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Road to Graduation/Convocation (IIUM version)

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Things to do before convocation - IIUM convocation. 1. Clearance Once your status changed to "GRADUATED" from "ACTIVE", you can simply settle the clearance with a phone call. Check the status  here. I-ma'luum > click your photo/name > profile > you'll see the status [GRADUATED] or [ACTIVE] You cannot do the clearance if your status is still ACTIVE. a) My service > SCS [Student Clearance System] b) My service > iGrad (application for graduation) These are two things to be done. Finance - the first thing to be settled. Saman, yuran dan sebagainya hendaklah dilangsaikan. This can be settled after you've finished your study that final semester; before going back for good.  Library - boleh walk-in dan boleh call.  Mahallah - the last one to call. This is also can be done during checking out and return key. Security - usually saman je la kot.    Important Number (You'll search for it yeah) MUK: 09-5730841 ...

Industrial Training versus Hospital Attachment (Part 2)

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Hi again. :) This entry is for those who want to choose and to give you a clearer view for you to make a decision. Just in case you're neutral, any subject to be done first is none of your concern, then this entry is an overview of the new challenge. For those who haven't read the first part,  click here. First cycle: HOSPITAL Duration: 6 weeks  Accommodation: provided.Those who'll be attached in HTAA will be staying in mahallah.  Documents: A logbook and daily diary will be provided in softcopy.  References: Latest CPGs, BNF, Lexicomp, Sarawak Handbook of Medical Emergency, Renal Pharmacy Handbook, Dipiro, etc.  You'll be assigned to two cases per week but if you wish to learn more, feel free to clerk more patients. The situations differ from hospital to hospital. During my time in HSNZ, 2 cases to be clerked and presented to the hospital and university preceptor each week. You need to prepare in both report form and powerpoint slide f...

Industrial Training versus Hospital Attachment. (Part 1)

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Hi. * waving awkwardly * As the title says, I found it to be a lingering issue in the mind of some of my friends who are currently in their first semester of final year. Which should be done first in your final semester of B.Pharm?  Bear in mind, the final semester is the crucial part because that is the time to see where you are actually standing. As for me, the way I look at myself at that time - whether I am competent enough to be a pharmacist in my final year of study and which field I should encourage my tiny self in.  Basically, the very last semester of IIUM B.Pharm consisted of two parts; the industrial training worth 6 weeks of pharmaceutical industry working exposure and the clinical exposure in 6 weeks of interesting but hectic hospital attachment. The batch will be divided into two large groups and later, the subgroups will be formed for each subject.  Let me spill a bit of my experience during my time.  HOSPITAL ATTACHMENT TIPS & ...

MT WTF SS

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I went to my uni last week with some reasons I made to make a worthy journey there (financially). It was a long journey but I enjoyed the bumpy ride. Arriving in the midst of the night, I forced someone loved to fetch me. It feels different after months of not being in the same environment. That en.vi.ron.ment. Because I'm not going there on the basis that I will repeatedly be going back and forth to the place, but to have only a journey there without plans of going back there. Not necessarily  "pergi tak kembali"  but  "pergi tapi entah bila nak datang semula" . That feeling is the one that ripped me off that night.  Flash forward, now I'm safe and sound at home as a full-time self-employed maid. It's a life by choice career for all functioning women, whether you like it or not. I somewhat like it though it is tiresome. The pearls of staying at home post-graduation are that I learn to cook a whole-course meal - the main dish, side dish, desse...