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Life as a MEDICAL STUDENT: MBBS Year 1 Assessment & Examination in NUMed with COVID-19 in 2020/21

  皆さん、こんにちは!  Hello everyone. In this post, I will be talking about the assessment for MBBS Stage 1 medical students 2020/2021 in Newcastle University of Medicine Malaysia (NUMed ) is conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic . Before we start, please take note that I am a Malaysian student, who was able to attend any on-campus sessions for my first-year MBBS study held under the SOP restrictions.  QUICK INTRO For the Year 2020/2021, MBBS Stage 1 commenced on 21st September 2020 with an induction week. There were 3 semesters : a) Autumn Term:  21st September - 18th December 2020 b) Spring Term: 11th January - 26th March 2021 c) Summer Term:  12th April - 18th June 2021 NUMed teaching is conducted in the form of case-led . In total, there are 13 cases with a foundation block to be studied in the first year.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSESSMENT METHOD In ord...

Life as a MEDICAL STUDENT: MBBS Year 1 2020/21 - Teaching & Learning in NUMed with COVID-19 Pandemic

皆さん、こんにちは! Hello everyone. In this post, I will be sharing how the 1st Year MBBS study  2020/2021   in Newcastle University of Medicine Malaysia (NUMed ) is conducted during the  COVID-19 pandemic . The official dates for the first term are from  21st September 2020 to 18th June 2021.  T he teaching in NUMed is mainly conducted virtually online with a few practical sessions for anatomy and clinical skills throughout this year. !! DISCLAIMER: Please take note that the sharing might not be truly applicable for 1st Year MBBS study in NUMed without COVID-19 pandemic issues. Lots of restrictions on teaching and learning in universities in Malaysia during the pandemic based on government rules and SOP . Also,   I am a Malaysian student, who was able to attend any  on-campus  sessions for my first-year MBBS study held under the SOP restrictions.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Process of Applying for JPA Scholarship Continuation in Undergraduate Study

 Hi guys, I am here to share with you my experience as a JPA scholar in Malaysia to apply for JPA scholarship continuation for my undergraduate study. I hope that this blog would help to clarify queries and doubts that you ( as a JPA scholar ) have before or after ending your pre-university studies which I faced before during my time. **Kindly please note that I am a JPA scholar of PROGRAM PENAJAAN 9A+ TAHUN 2019 ( SPM 2018 ) It might have some changes for JPA on the following batches but I think it might not be very much :) So if there is an error in the information stated here, kindly please email or message me through my FB/Insta or leave comments on the corrections. In fact, I had taken JPA scholarship for my Pre-University study which is A-Level Programme in Taylor's College in Subang Jaya, Malaysia. I believe that many of you might have lots of confusion about what to do next to continue your JPA scholarship after completing your Pre-University studies just like me. <<...

Online Interview for IMU in Malaysia : Local MBBS Programme

Hello there! In this post, I am going to share with you my experience of having the interview for the MBBS programme at International Medical University (IMU) in Malaysia for the August 2020 intake. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I had my medical interview for IMU through online using  ZOOM  and Skype . Basically, ZOOM is the main app for the online interview; Skype was used for contacting for the interview. I hope you'll find this post helpful to you. :) Let's begin! < If you want to read about details on the day of the interview or the interview questions,     please feel free to scroll down until you see the HIGHLIGHTED SUBHEADER   > Let me start off with some brief description and explanation of the process before the interview. I applied for the MBBS programme in IMU using my AS Level results during an Open Day held in January of 2020. After the payment of registration fees, I received an email regarding the interview slots available from IMU adm...

Online Interview for Newcastle University in Malaysia (NUMed): MBBS course

Hi guys! In this post, I will talk about my experience of having the interview by Newcastle University in Malaysia campus ( NUMed ), which is located in Iskandar Puteri, Johor. Due to the pandemic of COVID-19 , my interview was actually conducted online using Skype at my home.  <If you prefer to read about the experience during the interview or interview questions solely, please scroll down until you see a small title with PINK HIGHLIGHT    :)  > Before I proceed to the interview experience, let me briefly talk about the process for me to get my interview date. So, basically after the submissions of my application form together with my Personal Statement and Reference Letter ( testimonial written by my college lecturer ) on 27 July 2020 through email, I got the response from NUMed quite fast, which was on 30 July ( Thursday), with an email mentioning the date of interview on the coming Saturday. However, due to some personal reasons, I couldn't make it for tha...