Just an update of information for those who did not see the twitter message on the sidebar, the exam results slip for Year 3 2008/2009 can be obtained from 26th March 2009 onwards at the academic office during office hours.

And for the 5th years medical students who had just officially completed their course (inclusive of a pass in the professionals) congratulations and all the best in your undertakings!!

As some of you might know, i've already started writing about the examination methods of various "uncommon" disorders sometimes found in the ward and long and short case exams. These include rheumatoid arthritis, Cushings, Parkinson, Myasthenia Gravis,diabetic foot etc.

After "testing" the writing with my friends, i find that not only the techniques but also the method of presentation is important. Therefore, to upgrade the booklet, i humbly request some help from our coursemates for input about the presentation format for any "uncommon" disease found in the ward.Anyone who want to help me write, all the better. We can do this during our holidays. I know its a bit too much to do that during the holidays, but, this booklet will be useful for our juniors and for us in the fifth year.

The newer version that i'm thinking of will also include common questions asked in short and long cases. for this, i need as much input as possible.

No help is too small. Constructive critism will be very much appreciated and destructive critism will be forgiven. I hope we can do this together, because as far as i see, no books from UKM students are in the market yet.(there is at least 1 from UNIMAS)

comments and suggestions can be dropped here or at my blog at intmed3.blogspot.com . I appreciate all that is given very much thank you

A couple of years back, I'd started out on this site just for the sake of toying around with a hobby. Little did I know what is the future of this site.

This changed a year ago, when I'd decided to put up more effort to make this a better site. It started out as a one-man's efforts, and no one really cared when I told them of this site. Well, as sceptics think, this might have been an effort to garner income from the side advertising from Nuffnang. So, not many people bothered.

But today, it is currently 1 year old of active duty, with a handful of members as well as a collective group of readers not just from Malaysia, but other countries as well. While many had faltered in their attempts to run a similar site, MedPBL stood strong for a year.

So, was it the advertising company that had supported the cause of this site and make it continue running? I can gladly say NO. The fact is, Nuffnang pays little compared to the efforts put in. How many of you would really bother of the ads in this site? (I'm not asking you to click the ads to support this site) However, I think a year of effort might suffice to pay for a piece of fried chicken in Wahid Cafe. If I can hire someone to do this job for the same price, I am willing to hire 50 of you guys to run this site, but would you do it just because of the money? I am sure no one in their right mind would do it just for the money. In short, it all depends on the passion to motivate you to continue this. I love simple site-building, I love medicine, so why not make good use of it?

I am one of those who believe that sharing is caring, for no one can lead a lonely life. As Jeffrey has mentioned, we are here, in the medical faculty, not to compete, but to complete each other. Whatever rat race we were once involved in the Malaysian education system ended once we entered this field. Help out each other while we can, for we ourselves would never know when we would be needing help ourselves. That is why we continue to maintain this site in hope of helping out the others as much as we can within our capacities.

Anyway, this was supposed to be a short talk on the 1st anniversary of this site of active duty. I would like to thank all members (especially Jeffrey who lend a great help indeed for this site with his knowledge) who remained helpful and supportive to improve this site for the betterment of our colleagues as well as medical students throughout who are inquisitive and hunger for knowledge. May this site be useful.

This is an update notice of the ongoing events for the 3rd year med students:

1. The results is out today(12th March 2009) and you can check if you've passed. The result slips can be obtained later on probably next week. For a brief breakdown, there are no one who failed the Medicine and Society posting as well as Surgery posting. surprisingly, there are more than 30 failures in PPD posting, as a result of the O&G referral letter writing.

2. Application for KTDI hostels would be opened around next month. The current online application is for the Bangi administration to do a head count on the number of residents in KTDI which is not of utmost importance and WOULD NOT affect your hostel application. So, do not worry if the ukm.my/upp server is not responsive.

Therefore, happy holidays and enjoy your elective humanitarian posting!

Now that we've finished our academic year, it is time to apply for your accomodation in KTDI for the term 2009/2010. This can be done at:

Web address: http://www.ukm.my/upp

Commencement date: 2nd March 2009
Deadline: 13th March 2009

This is done for all hostels including Bangi campuses, but please do fill in carefully to avoid your residence be relocated to Bangi instead. (If you misfilled for Bangi hostels)

Method: The application form must be completed online and submitted by clicking on the "Hantar" icon. Please print a copy for your own reference. (KTDI web did not mention anything of submitting it to the office)

All applicants must apply within the specified duration. After that date, further application submission would not be entertained. If you have any problems with the application, please feel free to contact KTDI office or the Unit Perumahan Pelajar.

This is a message from:
Pengetua Kediaman , Unit Perumahan Pelajar & JAKSA KTDI.

Source: KTDI web