Thursday, December 31, 2009

Open Day 2010

I apologize for the recent delay of post of updates.
I have not been able to come online for a few days now,
here are the latest updates! :-)

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1) Open Day 2010 - Part Time Job
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Dear all,

As you may already know, our next Open Day is on Sunday, 17 Jan 2010 from 10.00 am - 4.00 pm.

We would need your assistance during the Open Day to provide us with:
a) Two students who will be making announcements throughout the day
b) Students to bring the visitors around on the campus tour

We still require more students to sign up. The deadline is 1st of January. Please email us at imusrc@gmail.com with the following details:
  1. Programme
  2. Name as per IC/Passport
  3. Batch
  4. IC/Passport No
  5. Student ID
  6. Contact No
  7. Food Preference (Vege/Non-Vege)
  8. Full Day/Half Day
Warmest regards,
Zia Shah

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Student Representative Council
International Medical University

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2) USMLE Research/Survey for Malaysian Candidates
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Dear all,
This is Dr Yee (M2/98 batch).

I represent the education group from UK doing the research for USMLE candidates in Malaysia.

I understand from Cathy that you and a group of friends are interested in taking part.

Let me first thank you for your enthusiasm.

May I know how many of you are planning to participate?

We are organizing the group to be held on 15 January 2009, 16 January 2009 at IMU Bukit Jalil campus so that it will be convenient for you guys. 17 January is the IMU Open Day, so I think that would be out of question.

I am really hoping you can spread the news far/wide and tell your colleagues that we are doing this. Participants will be guaranteed renumeration of RM100 per person. So, I think why not come and share your thoughts on how you prepare for USMLE and the hurdles you face as you earn some handsome cash.

We are short on participants now. But I know there are many prospective USMLE candidates at IMU. It's possible that the news has not reached them yet.

We would be grateful if you could circulate this event around IMU so that my UK friends will benefit to the fullest from this endeavour.

Thank you very much!


YEE SZEMEN, MBBS MRCP
http:www.nocturnale.com
amanuensis@nocturnale.com


Thanks Guys!
Have a great remaining 4 days of hols.
See you back in Sem 3. : )

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Jaypee E-Books Free Trial

Dear all,

Attached herewith are the e-brochures of Jaypee's E-Books of which a free trial access period has been given to IMU until the 31st of December 2009. Check it out at www.jaypeedigital.com. No login or password needed. The download link to the brochure is http://www.sendspace.com/file/qoymqk
For this trial, the publishers have disabled the copy and download facilities.
WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS PRODUCT! :)

If you like (or dislike!) the e-books, do let us know what you think by emailing us at imusrc@gmail.com!


Regards,
Nirmal Randhawa

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

MMS Closed

Due to end of semester 3 OSPE and semester 2 resit OSPE, the museum is
closed on the following dates:

26th Dec 09, Saturday -12.30pm onwards
28th Dec 09, Monday - whole day
29th Dec 09, Tuesday – whole day
30th Dec 09, Wednesday – until 2.00pm

The museum will be open as usual on other days until further notice.


thank you
Maria
Medical Museum




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Student Representative Council
International Medical University

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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Council on Holiday (1 Week)

Dear all,

The whole council is on holiday from the 21st of December to the 25th of December.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Happy holidays!

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah


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Student Representative Council
International Medical University
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Updates

1) Meeting Rooms Notice

Dear All,

Some students had the habit of leaving their books, bags and even laptops (which, please remember is not good as it is a bad idea to leave such valuables unattended) in the room to book it and depriving others from using them. Please remember that these rooms are used by other students and staff to have meetings, discussions and PBLs so please be considerate to others. Unfortunately, if students continue to book rooms in such a way and prevent others from using them, administration is looking to only allow students the utilization of the room for personal studying after 5.30 PM as it is proving to be an inconvenience to everyone - other students and the staff. We would rather this not to be implemented so please be considerate to your fellow students and the staff of IMU.From now on, if books or bags are left unattended and the room is in need these items will be removed.

Also please remember not to write notes on the frosted glass walls of the meeting rooms as they cannot be cleaned, and always remember to clean the white boards and the glass after using them.

An incident occurred in which some students had written some silly remarks to the people passing by. Mr Amir of Facilities and Management had to sternly advice those students. We would like to advise our fellow students to not do such things.


Warmest regards,
Zia Shah

2) De Brio

Ms. Wai Ling of Facilities and Management met with the operators and discussed and agreed to execute the following by Wed, 16th December:

At LGF - he is open to selling pau, corn in cup.

Library - change variety of bread/buns sold. He confirmed that there is no charge for ice only, however if students request for the ice in a paper cup, then a charge of 20 cents applies.

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
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International Medical University
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3) How to Get Into Contact With SRC Members

Of course students are more than welcome to approach council members at all times in person with any concerns they have, but we would like to inform the students of alternative ways. All this will be permanently on the Contact Us page in the SRC blog.

Especially the feedback board in the atrium, as we check it often and we have as of yet never received feedback on it. We assume it is because not many students are aware of this.

Recently we have received a lot of feedback from students and we are very grateful for this. I would like to encourage students to always give us feedback, both positive and negative, and to keep us constantly updated about their concerns.

We are located inside the student lounge, at LG. Our working hours are from 9AM - 6PM on weekdays.
We have an SRC Board in the Atrium which keeps you updated about SRC. It also has a Student Directory and personal contact details for each SRC member.

There is also a feedback board next to the SRC Board for any and all feedback on IMU. SRC does check this board often.


Around IMU there are many phones placed (as shown below). They are all around campus, even in the MPH, PBL area and in the lecture theaters. You can reach SRC by dialling 6601.
Other ways to contact us are:

1.Email - imusrc@gmail.com
2.Leave a comment on our posts on our blog.

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah

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Student Representative Council
International Medical University
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4) Green Lung

Dear all,

I'm a student from USM. For your acknowledgment, Green Lung, is a voluntary organization in USM which supports a tobacco-free environment. Green Lung will organize a Green Lung Carnival 2010 in the month of February next year. With this, competitions will be held prior to the carnival.


The three different competitions are:

1.Video making
2.Poster designing
3.Song Composing

All entries must be original work in either English or Bahasa Malaysia.


Attached with this email are the poster, rules and regulations and the permission letter for the competitions.


If you have any inquiries please contact me. You can also visit our blog for more information.


We appreciate for your cooperation and thank you for your support.

Regards,
Ms. Lee
017-4052287


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International Medical University
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5) Doctors of Tomorrow Forum Summary

To: "M108 Jade" , "M108 Kor Woi" , "M109 Diana Chelsea Noinlin" , "M109 Eldwin Ooi" , "M208 Erin Woon Suk Synn" , "M208 Low Jun How" , "ME108 & DT108 Batch Reps" , "M209 Brenida Lau" , "M209 Elden Rumba Pan" , "SRC Seremban" ... moreDear all,

Here is a very brief summary of what was discussed during the Doctors of Tomorrow Forum as requested by students. We are trying to get the video uploaded on the I Drive and on CDs for students who were unable to go to view it.

It was really quite an enlightening forum. Each speaker was given 5 minutes to speak and below are my personal notes from the forum.


From Prof Victor Lim: Just a note of caution. Many are expressing their own personal views so don't take everything as the gospel truth. The important thing is to reflect on what has been said and to focus on how to become a good health care professional of tomorrow. Do not be too concerned about the statistics quoted. A good doctor will always be in demand globally.


Speaker: Ms. Ranjit Kaur a/p Pritam Singh, Patients' Representative

•Enabling environment
•When with the doctor the patient should be able to speak openly and feel safe to express feelings and ask any questions without being made feel stupid.
•Patients should not be judged by doctors nor should the doctor ever say "Am I the doctor or you?"
•Communication skills are important:
•Body language
•give support
•speaking abilities

•Breaking bad news
•Most doctors need immense training in this
•They need to be able to give the patient proper information and support
•Enable patient to have a voice
•Give the patients choices

•Doctors shouldn't be afraid to say "I'm not too sure about this, let me refer you to..."

•Conspiracy of silence
•Doctors should not keep a patients condition from the patient just because the family member requested for it.
•Doctors should realize that when this is requested for, the family member is in need of counseling and support as well.

•Doctors communication
•Doctors should have better communication with other doctors, especially in front of patients.

Speaker: Dr. Milton Lum Siew Wah, Malaysian Medical Council Representative

•Training of Doctors
•Current criteria for entry (academics and extracurricular activities) is very important but not enough. IMU also needs to do more than just interview to select students.
•Improving quality of staff is vital in any university.
•For housemen there should be objective assessment.

•What has gone wrong with the medical profession?
•Doctors are perceived (and often act) arrogant.

•Professionalism + good practitioner + life long learner = Doctor
•Professionalism is a set of values, behaviour and relationship.

Speaker: Dato' Dr. Ronald Stephen McCoy, Malaysian Medical Association

•Professionalism + Medical Ethics
•Western Medicine has two types of education:
•Overt -> the factual education.
•Covert -> education from the high expectation from society.

•"Medication is a vocation distinguished by altruism and social responsibility."
•Challenges
•Educational challenges that begin from secondary school itself (government schools).
•Ensuring a culture of excellence (high standards).

•"Apart from knowledge, professionalism, ethics and compassion transforms a doctor into a healer."
•Qualities of a Doctor
•Capable of taking ultimate responsibility
•Non-judgemental
•Empathy
•Integrity

•Advocacy
•Doctors often forget that there are other causes of death apart from disease and illness.
•For eg. war casualties often ignored by medical profession.

•Within our vocation to voice out against it.

Speaker: Dr. Ian Ong Chye Heng, Academy of Family Physician, Malaysia

•Community medicine
•Community family care is what most doctors will end up practicing.

•Attributes of a good doctor
•Attitude
•towards what your patient wants is very important
•Sometimes patients wish to be well but take very little action, therefore we have to convince them

•Dynamic Intelligence
•We have to be highly adaptable

•Application and analysis
•Apply knowledge
•Analyse information presented

•both to be done at patients level

•Atmosphere
•of learning environment
•Chronic illness is extremely prevalent regardless of specialisation
•students need to know it well and keep themselves constantly updated

•Foundation
•A good foundation is required for doctors to know how proceed when presented with rare/unknown/unfamiliar conditions

•Skills
•Good examination skills are of extreme importance
•Foundation skills allow doctors to process the knowledge

•Practice management

Speaker: Prof Dato' Dr. Khalid Kadir, Past Master of Academy of Medicine, Malaysia

•Future
•Produce doctors of high standards so that patients will develop high confidence in them.

•Patients
•are receiving treatment from the entire health care system, not doctors alone.
•cater to patients need to know what doctors know.

•Teaching
•adapt teaching to the new technology without letting go of soft and important skills like proper Physical Examination.
•remove redundant skills which are known to be not so efficient.

•Evidence Based Medicine
•is a must
•teaches how to assess knowledge and how what is learned is applicable
•Monash has one whole semester on it

•Teachers
•have teachers who are trained to teach undergraduates - not postgraduates (as is often the case)
•These teachers should have experience in private practices as well
•best to have teachers who are still practicing

Speaker: Dr. Ng Char Hong, IMU Alumni Representative

•System-based teaching in IMU
•is good because anatomy, physiology and biotechnology can be applied to appropriate illnesses and diseases

•Concrete foundation is needed

•Aberdeen (where the speaker transferred to for PMS)
•Sessions with patient interaction are videotaped and then evaluated as a group

•In Phase 4
• there are no exams apart from OSCE
•Students are solely attached to wards
•Therefore when students graduate they have good communication skills

•Soft Skills
•Knowledge can be built on bu soft skills need to be acquired primarily
Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
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Student Representative Council
International Medical University
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6) Lecturers Evaluation

Hi there,


We would like to know your views on all medical lecturers. We would really appreciate it if you could spend some time completing this form so that we can improve the quality of lectures. Thank you for your time! :)

Click Here to take survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MNL3FFQ


Warmest regards,
Jodie

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Student Representative Council
International Medical University
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7) USMLE Marketing Research Project

Dear all,

A major provider of medical education products is currently recruiting for a market research project on exam revision for MRCP and USMLE exams.

The groups will take place in Penang and Kuala Lumpur between 15th and 17th January 2010 and last 1.5- 2 hours. Attendees will be paid 100 MYR for their time, and refreshments will be provided.

We would like to hear from doctors or medical students who have either:

•Recently revised for and/or attempted any part of the MRCP (UK) OR
•Recently revised for and/or attempted any part of the USMLE
If you fit the above criteria please email with the following information:

•Your name and contact number
•Which exam(s) you have already taken and which you are currently preparing for
•Whether you would prefer to attend a group in Penang or Kuala Lumpur
•Your availability between 15th and 17th January 2010

Please send an email to med.exams@googlemail.com and quote Medical Exam Revision – USMLE/MRCP. You will be contacted by a member of the market research team in due course to confirm whether your application has been successful.

Places are limited, so please do not delay in making contact if you are interested.

Many thanks

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah

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Student Representative Council
International Medical University
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8) Canteen Meeting Summary

Dear all,

Here is the summary of the recent canteen committee meeting (Tuesday, 8th of December). We are often very demanding of the operators and are always open to them on the feedback we receive from students, and they are always receptive of what we have to tell them.

Having said that, they too have requests for students, which is really only reminders of things that have been said before.

As always, you can find this at the Treasurers blog page, along with summaries of the previous canteen meetings.


What is required from students

•Please do not use the cafeterias utensils when having outside food as it is an unfair cost to them.

•There are areas allocated for students to eat outside food. Please do not consume outside food in the cafe as that area is managed by the cafe operators who are renting the premise (meaning that it is paid for by them).

•Please help to clear up the tables when you finished your meal. Jumbo has placed collection bins/trolley for used crockery/cultery in strategic location around the cafe. This is to help improve the speed of the queue by lessening the manpower needed for cleaning.


Jumbo

•They are recalibrating the cashier box to make it more efficient and precise. They have also replaced the cashier due to complaints from students.

•They are going to sort out the pricing of the different bain marie's so that students are aware which one is the one that is priced at RM 3.80 for 2 vege + 1 meat, and the prices of the other one.
•To shorten queues they will implement a number system where students can immediately order and pay.
•Price list will be sent to SRC to put on display for all students on the SRC blog.
•If students want to request a special menu they can do so through SRC who will then pass it to Jumbo to see if it is feasible.
•Every 2 months they will change the chef to bring a different taste so that it will not always seem the same.
•They will work on staff attitude towards students.
•SRC will promote any specials they are having to students through the SRC blog and email.
•The cafe will now close at 6pm.
•Staff were reminded to wear masks, hair nets and gloves at all times.
•They now have a tea time selection which is
•Curry Puff - RM 0.50
•Spring Roll - RM 0.50
•Kuih (5 different flavors) -RM 0.60 each
•Sandwich (egg mayo/tuna) - RM 2
•Sausage roll - RM 1.50

Sri Emas

•It was suggested that they review pricing for the chicken rice and to introduce a cheaper alternative available. They have agreed to provide an option of plain rice to oil rice.
•Pure Chinese-styled vegetarian meals to be introduced starting January. (even the pots they'll be cooked in will be different).

•Will propose tea sets to the team for eg.

•Goreng pisang with tea

•Hot deserts

De Brio
Not present.


Warmest regards,
Zia Shah

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Student Representative Council
International Medical University
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9) SRC Evaluation Form Results

Dear all,

Here are the results of the SRC Evaluation Form. We will be discussing the comments we received as a council and will get back to the students on that as soon as possible.

First and foremost, we would like to thank everyone who took part in the survey. We are very thankful for all the feedback we received.

IMPORTANT: There is something I would like to request though - some of the cases were said to be unresolved - as a council we would like to know what it was, especially me, so that I can find out why it was not resolved. Other than that I would like to remind all students that they should always feel free to approach any council member, me included, anytime if they have any problems - even if they consider the problem to be small (such as the water coolers not working) and regardless of batch. We are intent on helping all students when we can.

SRC isn't your last resort, it is your first. So please do come and approach us anytime.

Without further ado, the results of the survey.

Do you think that the SRC is necessary or relevant to you?
Yes
102 95%
Other
5 5%


Are you aware of what the council has been doing for you as students?
Yes
88 82%
No
19 18%


Are you aware that SRC has a blog which we update regularly?
Yes I check it often
20 19%
Yes but I only read it sometimes
42 39%
Yes but I don't read it
29 27%
No I wasn't aware of it
16 15%



Do you ever approach the council regarding any issue/problem/etc?
All the time
25 23%
Sometimes
36 34%
Rarely
24 22%
Never
22 21%


If you have approached the council regarding any issue/problem/etc was the issue resolved/unresolved?
Resolved
70 80%
Unresolved
18 20%


Overall, how would you rate SRC 09/10 as a council?
Excellent
37 35%
Good
47 44%
Satisfactory
16 15%
Poor
7 7%


How would you rate Zia Shah as a President?
Excellent
42 39%
Good
46 43%
Satisfactory
14 13%
Poor
5 5%


How would you rate Nirmal Randhawa as a Secretary?
Excellent
26 24%
Good
61 57%
Satisfactory
18 17%
Poor
2 2%


How would you rate Ickes Angelo as a Treasurer?
Excellent
31 29%
Good
49 46%
Satisfactory
23 21%
Poor
4 4%


How would you rate Jodie Lee as Vice President of Medicine?
Excellent
11 15%
Good
29 40%
Satisfactory
18 25%
Poor
15 21%


How would you rate Wong Jin Lin as Vice President of Dentistry?
Excellent
17 34%
Good
22 44%
Satisfactory
10 20%
Poor
1 2%


How would you rate Hiew Wee Kiat as Vice President of Pharmacy?
Excellent
6 14%
Good
23 52%
Satisfactory
12 27%
Poor
3 7%


How would you rate Sathiyan as Vice President of Health Sciences?
Excellent
8 18%
Good
20 45%
Satisfactory
10 23%
Poor
6 14%


How would you rate Iris Goh as Vice President of Medical Sciences?
Excellent
5 14%
Good
15 41%
Satisfactory
10 27%
Poor
7 19%


How would you rate Pei Jin as Public Relations Liaison?
Excellent
42 39%
Good
46 43%
Satisfactory
15 14%
Poor
4 4%


How would you rate Alicia Wong as IT Liaison?
Excellent
15 14%
Good
36 34%
Satisfactory
40 37%
Poor
16 15%


How would you rate Ashvini Supramaniam as Social Concerns Representative?
Excellent
20 19%
Good
49 46%
Satisfactory
31 29%
Poor
7 7%

How would you rate Natasha Tan as Cultural & Religious Representative?
Excellent
21 20%
Good
50 47%
Satisfactory
29 27%
Poor
7 7%

How would you rate Mira Swaminathan as Sports Representative?
Excellent
23 21%
Good
53 50%
Satisfactory
26 24%
Poor
5 5%


Warmest regards,
Zia Shah


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Student Representative Council
International Medical University
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10) MISC

Here are a few quick announcements!

1.New printers have arrived! You can collect your personal pin number for the printer from MPH 6 or you can ask the IT Department where to collect it from. These printers are outsourced (to outsource means to obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out.) and because it is a MYR 2 million ringgit project meant for both BJ and Seremban it had taken a while to get everything settled. I will be emailing soon about what students can get from the printers and the official pricing of printing.

2.There are now two more PCs in the Student Lounge for students to use. Just a reminder: please switch off the PC once you are done and no one else is using it. Please make sure that even the switches are off because otherwise they are left on overnight and it is a waste of electricity.

3.We are working on fixing the gym equipment with the assistance of the Gym Club and SSD. We hope students can be slightly patient with us on this as we need to evaluate which equipment is not working and then get it fixed.
4.The Welfare meeting is on the 15th of December (next Tuesday). If you have any concerns about facilities or student welfare you would like to voice out feel free to let us know. You can contact me or Nirmal or email imusrc@gmail.com. Here are the issues we are bringing up:
1.Soundproofing the music room
2.Hill-top carpark
3.Lockers to place valuables in for MDLs
4.Extending student lounge hours
5.Printers
6.More places to eat around IMU
7.Problems with teaching venues

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
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Student Representative Council
International Medical University
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Friday, December 4, 2009

Updates

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*DOCTORS OF TOMORROW PARTICIPANTS
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Dear all,

As you are all aware by now, the Doctors of Tomorrow Forum will take place on Saturday, 5th of December at 9 AM in Auditorium B.

We have been informed that more student participants are required as this forum will discuss changes in the curriculum, and for this student feedback is required. As students we are the ones who are best aware of what changes to the curriculum would benefit us and which would actually be more disadvantageous to us.

From the medical batches, I need 3 or more participants from each semester (it is compulsory).

And from the non-medical batches, any number of participants is appreciated.

I would like the names by Wednesday 2nd of December.

Thank you.

Warmest regards,
Zia Shah

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Student Representative Council
International Medical University

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*LIBRARY SURVEY
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A short survey regarding our library (including opening hours on Sundays) has been created. The link is :

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDZUZ3otX3p6U3VEcXlxOE05dzFRY1E6MA


Just copy and paste the link to go.. I'd appreciate it very much if you could post it up on your respective batch blogs. The survey will be open till the 11th of Dec (Friday). Thanks so much! :)

Regards,
Nirmal
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OPEN DAY 2010
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Dear all,

SSD needs 150 students for the Open Day on 17 Jan 09 from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm. The students will be paid RM15 per person if they worked half day. And if it's a full day, they will be paid RM30 per person. Meals will be included.

Also 2 students are needed (1 male & 1 female) to be deejays for the IMU open day on 17 Jan 2010. These students must speak well and lively. They are to make announcements on that day on & off. These students may also help out SRC when there are not making announcements. They should be in IMU from 9.45am - 4pm. They too will get paid RM 30.

Please get back to me by 11th of December with:
  1. Programme
  2. Name as per IC/Passport
  3. Batch
  4. IC/Passport No
  5. Student ID
  6. Contact No
  7. Food Preference (Vege/Non-Vege)
  8. Full Day/Half Day
Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
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Student Representative Council
International Medical University

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CANTEEN COMMITTEE
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Dear all,

As some students have requested to know more on what SRC are doing for the students we will be emailing you the summary of the meetings we attend. Alternatively, all these and more (for example, the previous minutes) can be found at http://imusrc.blogspot.com as well.

Meeting discussing results from Canteen Satisfaction Survey

De Brio 3rd floor
got the best reviews from canteen satisfaction survey. We will investigate the claims that the auntie is rude and will ask for more variety in the food selection.

De Brio LG We will request for more variety in the food selection.

Sri Emas The pricing of the food is fixed at RM4.00 except for additional request for Chicken Rice. They might bring in Chinese vegetarian food. They too will be asked for more variety in the food selection.

Jumbo We will work with Jumbo to come up with solutions to fix the long queue problem. Pricing is by the scoop so it should no longer be inconsistent. However, we will propose that Jumbo create two different sections, to indicate different price ranges ie. one section for the individual price per item/portion while the other would cover the fixed pricing. We will ask Jumbo to clarify this to students by putting up a paper sign indicating which is which. We will ask them to include more vegetable dishes and ensure all workers serving food wear gloves.

The suggestions for items to be added for tea time will be given to all vendors.

Regarding the stench in the air-conditioned area the Facilities and Management department is working on solutions for this problem.

Also, a reminder to all students that if you buy the outside food please do not use the utensils of the canteen operators, it is an unfair cost to them. Also to maximize the space of the canteen students are requested to avoid placing their bags on the chairs so that other students can use the chairs.

This can also be found on: http://imusrctreasurer.blogspot.com/ Warmest regards, Zia Shah

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International Medical University
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OPEN POSITIONS IN IMU BALL COMMITTEE
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Dear ME/DT109,

My name is Chong Ian and I am the vice-president (publicity) for the IMU Ball 2010. Currently, we have 2 more positions to fill and are looking for interested candidates. Those interested please refer to the text below.

The IMU Ball 2010 Committee is looking to expand its team through the addition of talented, fun-loving, outspoken, and most importantly committed individuals to hold the posts of Event Manager and Multimedia Manager. Interviews will be held in the weeks to come. All interested candidates should email their names, ID numbers, email and contact numbers to theimuball@gmail.com or call Kor Woi (012 3229 478) or Chong Ian (012 3960 950) by the 10th of December 2009 and insert any enquiries that you have. Students from all faculties are higly encouraged to apply as this will be an enjoyable experience and a good opportunity to be part of the most anticipated event of the academic calendar year. Provided below is an outline of your duties.


1) Event Manager:

· Come up with and execute all ideas on the performances in relation to the theme (i.e. songs to be sung and danced by the performers) after voted by members

· Come up with and execute ideas to spice up the atmosphere of the event proper after voted by members

· Arrangement of performances including the timeline during the ball

· Conduct the audition to select the performers with the president and vice president (event)

· Appoint emcees and the backstage crew (sub-committee)

· Provide a venue map for all participants

· Conduct multiple rehearsals before the event proper

· Find volunteers to help out in the registration counter

· Liaise with the Fundraising Manager on preparation for all IMU Ball related events

· Prepare proposals on any ideas produced to be verified by Vice President (event)

· Prepare post-IMU ball related events and post IMU-ball night reports to be verified by the Vice President (event)

· Update the president and vice president (event) on the progress of the Event Manager’s activities

2) Multimedia Manager


· Come up with and execute all ideas on making all creative videos after voted by members

· Liaise with publicity manager to produce promotional video

· Setting up audio and video during the ball (i.e. PA system, Lighting etc)

· Playing the correct video and suitable songs throughout the ball

· Liaise with the lighting company/IT Helpdesk on any multimedia related issues

· In-charge of audio and video in every event related to IMU Ball

· Produce all videos needed for the ball (e.g. Compiled slideshows by graduating batches, videos needed for performances etc) and all events related to the IMU Ball

· In-charge of photographs and videos taken during the ball

· Prepare proposals on any ideas regarding multimedia to be verified by Vice President (event)

· Prepare post-IMU ball related events and post-IMU Ball night reports regarding multimedia – to be verified by Vice President (event)

· Forms a multimedia sub-committee

Much regards,

Ian



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VOLUNTEERS FOR THE SEMINAR ON ADVANCES
IN STEM CELL THERAPY
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Dear all,

There will be a Seminar on the Advances of Stem Cell Therapy (ASCT 2009) on the following day:

Date : 12 - 13 December (Saturday and Sunday)
Venue : Auditorium 1

In conjunction with this event, we would need volunteers for the following:

Usherers : To usher the guests to the event's venue. Usherers will be placed at the entrance (near the Atrium), some in front of the Library, and some in front of the Audi itself. We'll need around 16 usherers (8 on Sat and Sun respectively).

At the Registration booth : To assist in the registration of the participants and guests. 2 volunteers for Saturday.

Volunteers for both ushering and registration will have a shift from 8 -10am, and will receive a pay of RM10 per shift. Volunteers may apply for both days (Sat and Sun = RM20).

If you are interested, kindly submit your details to your batch reps or via imusrc@gmail.com (name, student ID, contact number, and shift that you wish to apply), by Monday (7 Dec). Dress code for the shift is formal. Thanks.

Regards,
Wee Kiat
VP of Pharmacy.
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Student Representative Council
International Medical University

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LOCATIONS TO EAT OUTSIDE FOOD IN IMU
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Dear all,

Please note that the following are places where students can eat outside food. When eating at these locations please remember to clean up after yourself.

There are now tables outside of the student lounge for the purpose of bringing outside food there. We will try and get fans installed there as soon as possible as well. Just remember not to eat on the couch as this has proven to form unsightly stains.


Warmest regards,
Zia Shah

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Student Representative Council
International Medical University

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