


Hi guys,

I'm Ghi Waie, C1/09 of Clinical School Seremban. I know that exam is nearing for you and i am very sorry to trouble you now. I need some help from you regarding my research project.

My group's research title is about Stress and Anxiety level of Medical Students from all semesters 2 weeks prior to any exams. My research requires 20 target students from each semester, equally divide into 10 males and 10 females. Therefore, i'll need your help to pass the questionnaires to 10 males and 10 females from your batch. It will be a random selection. It is a 14-questions questionnaires and will not take much of your time.

Your help is very much appreciated. Confidentiality will be ensured as no names will be required and it will not be published. The questionnaires need to be returned back to me before your exam. Do e-mail me (chung_waie@hotmail.com) if you agree and I'll send the questionnaires to you.


Thank you very much and good luck in the coming exams.

Chung Ghi Waie :)


3. IMU Acoustic Night

Hey there guys.

I'm Ben from the Music and Performance Club and I'm in charge of publicizing our upcoming event "Acoustic Night" which will be held on the 27th of October in the dance studio from 7.00pm onwards. Having said that I would like to request for the help of the batchreps to make announcements regarding this event anytime within the coming week (19th Oct) and more importantly on the day before the event (26th) itself.

The event is free-of-charge and is not limited to the M&P club members and so is open to all faculties in IMU. Activities include open-mike sessions for acoustic jammings and also live, unplugged performances from a few well-known performers in IMU. Do mention as well that some light refreshments will be provided.

I've included with this email a large-sized e-poster/wallpaper and a slightly downsized e-flier for your perusal should you decide to put it up on your batchblogs (which we strongly encourage/urge/beseech/beg you to). It also makes a good desktop wallpaper for your computers. haha.

Well at any rate thanks a (million) bunch for your help and do drop me an email if there's anything else that I've not clarified thru this email thread. More importantly, join us for the event!



Ben
ACOUSTIC NIGHT Publicity boy

p.s. if your batch happens to be on a study/semester break and will continue to do so until after the 27th, just put this announcement on the batchblog, pretend this email was never sent to you and come anyway for the event :D




Tuesday, October 13, 2009

LOTS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Disaster Fund

Dear All,
I'm sure that you are already aware of the recent disasters in Manila and Padang. Mercy Malaysia has sent a team to each location for initial assessment, and they anticipate that there is a great need for both locations to be assisted, especially with more bad weather forecasted.
In view of the recent disasters, we would be grateful if you could highlight the urgency of funds to be raised for their response to Manila and Padang.
At the moment, all donations are still channeled to MERCY Malaysia, or MERCY Humanitarian Fund. I have attached a donation form for those who are interested in making a donation.
Their donor management officer, Ms.Suhaila, will be able to assist you further, and she is contactable at suhaila@mercy.org.my or603-2273 3999.

The SRC would like help from batchreps to collect funds as a batch by passing around a box or alternatively students can come directly to SRC to donate. All funds collected by SRC will be given under one donation form from the students of IMU.
Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
President SRC BJ 09/10

2. INVITATION TO HIV/AIDS AWARENESS SESSION 2009 - PUBLIC

Good Evening,


Leo Club of KL Perennial will be running the
*HIV/AIDS Peer**‐**to**‐**Peer
Educators* program
. We are working together with *Malaysian Aids Council*,
*Standard Chartered Bank *and* AIESEC *to deliver the HIV/AIDS education
talk. This *HIV: The Series* consists of the following five (05) modules
on HIV/AIDS.



Module 1 : What is HIV? What is AIDS?

Module 2 : Transmission and Prevention

Module 3 : The World and Us

Module 4 : Testing, Treatment, Positive Living and
Support

Module 5 : Sharing Session





As we all understand that HIV/AIDS does not discriminate on the basis of
race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national, ethnic or social
origin. Middle age and youths are being the two (2) highest groups living
with HIV/AIDS, they need to be empowered to take control of their life and
protect themselves from being vulnerable.



We believe that empowerment comes from knowledge and this is precisely why
we are undertaking this challenge to be youth champions to create a
community of a well‐informed, energetic, and dynamic people. In such, our
main objectives for the program will work towards



1. Increasing the awareness about HIV/AIDS amongst public.

2. Reducing stigma of HIV/AIDS.

3. Providing a platform for public of diversified backgrounds to interact
and share common opinion.

In addition, the aspiration gives us another great pleasure to cordially
invite you and your friends to join us in the program.* **Kindly refer
to*the event details as follows:

Date : 24th October 2009 (Saturday)

Time : 09.00 am - 05.00 pm

Venue : Lecture Hall B, Level
03, Mahsa University College [Jalan University Campus]

Jalan Ilmu, Off Jalan University, 50603 Kuala Lumpur.

Dress Code : Smart Casual


Admission Fee : Free of Charge [FOC - Inclusive of halal lunch and
materials]

It would be much appreciated if
confirmation of attendance can be made
latest by 18th October 2009 [Limited Seats - First Come First Serve]
. For
further enquiries or confirmation of attendance, please do not hesitate to
contact


Leo Dylan Chee 016-9974741
angelofdestiny91@hotmail.com

Leo Steven Tan 012-3186930
steventanhl@gmail.com

We seek your support in gracing this event and your co-operation is very
much appreciated. We are positively looking forward to your attendance in
making this program a success.
Thank you.

Yours sincerely

Dylan Chee Steven Tan

LEO Dylan Chee
LEO Steven Tan

Organizing Chairperson
Club President


3. MICROWAVE AND FIRST AID KIT FOR STUDENTS

Dear All,

I am pleased to inform you that the First Aid Kit in the Student Lounge has been filled up for a while already by the SRC.

What the inside of the First Aid Box looks like when it's filled up.

However, if we find that the items inside the box are once again stolen we will unfortunately have to stop placing anything inside the box and it shall remain forever empty.

So please be considerate of other and use the box to treat real injuries and emergencies.

Also we are happy to announce that we have bought a microwave for the students to use to reheat their food.


Please be considerate
  • and treat the microwave gently. Do not bang the door or punch the open button.
  • to our muslim friends and do not reheat non-halal food in the microwave.
  • and do not heat inappropriate items in the microwave, it is only meant for heating up food.
Also, this is a reminder to all students that eating inside the student lounge is prohibited.

If you want to eat, please eat in the eating area inside the SRC office or on the tables of the first, second and fourth floor if it's outside food. If it's food from the canteen please eat it in the canteen, not the student lounge.

This is to prevent any rat infestation and unsightly stains
(which have been increasing recently) in the student lounge.

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah


4. CANTEEN SATISFACTION SURVEY

Dear all,

Here is a survey that we would like the students to fill in so we can work on improving the canteen for students.

There are only 11 questions because we don't want to waste students time on it or have them quit doing it halfway. At the same time we want to get as much feedback as possible.

Here is the link to the survey: Please click here

This survey will take less than 5 minutes. All answers will be anonymous.

If there is not enough response to these surveys we will send out the survey in paper form. We really need the feedback from the students to make the canteen more student-friendly. The more statistics we have the easier it is to show the caterers what the students want.

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
President SRC BJ 09/10


5. Final Reminder : Invitation to a Medical Forum "VLCD for the Weight Reduction"

Dear All,

You are cordially invited to this complimentary Medical Forum which consists of two talks entitled “VLCD for Weight Reduction” and “Batriatic Surgery” to be held on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 at Auditorium B, Level 4, Bukit Jalil.

Enclosed is the flyer giving you details of the Forum.

For those who wish to attend, please confirm your participation with CtME as soon as possible.

Thank you

Catherine
On behalf of Prof Fatimah Arshad
Head, Nutrition & Dietetics


6. ACCOMMODATION IN CHRIST'S CHURCH, NEW ZEALAND

Hey Sowmya & Karim,

This might be of interest for your batch, is anyone planning to go New Zealand?

♥jodie

FORWARDED MESSAGE:

Dear Sir/Madam

I'm a registered medical doctor in New Zealand, having trained in Christchurch Medical School.

I have a house in Christchurch that is up for rent and I'm just wondering whether any of the IMU students would be interested. For the past few years I have rented it out to IMU students and would like to have another group of IMU students again for next year. Can you please advise on the best way to advertise for this?

Thanks.

Regards
Michelle Law

PLEASE CONTACT SRC IF INTERESTED!


7. AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY VISIT

Dear all,

On 27th October (Tuesday) there will be a CVS demonstration by a representative of Australian National University. The time is from 9 AM to 10:45 AM. It will take place in Briefing room 3 in CSU. I need ten students maximum from you (it can be less) with these details emailed me:

Name
ID
Batch

I need to know by next monday. Thanks a lot dears!

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah

8. Acne Talk by Prof. Ong Kok Hai

Date: October 16th 2009
Time: 12.45 PM to 1.30 PM
Venue: LT3

Participants will get free samples and there will be light refreshments. After the session students can have a one-on-one talk with Prof. Ong Kok Hai.

Did you know Prof. Ong Kok Hai has a product called Bio-Ti for acne treatment? For more info, read this
article, or visit the company's site. [He also helped come up with TyphiDot which is a dot ELISA kit which detects IgM and IgG antibodies against S. Typh. Pretty cool, huh?]

This is the breakdown we need from each batch:
Medical - 10-15 from each batch
Pharmacy - 10-15 from each batch
Health Sciences - 5-10 from each batch
Medical Sciences - 5-10 from each batch
Dentistry - 5-10 from each batch

Please let us know by this Thursday!

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
President SRC BJ 09/10

9. CLOTHING CONTEST VOTING

Dear All,

Despite the delay I am quite excited to let you know that now you can vote for your favourite design to be made into an official IMU jumper and cap.

There are 5 final designs that have been chosen and YOU GET TO CHOOSE THE WINNER!

So what are you waiting for? Click here to vote for your favourite design. Voting will end on the first week of November.

Please click on the images on the site to see a larger view of the pictures.

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
President SRC BJ 09/10


10. SEX EDUCATION TALK

Hello dear batchreps!

IMU will be having a talk on Sex Education on Monday, 26th October at 2.15pm in LT3. I've attached the poster, which is self explanatory. That's the only info they gave us, sorry I can't be more precise :s Do spread the news to your batchmates and put it up on your respective batch blogs. Unfortunately, food won't be provided but entrance is FREE! =D

Also, I'm in need of an emcee for the event. It would be a pretty simple job, really.. can anyone recommend someone from your batch and give me their name? Thanks loads! Have a great week :)

Regards,
Nirmal Randhawa
Secretary, SRC


11. NOTES FOR PROF LOH's LECTURE ON THURSDAY

Heyyyy Guys!!!!

This Thursday's ( 15th October 2009) lecture titled CLINICAL ASPECTS OF UPPER AND LOWER MOTOR NEURON LESIONS by Prof Loh Keng Ying from Clinical School is NOT AVAILABLE in I Drive.

I've been told to pass it to you guys so I'm uploading it here in the blog.

You can download the Powerpoint presentation at THIS LINK ---->


Thank you!!

Saturday, October 3, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. MISSING HAND SANITIZERS

Dear All,

Inspite of gluing the alcohol rub hand sanithizer dispensers to its holder, 30 bottles disappeared in the month of September. Please do not hesitate to confront anyone (except admin staff) seen to be carrying these dispensers.

Thanks

Regards
Ranjit



2.Invitation: The Malaysian Entrepreneur Challenge 2009


Dear All,

We are running The Malaysian Entrepreneur Challenge, MEC 2009 for the 2nd year. An event that will get more individuals to be trained, exposed and take up different challenges during the 3 days 20 to 22 Nov. 2009. Please check our event last year as well at

http://www.thechallenge.com.my

We are targeting a few hundred new entrepreneurs, and entrepreneur wannabe for this workshop cum challenge event.
Challenges Are Open To All : Universities Vs Executives
There are 2 Types of Challenges :-
1. Video Commercial Challenge (Individual & Group)
2. Entreprenerial Challenge on 21 & 22 Nov 2009 (Group)
Winning Rewards
# Challenge Trophy & Medal
# Scholarship for Marketing Program worth RM 7,800 each
# 5D/4N Holiday Stay Voucher at Bali/Phuket/Pattaya for Two Worth RM 2,500 Each
# Other Upcoming Sponsored Prizes
# Certificate of Achievement
Log On To The Website To View The Entire Challenge Plan, Testimonials, Videos, and More.....
We Need You To Take Up Challenges & Have FUN !!

Kenneth Tai
Project Director
012-2543052




3. IMU Learning Portal

Dear All,

The Centre for Medical Education (CtME), with the assistance of the Learning Resources Dept, has scheduled a continuing series of lunchtime educational sessions in support of advancing e-learning and use of digital resources at IMU. The venue will be E-Lab 1, Level 3, Bukit Jalil.

The title for next Wednesday's learning session is E-Assessment (Moodle) scheduled for
7th October 2009, 12.15 -1.15pm and is opened to all faculty and students.

Description:
In this 1-hour learning session, you will explore how to efficiently set-up and construct quizzes in IMU Learning Portal (Moodle). You will also learn how to create quizzes efficiently using Notepad (offline) and reusing questions from Moodle's question bank.

As its on a first come basis, please register early to ensure a place in the learning session. If you miss a session, visit the E-Learning Innovation Centre in http://www.elearning.imu.edu.my to find the appropriate presentations and learning resources.

Please note that no food will be provided for this short session.

Thank you.

Catherine
for CtME and Learning Resources Department

4. MUET Workshop 24 October


Dear batchreps,

Please inform your respective batches that there will be a MUET Workshop on the 24th of October and the closing date for the registration and payment is the 15th of October. I will get back with you all on the payment later. However, I need a list of students' names, batch and contact details as soon as possible. They can register first and pay later.

Regards,
Natasha



5. Early Careering Networking


Dear all,

This is pretty interesting so please do read it properly.

APACPH (Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health) is an international non-profit organisation registered in Australia, comprising many of the largest and most influential schools of Public Health in the Asia-Pacific region and dedicated to improving professional education for public health. Launched in 1984 with just five members, APACPH now has over 55 members throughout the Asia-Pacific region with Regional Offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Hawaii and Tokyo. Through its activities, the members aim to tackle the unique public health challenges of the Asia-Pacific region, for example specific health issues of workers within the growing economies of the region.

The Asia-Pacific Early Career Network in Public Health (APECNPH) aims to support students and early career professionals in the field of public health throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The network will provide a forum for discussion, promote understanding of global public health issues and provide guidance specifically for individuals in the early stages of their career. The network is supported by the APACPH.

On the 5th of October (Monday), Dr Isurujith who is a delegate of APECNPH from Sri Lanka will be coming to IMU to talk to 10 medical students about Early Career Networking. The details of the session are :

Date : Monday, 5th October 2009
Time : 7 pm
Venue
: Student Lounge

It'll be a first come first serve basis so those interested please email/sms the following to me at either imusrc@gmail.com or 016-2578-520.

Name
ID
Tel Number
Email address

Please let me know by Monday 5 PM latest.

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
President SRC BJ 09/10