Book voucher redemption

I aim to use it at MPH or Popular bookstore.

Book voucher

I got this on 13.1.2012. Wonderful!
Took my mom for an appointment and managed to get few stuff done (including picking up the vouchers).

useful links

http://umisisweb.um.edu.my/

http://pascasiswazah.um.edu.my/ipsbi/loginstudips.asp

http://www.umlib.um.edu.my/

SBPA forms

Go to:
http://sbpa.moh.gov.my

Log in using HRMIS ID and password.
Print your forms.

SBPA

The talked about SBPA- Saraan Baru Perkhidmatan Awam:
http://eservices.moh.gov.my/sbpa/

It says refer to Bahagian Sumber Manusia, KKM for Lampiran C.
http://www.moh.gov.my/news/1328

It's not available online. Hmm......
CUEPACS said not to sign just yet, and they are meeting the PM: http://cuepacs.blogspot.com/2011/12/sbpa-cuepacs-bantah-arah-staf-kerajaan.html
Haven't heard the latest from CUEPACS.

carotid stenosis

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/417524-overview#a01


The North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) criteria should be used to evaluate stenotic area of the ICA.

on ethics and research

http://www.ummc.edu.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91:medical-ethics-application-form&catid=43:research-ethic&Itemid=63

Don't even ask why I'm delayed by 2 months in doing this. I've changed the study sample as the previous title will yield very, very few patients.

Frequency of MEC meetingsThe MEC meets regularly once a month, except in December. Meetings are usually on the third Wednesday of each month, to review proposals received by the first week of that month. Form of MEC clearance should be obtained through this website and submitted (as hard copy) to the MEC Secretariat at Unit Perkembangan Perubatan, 3^rd Floor, Menara Utama.

Ok so now let's put things in perspective and start doing it!

Poorer each day

U waste time and petrol on the road- but it irks me more because I spend as much time being stuck in jam- in the hospital itself. And I'm paying RM10 per day at the public car park- the nearest my big belly can tolerate. Poorer in time, money and spirit.

Resus, high BP, on Isoket- stable patient?

Doesn't seem reasonable to send the patient for ultrasound that'll take >30mins in an isolated area with no crash cart around.

But of course that doesn't stop them from accusing radiology side of refusing scan. DVT triumphs over hypertension urgency/ emergency?

Oh well, be rude all you want- MRI for cord compression triumphs. At least this vertebral mass needs urgent decompression so that patient will regain muscle power rather than 0/5.

BTW Dr ?P, Dr. S - your colleague was the one who cancelled the scan coz she said patient is not stable- not me. Do get your facts right before being rude to a fellow colleague.

Using the right yardstick

http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2011/8/28/education/9379058&sec=education

ALTHOUGH the move to bank heavily on objective measures was purposed to give a reliable point of reference for Universiti Malaya (UM), some argue that the drawbacks of such an approach are too glaring to ignore.

Among them is UM academic staff association president Assoc Prof Dr Azmi Sharom who explains the downside of a one-dimensional objective approach with a hypothetical argument.

“An academic may be required to supervise five PhD students during a period of time but what happens when nobody applies because the field is unpopular?” he argues.

Dr Azmi says academic autonomy should not be forgotten.

“He will be at a disadvantage when compared to an academic whose field is popular although the latter may not be.”

Applying the same principles, a publication may not be good just because it appears in an ISI journal and more thought needs to go into the evaluation system.

Taking research impact factors into account, Dr Azmi says, will be a more valid way of looking at things as academics could see the efficacy of their efforts.

“If one produces a patent, how much royalty does one obtain?” he ventures.

“Publications must lead to citations and if one supervises PhD students, there is a need to find out what those students are doing after they graduate.”

Dr Azmi says that while UM’s transformation plans addressed pertinent issues, the root causes of the varsity’s decline could not go undetected and the right comparisons had to be drawn.

“We should not read too much into comparisons with Singaporean varsities as they have a lot of money to hire and retain international staff and locking this down in areas of Science and Medicine guarantees lots of publications,” he says.

“It is true that Indonesian and Thai varsities are outperforming ours but apart from focusing on financial and human resource issues, we must not forget about academic autonomy.”

Dr Azmi says a “great awakening” arose after President Suharto’s ouster and this led to greater rights for the Indonesian academics.

The movement evolved to the point where Indonesian law guaranteed academic freedom in its varsities and this, he says, is something Malaysia could learn from.