Influenza A Talk‏

There will be a lunch-time lecture on Influenza A (H1N1) by Dr. James Koh Kwee Choy (Infectious Disease Physician, Department of Medicine, Clinical School Seremban) on Tuesday, 9 June 2009 from 1.00pm - 2.00pm. Tentatively, the venue will be Auditorium B, Level 4, Bukit Jalil.

The lecture would be inclusive of Q & A and would focus on the virus itself, its spread and what we can do as health care workers to protect ourselves and patients. He will also touch briefly on the treatment.

For all those who wish to attend, kindly confirm your attendance with CtME (2nd floor) or email Ms. Catherine at catherine_arokiasamy@imu.edu.my.

PTPTN

Dear batch reps,

Please help to inform your batch mates who have documents to be submitted to PTPTN, that the PTPTN officers will be here on:

Date : 28 May 2009 (Thursday)
Time : 9.00 am - 1.00 pm
2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Venue : Learning Room 1.10, First Floor

Please tell them to get their documents ready and also RM20.00 for the Setem Hasil if they have yet to purchase it. If they have any queries, please tell them to refer to me at the Student Services Dept, Ground Floor.

Your cooperation is highly appreciated.

Thank you.

Noor Liza (ext 6102)
Student Services Dept

Info Day and Patch Adam

Dear all,

First of all, here is a bit more information on Info Day. I will need the final list of volunteers for it by Tuesday, 2nd June 2009.

This Info Day is a smaller scale of Open Day.
Duties will be tour guides or ushers.
Lunch will be provided.
Payment is:
Full day: 9.30 AM - 4.15 PM; RM 30
Half day: 9.30 AM - 12.30 PM or 12.30 PM - 4.15 PM; RM 15
Please email the SRC with your name, ID, Telephone number and Email address. There are only 28 places left.

Also, Patch Adams is in Malaysia!


Empower Lives will be organizing a "Live & Inspire Weekend with Dr, Patch Adams & friends" scheduled for Friday, 23rd October and Saturday 24th October 2009 at the Sunway Convention Centre as part of its annual conference.

This inaugural event will feature 4 keynote speakers, with Dr. Patch Adams, M.D., Ms. Masami Sato, Edwina Chiu and Dr. Karriem Ali, M.D.

The details of the above said event are attached in the information kit (click here to download). There is a special bulk rate for students!

Please feel free to contact Sandra Loh at 016-207 5126 or email her at sandra@empowerlives.com should you have any queries on this matter.

Their official event website is www.liveandinspire.com.

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
President SRC 09/10

Yoga Class

There will be a yoga class this Friday (29 May 2009) at 1.00pm at the dance room.
There will be a RM1 fee imposed for the class.
Bring a yoga mat (if you have one, not compulsory) and wear loose comfortable clothing (a MUST).

So once again, the details:
Date: 29 May 2009 (Friday)
Time: 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Venue: Dance Room
Extra: RM1 fee

Clueless???

Dear P109,
I am writing this because Ms. Sarina(the lady from AAD who is in charge of our batch) complained to me today that she received many phone calls from fellow P109-ers asking her for their EOS 1 results.

If all of you had read the sms/email/blog post I wrote, I specifically said, "If you can't go to IMU today, you can give a call to your tutor to get the results.."

PS:I know some of you tried calling your tutors but either they could not be reached or they didn't receive the results yet.

What I need all of you to do is to rummage through that stack of books we received on Day 1 of orientation. You will find a green handbook titled "Information for MPharm Students".

Page 2: tells you the use of the book!

Page 9: Tells you the role of AAD and almost all the answers to the frequently asked questions/queries by most of you!

Page 41: Shows the Academic Session so you all will know when the next semester starts!

AND...
If you do have time, you can flip through the other pages. Who knows you might find out about things you never knew....

Well, I hope I have filled in the loop holes many of you have and hopefully, I get no more complaints from A.A.D.

Happy holidays, and see ya next sem!!

GaikCheng

Regarding Semester 2

The first class on 15th June 2009 starts at 11.45am.. but go to AAD to collect your sem 2 module notes before the class starts.. n english results(for those who took english classes in sem 1) will be given when sem 2 starts...

PTPTN loan

RE: PTPTN loan- I checked with S.A.D. today, n they said the officers might be coming to IMU on the 28th of May, which is next week... Not confirmed, but she said should be sometime next week... So, be prepared n please tell your friends!

PS: I will forward an email to all of you when I know the exact date from S.A.D

Sem 1 results

The sem 1 results will be released at 4pm today.
You can collect the results either from AAD or your tutor.

If you can't go to IMU today, you can give a call to your tutor to get the results..

Good Luck!!!

IMU Cup '09: Futsal and Cricket competition

The Tan Sri Abu Bakar Cup and Mei Ling Young Cup, IMU's premier sporting event is happening this Saturday, 23rd of May at 8am.

Come down to the Green Zone to watch the students and staff battle it out on futsal and cricket!

Food will be provided and it will be a relaxing fun filled day for everyone :)

Announcements from SRC: 18/5/08

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.

Also, kindly inform the students that some of their letters (especially the students who live in vista) are sent to IMU Bukit Jalil. These letters are kept in the Student Lounge for collection. Pei Jin, the PR Liaison, has posted up the list of names of the intended recipients on her page in the SRC blog for your convenience.

Lastly, the Welfare Meeting has been postponed, you will be informed of the new date as soon as possible,

Yoga Intorduction Class

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

Student Ambassador Programme

Dear P109, I, Gaik Cheng, have forwarded an email regarding the Student Ambassador Programme to your personal emails.. Do check it out as there r attached forms and more info regarding the programme there!


Hey guys,

Can you put the following information on your blogs and/or send it to all your batchmates? Please upload the attached files to your blog or send it to your batchmates, thanks!

1. Students Ambassadors Programme

The new Student Ambassadors Programme, in essence to develop students’ leadership which includes their networking skills, presentation skills, public speaking skills, organizational skills, problem solving skills etc. To achieve this, the SSD will be organizing many trainings and practical hands-on sessions for the Student Ambassadors. These students will be organizing and participating in many on campus as well as external events. They will also be invited to high profile events like IMEC, AC and other conferences as student representatives.

Please read the foreword (attached, For_M208_and_Mp109) and the information sheet for more details.

Applications for the Student Ambassadors Programme is now open (Application form attached), please submit your applications to the Student Services Department by by 6th of June 2009 (MPharm) and 20th of June 2009 (Medicine). You may send the your applications online to Ms Aznah via aznah_arshad@imu.edu.my. You may also obtain all the required information from SSD.


I do realise that we (M208 and MP109) are all on holidays so it's pretty hard to distribute the information but I think the Student Ambassador's Programme is really good for the students, which is why I've requested for it to be open starting from your batches and not the following one, even though we are on a very tight schedule. I hope to have your assistance in making sure everyone in your batch knows about the Student Ambassadors Programme, please tell me any suggestions you have to publicise the programme other than through the batch blog. Thanks!

Regards,
Jodie
VP (Medicine)

--
Student Representative Council
International Medical University

Info Day job for students

Dear Batchreps,

First of all I'd like to remind everyone to keep the Student Lounge clean. We have found various stains and equipment has been broken. Please let your batchmates know that if any equipment is broken they should inform the SRC immediately otherwise it is hard for us to get it fixed.

We are looking for 50 volunteers for Info Day, which is on 14th June. The pay will be RM 15 for half a day and RM 30 for full day. Please ask your batchmates to sign up with you or email us at imusrc@gmail.com with the heading "Info Day". It will be a "first come first serve" thing.

Also, the SRC has taken the initiative to sort out all the noticeboards according to the type of notices that will go on them. So please inform those who have put up notices please check out the Social Concerns Representatives page and see where to move your notices to.

Yours sincerely,
Zia Shah
President SRC 09/10
--
Student Representative Council
International Medical University

Convocation

Dear All,

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.

Announcements from SRC 6th May 09

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.
- Paper will be provided.
- Printing price shall remain at 10 sen per page for black and white printing.
- 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.
- Students are required to scan their thumbdrives before and after using the computers in the library and E-Labs.
- One E-Lab is ‘swept’ per month.
- Phone lines will be installed in the E-Labs for students to report problems in computers to the IT department immediately.
- Computers in the lecture halls and MPH will be replaced in June.

Student Lounge
- Damages to equipment/facilities in student lounge must be reported immediately to ensure that it is fixed promptly.
- 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.
- Students are only allowed to eat and drink in the Executive Lounge in the SRC room and the cafeteria.
- There aren’t any water coolers in the lounge or anywhere nearby. However, Jumbo provides free water in the cafeteria.
- 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
- 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.
- The visitor’s name, IC number and handphone number must be submitted to the SRC.
- 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.
- 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.
- Another food provider will be brought in soon to ensure a variety of food.

Physio Past Year Discussed Answers 2006

PS: All these answers r not from the marking scheme. These were discussed only.
Drop a comment if u have a different answer.

1D
2B
3C
4E
5A
6B
7C
8A
9D
10E
11D
12E
13C
14B
15A
16C... A
17E
18C
19B
20D
21D
22D.... B
23C
24C.... E
25A
26D..... E
27C
28A
29B
30D
31A
32E
33C
34B
35D
36C..... B
37E
38E
39B
40A
41B
42D
43D... A
44D.... B
45D..... B
46A
47E
48C
49C
50........E
51E
52E
53A
54B
55E..... C
56B
57A
58D..... E

Physi past year 2007

A
D.... C
B
E.... D
C.... E
A
B
C
D
E
A
E
C
B
D
E
C
D
A
C
D
A
E
B
E
D
A
B
D
C
D
B
E
A
C
A
B
C
D
40. C
B
C
B
D
45. D.... C
B
A..... B
C
E
50. C
D
E
A
A
D
A
57. C..... B
58. D

Announcements from SRC (4th May 09)

Dear All,

1. Thanks and Blog

First and most importantly I would like to thank all the batchreps who have been working so hard with the previous council and hope that it continues with our council, SRC 09/10.

I would like to inform you all of the SRC Blog, which has been put up and is now in full use so please do encourage all your batchmates to visit the site! It will be the best place to get to know what the SRC is working on and on finding out the happenings of IMU!

So please do promote http://imusrc.blogspot.com!

How the blog works is that main announcements will go on the main page, with specific announcements going on the the respective council members page.

Also, please inform your batchmates that if they are having trouble accessing the student lounge with their Student ID, please go to Administration on the 2nd floor.

2. Sri Emas

We are pleased to say that Sri Emas has commenced operation as the 2nd Operator since Monday, May 4th. They will focus on Chicken rice and noodles with drinks.

Here are the prices they have sent me:

RESTORAN SRI EMAS

OUR NOODLES SPECIALS

FISHBALL NOODLE SOUP RM4.00

PENANG CURRY NOODLE RM4.00

WAN TAN MEE RM4.00

PRAWN NOODLE RM4.00

MEE JAWA RM4.00

ASSAM LAKSA RM4.00

THAI LAKSA RM4.00

CLAYPOT NOODLE RM4.00

TOM YAM NOODLE RM4.00

CLAYPOT LOH SHIH FUN RM4.00

Fried Noodles

Penang Fried Kuey Teow RM4.00

Cantonese Style Fried RM4.00

Hokkien Style Fried RM4.00

Man Yee Mee RM4.00

Fried Loh Shih Fun RM4.00

Singapore Fried Bihun RM4.00

Claypot Loh Shih Fun RM4.00

PASTA

ALL TYPES PASTA (Bolognese & Carbonara) RM4.00

CHICKEN RICE

CHICKEN RICE RM4.00
CHICKEN RICE (DRUMSTICK) RM4.50

3. Swine Flu and Hand Hygiene

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
Dr. Ranjit

Note: I have attached the poster.

4. Messages from Pei Jin, the PR Liaison

Commonwealth Short Story Competition 2009

This competition is an annual scheme to support new creative writing and promote a wider range of Commonwealth voices. It is open to anyone who is a citizen of a Commonwealth country. Stories should be original, unpublished, written in English and no more than 600 words long. Entry is free. The first prize is 2,000 pounds. The closing date is 11 May 2009.

Full information on this competition can be found at :
www.commonwealthfoundation.com/culturediversity/shortstory/
or e-mail e.dcosta@commonwealth.int


Matsumae International Foundation Fellowship Programme 2010

The Matsumae International Foundation (MIF) would like to invite interested applicants to apply for the Matsumae International Foundation Fellowship Grant 2010. This grant is open to PhD holders or other equivalent qualifications acknowledged by MIF. Applicants should be 41 years of age or less. Priority is given to studies related to natural sciences, engineering and medicine. The deadline for submission is 31 August 2009.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.matsumae-if.org/ or http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~mif/

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All this can also be found on our blog at http://imusrc.blogspot.com!

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