Free Paper and Buddy System

(1) Free paper for this semester is available. Can collect them from SRC room in student lounge.


(2) Today (1st of April ) is the buddy-meeting-juniors. 12.45 at MPH.

Changes of venue for Lecture - Acute Kidney Injury & Chronical Kidney Disease

Dear students,

Due to Auditorium 1 & 2 will be used for Graduation Day; please take note that the above mentioned Renal System Lecture will be held as below;

Lecture : Acute Kidney Injury

Date : 27 May 2011 [Friday]

Time : 04.00pm – 05.00pm

Venue : LT2 (3.04)

Lecture : Chronical Kidney Disease

Date : 27 May 2011 [Friday]

Time : 05.30pm – 06.30pm

Venue : LT2 (3.04)

Attendance is COMPULSORY.

Studying Medicine in the USA - Alumni Talk by Yinn Cher

Dear all,

There's an upcoming alumni talk on studying abroad in the states by Yinn Cher. Yinn Cher is one of our IMU M206 batch alumni, who's currently a 4th year medical student in Jefferson Medical College, USA and UCLA neurosurgery resident this coming June 2011.

Date : 8th April 2011

Time : 12:45-1:30pm

Venue : Room 3.06 (Outside Library)

His talk should briefly cover:

1) what the states/Jefferson has to offer their students and graduates (also post grad opportunities, i.e. residency)
2) what to expect as a medical student in the states/Jefferson. (The American medical student's life)
3) how to do well as a student there/common pittfalls of students who don't do as well.
4) how to prepare for the boards/USMLE (If time permits)

Who should attend:
1) Anyone potentially interested in matching to Jefferson Medical College after IMU
2) Anyone potentially interested in matching to the States for residency after medical college.

- further details, please do checkout http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=212996155380864

Selective Courses

The Selective Courses – Option paper for ME209 copies will be given after today's lecture (March 30).

Please be informed to return this form (only the Preference Sheet – page 1) to AAD by 15 April 2011.

Also please note that the allotment is done on a first come first serve basis. If you fail to do so, you will be allotted a selective option that has not been chosen by other students. There will be strictly no changes or swapping allowed after the dateline ends.

2nd Health Awareness Day (9 Apr 2011)

IMU will be organizing the second health awareness day on:

Date: Saturday, 9^th April 2011

Time: 9 to 12 noon

Venue: Atrium, IMU Bukit Jalil

The following activities has been lined up for public, staff & students of IMU:

1. Free dental check-up

2. BMI

3. Blood Pressure

4. Blood sugar

5. Body Fat measurement, Nutrition & diet counseling

6. Back, neck & posture evaluation

7. Chinese medicine consultation

8. Public talks

9. Poster’s display

Please come and support us!

5 Colours a Day Cooking Competition

Are you the hidden chef among IMU-ians? Take this opportunity to show off your cooking skills and demonstrate us how you can cook healthily using your creativity. Come to face the challenge and win away the mystery gift!!

For more information, please check on the attached documents. Thank you.

Wish you have a nice '5 colours' day!

Class brought forward.

Dr. Arun Kumar's class brought forward to 4pm. Help spread. Sorry for the late notice.

New IMU email system

Dear All,

We have created new email address for new email system.

Kindly refer to step below for access to email system:-

1. https://www.outlook.com

2. Enter username: (full email address)

3. Password: (default password is “password”)

4. Open remote access

PS: for more information user guide, Please refer to attachment “IMU Group IT - Outlook.ppt which is uploaded here: http://www.mediafire.com/?9r1abuph9okrx32

List of all our new e-mail addresses will be shown in lecture tomorrow!

Van Schedule for Clinic Visit

I have posted the van schedule for clinic visit in the I drive for your perusal as below;

I:\TIMETABLE & NOTICES\MEDICAL SCIENCES\SEMESTER 4\M209\Van schedule for students-repro sys (am session)

Please note that clinic visit for Reproductive System will be start tomorrow 29^th March 2011. Please refer your timetable for the respective clinic and grouping (refer PBL group numbering).

Thank you.

Regards,

Ms Fiza

GP Posting Briefing

Hey everyone,

Just a reminder regarding briefing for GP Posting.

Date: Tomorrow (Monday 28th March, 2011)

Time: 11:00 - 13:00

Venue: 3.04

IMU's Got Talent

There will be a booth open in front of library for voting and there will also be ticket sales for the final performance for IMU's got Talent so do vote and show your support to your fellow friends. Only the top 5 will make it through the next round.

Final round of IMU's got talent will be held in LT2 on 30th of March. Get your tickets now!!

NOTICE TO STUDENTS: Deans Meet Students Session on 22 March 2011

N O T I C E

TO : ALL MEDICAL & DENTAL STUDENTS

DATE : 7 March 2011

SUBJECT : MEETING WITH ACADEMIC COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM PARTNER SCHOOLS

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The Twenty-first Meeting of the Academic Council will be held on 20-22 March 2011. In conjunction with the meeting, a special session has been scheduled for students to meet with individual members of the Academic Council from partner medical & dental schools.

DATE: Tuesday, 22 March 2011

TIME 12.45 noon – 1.00 pm Presentation by Partner Medical Schools

VENUE Auditorium A & B, 4.06.01 & 02 (4thFloor)

*12.45 noon – 1.00 pm Presentation by Australasia

*1.00 – 1.15 pm Presentation by N. America

*1.15 – 1.30 pm Presentation by UK/Ireland

TIME 12.45 noon –1.30 pm Presentation by Partner Dental Schools

VENUE Lecture Theatre 3, 4.02 (4th Floor)

(Note: 5 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A)

TIME 1.30 pm – 3.00 pm Students Meet Individual Deans (Medical & Dental)

VENUE Multi –Purpose Hall 1-6, 2.07 (2rd Floor)

The list of questions compiled by students has already been forwarded to the partner schools and in the general briefing responses to those questions will be covered. This is meant to avoid repetition of questions when the students meet the members later individually. Therefore, students are strongly recommended to attend the general briefing.

The Student Affairs and batch representatives are requested to assist in ensuring the smooth conduct of the session.

Thank you.

Professor Victor Lim

Executive Dean

Faculty of Medicine and Health

Post OSCE Debriefing

Dear all,

As a gentle reminder, you will be going to have Post OSCE debriefing session for Sem 4 students. Please note that all students are required to attend this session. The details are as follows:

Date : 18th March 2011, Friday

Time : 10.30 -12.30 PM

Venue : Skills Centre Briefing Room 2 and 3

Please note that this session is very much recommended since it will help you gain all the information regarding OSCE. If you had any doubt about OSCE, the people involved will be there to assist you during the session.

Thank you.

Regards,

Ms Fiza

Change of lecture time

There will be no Q&A session at 4pm tommorow.


Dr. JP's lecture on 'Structure on Endocrine Pancreas' will be moved to 4pm. LT1. Spread the news.



Regards,
Esteban

Dr. Annie Tay's lecture 14/3

Her lecture today can be downloaded here if necessary.
https://files.me.com/ting.nsh/y9bd71

Yoga

Yoga club is offering a free yoga try out session for the staff and students in IMU. Please do join us and invite your friends along!

A Scent of Morning Breeze
Date: 18th March 2011(FRI)
Time: 7.30am-8.30am
Venue: Green Court
Remarks: Bring ur own mat. If it rains, it will be postponed.

ME2/09 Endocrine Online Course Evaluation

Dear students,

CtME is scheduling ME2/09 Semester 4 Endocrine online course evaluation on next Monday, 14 March 2011. Please be reminded on the following:

Endocrine Online Course and Lecturer Evaluation

Date: 14 March 2011 (Monday)

Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm

Venue: E-Lab 3

Please take note the attendance will be taken. CtME would really appreciate your participation of this exercise and your co-operation is highly appreciated for curriculum development.

Regards

Rohayati Raben

CtME

Renal TT Wk 14 - Skills Centre group [Q3-V9]

Due to Medical sem 5 will having EOS OSCE on 1st June and 2nd June 2011, our renal class TT (which involving ‘Q3-V9’ student, Skills Centre 4 session) on 1st June 2011 [10.30am-12.30pm] has been moved to 31st May 2011 (Tuesday) [8.00-10.00] in the morning, before Skills Centre 3 session.

Blood Donation and Organ Pledge Drive

Biannual Blood Donation and Organ Pledge Drive organised by IMU Buddhist Society is back! It's now open to PUBLIC.

Details of the event are as follow:
Date: 10th - 12th March 2011 (Thursday - Saturday) 
Time: 10am - 4pm
Venue: IMU Driveway

Why give blood? 
- Save LIVES
- Remove excess iron in your body which can cause free radical formation
- Stimulate bone marrow to produce new Red Blood Cell
- Joy of giving to others in need

Can you donate?
- You are not sick and healthy on the day you wish to donate blood.
- you are 18-65 years old.
- your weight is above 45KG
- slept more than 5 hours the day before donating blood.
- Have eaten something in the past 4 hours before the blood donation.
- At least 3 months after your last blood donation.
- Do not have any medical problems and not on any medications.
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding (for women)
- Do not take part in high-risk behaviors (multiple sexual partners)
- Do not have tattoos, ear/body piercing or acupuncture within 12 months

Priceless Gift of Life -- Pledge your organs today!
"It is not easy to decide whether or not to donate the organ of your loved ones. Even the medical practitioners understand the difficulty. So why don’t you pledge as a donor now. Free your loved ones from making the decision for you after your death. Your organ may help change the lives of others who are suffering from organ failure or dysfunctional tissues. Give them the priceless gift of life!" -- National Transplant Resource Centre.
To know more, please visit http://www.agiftoflife.gov.my/eng/index.html


"Accidents and medical emergencies don’t take holidays — we need blood every minute, every day of the year. ACT TODAY! "

Go Green Campaign

In conjuction with the Go Green Campaign, students are encourged to bring their own containers and stop using using plastic bags and polysterene boxes.

Thus, any use of plastic bags and polysterene boxes will be charged an EXTRA 30 cents.

However, if they do not use any of it, they will be entitled to a stamp, collect 3 stamps and get one lucky draw entry.

Final lucky draw date on 18th March 2011. 11am -12pm.

Regards,

YehFong

--
Student Representative Council
International Medical University
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International Students' Dinner

Dear batchmates,

All international students are invited to the International Students' Society's Dinner on the following date:
Date: 12th March 2011
Time: 1-3pm
Venue: LT2

Cheers!

CHANGE IN TIMETABLE (HORMONES AND BEHAVIOUR BY ZB)

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the late announcement (just received it) but the lecture tomorrow on Hormones and Behaviours has been rescheduled to March 18. The details will be as follows:

Lecture: Hormones and Behaviour

Date : 18 March 2011 (Friday)

Venue : LR 3.04

Time : 5.30pm – 6.30pm

Post OSCE Debriefing

Date : 18th March 2011, Friday

Time : 10.30 -12.30 PM

Venue : Skills Centre Briefing Room 2 and 3


I believe this is a good opportunity for us to learn. Please attend it. 

ME2/09 Semester 3 IMU-REEM Online Evaluation

Dear ME2/09 Students

Please be informed that, CtME will continue to conduct the IMU-REEM evaluation for last semester 3 in this week (1 March 2011 – 7 March 2011).

Your response is very important, please go to this URL (where you can access from home) and to take necessary action. We need your co-operation to do this exercise for curriculum development.

URL Survey : http://its.imu.edu.my/imusurvey

Your co-operation is highly appreciated.

Regards

Rohayati Raben

CtME Office