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Fulltext Enhancing active learning in microbiology through case based learning: experiences from an Indian medical school

Ciraj AM, Vinod P, Ramnarayan K

Indian J Pathol Microbiol, 2010 Oct-Dec;53(4):729-33.

PMID: 21045402 DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.72058

Case-based learning (CBL) is an interactive student-centered exploration of real life situations. This paper describes the use of CBL as an educational strategy for promoting active learning in microbiology.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools, Medical*

History of neurosciences at the School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Idris B, Sayuti S, Abdullah JM

J Clin Neurosci, 2007 Feb;14(2):148-52.

PMID: 17161289

Universiti Sains Malaysia is the only institution in Malaysia which incorporates all fields of the neurosciences under one roof. The integration of basic and clinical neurosciences has made it possible for this institution to become an excellent academic and research centre. This article describes the history, academic contributions and scientific progress of neurosciences at Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools, Medical/history*

Public Private Partnership - a case study of the Melaka-Manipal Medical College

Nagra JS

Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ), 2005 Oct-Dec;3(4):451-4.

PMID: 16449856

Matched MeSH terms: Schools, Medical*

Accreditation of undergraduate medical training programs: practices in nine developing countries as compared with the United States

Cueto J, Burch VC, Adnan NA, Afolabi BB, Ismail Z, Jafri W, et al.

Educ Health (Abingdon), 2006 Jul;19(2):207-22.

PMID: 16831802

Undergraduate medical training program accreditation is practiced in many countries, but information from developing countries is sparse. We compared medical training program accreditation systems in nine developing countries, and compared these with accreditation practices in the United States of America (USA).

Matched MeSH terms: Schools, Medical/standards*

Anthropometric database for the learning environment of high school and university students

Dawal SZ, Zadry HR, Azmi SN, Rohim SR, Sartika SJ

Int J Occup Saf Ergon, 2012;18(4):461-72.

PMID: 23294660

This paper presents an anthropometric database of high school and university students from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Forty-one high school participants (21 males and 20 females), 13-17 years old, and 143 university students (74 males and 69 females) took part in the study. Twenty-one static body dimensions were measured. The greatest mean differences in the anthropometric data between male and female high school students were found in the sitting elbow height. In addition, a comparison of anthropometric data of male and female university students showed that data for males and females were significantly different, except for buttock-popliteal length, sitting elbow height and thigh clearance. The primary aim of this study was to develop an anthropometric database that could be used as a primary reference in designing products, devices and equipment for ergonomic learning environments.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools*

Recognition of medical universities in Ukraine

Babanin AA, Kubyshkin AV

Med J Malaysia, 2005 Aug;60 Suppl D:79-83.

PMID: 16315631

The paper presents a general characteristic of the organization of teaching of medicine to foreign students at the Crimean State Medical University. The Crimea State Medical University is a state higher educational establishment having the 4th highest level of state accreditation. The University prepares junior specialists and bachelors in specialties such as nursing, orthopedic dentistry, pharmacy and doctors in general medicine, dentistry and clinical pharmacy. At present there are 1,500 foreign students from 34 countries studying at the university, with more than half are students from Malaysia. The quality of education at CSMU is evaluated by the State accreditation commission an authorized central executive power in the field of education and science. Textbooks and manuals written in English, which have passed expert evaluation at a state level and approved by the Ministry of Public Health of Ukraine, was given permission to be used by all medical schools of the country.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools, Medical/standards*

The use of OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) as an assessment tool--initial experiences at the University of Malaya

Tan CP, Rokiah P

Med J Malaysia, 2005 Aug;60 Suppl D:48-53.

PMID: 16315624

Formative and summative student assessment has always been of concern to medical teachers, and this is especially important at the level of graduating doctors. The effectiveness and comprehensiveness of the clinical training provided is tested with the use of clinical cases, either with real patients who have genuine medical conditions, or with the use of standardised patients who are trained to simulate accurately actual patients. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is one method of assessing the adequacy of clinical skills of medical students, and their level of competence. It can be used to test a variety of skills such as history taking (communication and interpersonal skills) and performing aspects of physical examination, undertaking emergency procedures, and interpreting investigational data. It can also be used to ensure an adequate depth and breadth of coverage of clinical skills expected of a graduating doctor.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools, Medical/standards*

The interplay of socio-psychological factors on school engagement among early adolescents

Awang-Hashim R, Kaur A, Noman M

J Adolesc, 2015 Dec;45:214-24.

PMID: 26513126 DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.10.001

The study examined a conceptual model integrating existing knowledge on the linkages between life satisfaction, affect, purpose in life, and resilience with school engagement. This model posits direct relationships between all the social psychological variables and school engagement, and also indirect relationships between life satisfaction and school engagement as mediated by all the other variables in the study. The participants were 2381 students (1119 boys and 1262 girls) with average age of 15 years, from 40 national secondary schools in Malaysia. The findings supported the theoretical conceptualization. All variables were positively associated with school engagement. The strongest relationship was observed between overall life satisfaction and school engagement. The mediating model was partially supported. The study reiterates the adage that "it takes a village to raise a child". Implications for practice and future research are discussed in the context of engagement in school learning.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools*

Missions of a medical school: an Asian perspective

Suleiman AB

Acad Med, 1999 Aug;74(8 Suppl):S45-52.

PMID: 10495743

This case study of medical schools in Malaysia addresses their role in meeting the demands of a young nation. Throughout the growth and development of these medical schools, there have been efforts to coordinate and cooperate with providers of health care. The treatment of illness must mesh with the changing paradigm of health and wellness as an achievable and indeed desirable goal, not only for the individual but also for society. The scientific basis of medicine is being emphasized with the advent of evidence-based medicine and outcome measures. Innovations have been made to bring the schools in closer contact with the service providers. Malaysia has prepared farsighted plans to become a developed nation by the year 2020. Accordingly, its health services will use advances in information technology and will introduce telemedicine in various strategic applications to extend the reach of the health care team. It is incumbent on the medical schools to move in concert with the Ministry of Health to realize goals of the nation and the society.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools, Medical/organization & administration*

Fulltext Pooling academic resources for public health

Michael JM, Hayakawa JM

World Health Forum, 1994;15(3):282-3.

PMID: 7945762

In January 1984, the Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) was established, bringing together 5 schools of public health with the objectives: to raise the quality of professional education in public health; to enhance the knowledge and skills of health workers through joint projects; to solve health problems through closer links with each other and with ministries of health; to increase opportunities for graduate students through curriculum development; and to make child survival a major priority. The Consortium now comprises 31 academic institutions or units in 16 countries, and is supported by UNICEF, The World Health Organization, the China Medical Board of New York, and the governments of Japan and Malaysia. During 1985-1992, it also received major support from the United States through the US Agency for International Development and the University of Hawaii. During the past 10 years, APACPH has carried out such activities as setting up a data bank on the programs of its members, assessing public health problems, designing new curriculum and systems for service delivery, facilitating information and faculty exchanges, and running workshops for academic administrators. It has also organized conferences on the impact of urbanization on health, aging, child survival, AIDS, and occupational health. Since 1987 it has published the Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, the only English language journal on public health issues in the Asia and Pacific region, which will feature work being done by non-English-speaking researchers. Emphasis in the coming years will be placed on setting common standards for teaching and research, so that members can make more use of each other's programs. It is hoped that membership of the Consortium will continue to expand. A particular concern will be to focus more resources on preventive care rather than curative.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools, Public Health/organization & administration*

The way we teach otolaryngology in an integrated problem-based curriculum

Elango S, Arumainayagam GC, Palaniappan SP

Med Teach, 1991;13(1):63-6.

PMID: 1865800

The University Science Malaysia, Penang, the third medical school in Malaysia, is following an integrated curriculum. In this curriculum, the students are taught the subject of otolaryngology from the second year of their course unlike the traditional schools where they are taught in the fourth or fifth year. This paper describes how otolaryngology is introduced in this integrated, problem-based curriculum.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools, Medical/trends

Fulltext Mass anxiety attack in a primary school

Woon TH

Med J Malaysia, 1986 Sep;41(3):220-4.

PMID: 3670137

An alarm about suspected toxic gas leakage was raised in a primary school. All the students were evacuated by the staff and the community to a district hospital in Teluk Intan, Perak, about 8 km from the school. Sixty-four primary students from the school, four secondary school students and a student’s mother, who was near the school were all examined by a team of medical officers: Perceptions and records of the incidence from the students, staff and medical officers were recorded and examined by the author who visited the school and the hospital after the incidence. Psychosomatic symptoms related to anxiety attack were predominant There was no evidence of any gas leak. Symptomatic management was given by the medical officers. The psychogenic aetiology of the subsequent physical symptoms and behaviour, and the difference from epidemic hysteria are discussed.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools*

Fulltext An outbreak of Bacillus cereus food poisoning in a school hostel, Klang

Rampal L, Jegathesan M, Lim YS

Med J Malaysia, 1984 Jun;39(2):116-22.

PMID: 6439984

A food poisoning outbreak affected 114 female Malay students staying in a religious secondary school hostel in Klang. The students developed an illness mainly characterized by abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and giddiness. The median incubation period in this outbreak was 2.5 hours. Laboratory examination of suspected food revealed 2.3 X10^6 Bacillus cereus organisms per gram of fried noodles. B. cereus was determined as the probable cause of this outbreak and the fried. noodles the most likely vehicle for the organism. An outbreak of B. cereus food poisoning is being reported in Malaysia for the first time.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools*

Population competition

Bul Keluarga, 1981 Mar-Apr.

PMID: 12311507

A Population Oratorical Competition between upper secondary pupils aimed at getting students interested in population problems will be held in Johore from May to June. The competition will be launched on 20th May 1981 in Segamat by En. Nordin bin Nazir the Deputy Director of Education, Johore. 81 secondary schools will be sending 184 students to participate at this oratorical competition. The Districts of Kluang, Segamat, Batu Pahat, Muar and Johore Bahru will send students who will face an elimination round during the 1st stage of the competition. The competition is jointly organized by the State Education Department and the National Family Planning Board with a funding support of $3500 from the National Family Planning Board. The Director-General, National Family Planning Board Malaysia, Datin Dr. Hajjah Nor Laily Aziz is scheduled to officiate at the opening ceremony and to give away the prizes on 27th June 1981.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools*

Australia, the Colombo Plan, and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya

Luke HA

Australas Radiol, 1970 Feb;14(1):15-9.

PMID: 5525077

Matched MeSH terms: Schools, Medical*

School education and childhood obesity: A systemic review

Nga VT, Dung VNT, Chu DT, Tien NLB, Van Thanh V, Ngoc VTN, et al.

Diabetes Metab Syndr, 2019 07 08;13(4):2495-2501.

PMID: 31405667 DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2019.07.014

Childhood obesity prevalence is shooting up at a phenomenal rate worldwide, leading to long-term devastating consequences. A great number of studies have investigated factors contributing to the increase in BMI of children and adolescents. School-based, home-based and clinic-based solutions have been suggested as possible viable strategies, among which school-based interventions is believed to produce a noticeable effect on a massive scale. However, the question of whether school interventions, especially school education exert significant impact on childhood obesity or not, is left with mixing results. This article aims to holistically review the relationship between school education and childhood obesity. Various factors are covered, including health education, nutrition education, school nutrition, physical education, teachers' awareness, teaching practice and school stress, In all, school education is not the answer to childhood obesity but just part of it. More attempts from other stakeholders (parents, community, policy makers, researchers, etc.) should be made in order to solve this complicated puzzle.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools/statistics & numerical data*

Fulltext Current and future trends in the teaching of direct posterior resin composites in Malaysian dental schools: a cross-sectional study

Sidhu P, Sultan OS, Math SY, Malik NA, Wilson NHF, Lynch CD, et al.

J Dent, 2021 07;110:103683.

PMID: 33957189 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2021.103683

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the current and future teaching of posterior composite restorations in undergraduate curricula in Malaysian dental schools.

METHODS: A 24-item validated questionnaire including closed and open questions on the teaching of posterior composites was emailed to faculty members in all 13 Dental Schools in Malaysia. Responses were compiled on Excel and analysed.

RESULTS: All 13 dental schools responded to the survey yielding a 100 % response. All schools indicated the use of posterior composites for 2- and 3-surface cavities in premolars and molars. The didactic teaching time devoted to composites was greater than for amalgam (38 h vs 29 h). Clinically, most posterior restorations placed by students were composites (average 74.1 %, range 10 %-100 %); the remaining 25.9 % were amalgams (range, 0 %-50 %). Slot-type cavities were the preparation techniques most commonly taught (n = 11,84.6 %). The use of rubber dam for moisture control was mandatory in most schools (n = 11, 84.6 %). History of adverse reaction to composites was found to be the most common contraindication to composite placement. The phase down of teaching and use of amalgam in Malaysia is expected to occur within the next six years.

CONCLUSION: The trend to increase the teaching of posterior composites reported for other countries is confirmed by the findings from Malaysian dental schools. Notwithstanding this trend, the use of amalgam is still taught, and future studies are required to investigate the implications of the phase down of amalgam in favour of posterior composites.

CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: Notwithstanding the increase in the teaching of posterior composites there is a pressing need to update and refine clinical guidelines for the teaching of posterior composites globally.

Matched MeSH terms: Schools, Dental*

Planning dietaries for older school children

MILLIS J

Med J Malaya, 1959 Dec;14:111-5.

PMID: 14422631

Matched MeSH terms: Schools*

An outbreak of influenza due to type B virus in a residential boys' school in Malaya

GORDON SMITH CE, THOMSON WG

Med J Malaya, 1956 Jun;10(4):332-7.

PMID: 13399536

Matched MeSH terms: Schools*

The weight of pre-school children in the Federation of Malaya