Dear Readers, Aloha! What can I say, February is a very interesting month and I can’t seem to get enough of it. Let me share a few facts concerning February with you. In the Georgian calendar, February is the second month of the year, and also the shortest month. February has 28 days until Julius Caesar added one leap day every four years. Its birth flower is violet (Viola) and primrose (Primula Vulgaris). Its birthstone is amethyst and it symbolizes piety, humility, spiritual wisdom, and sincerity. Apart from that, February is also known as the International Friendship month, and it also cele-brates a few legendary and historical figures such as Charles Dickens (Writer), Abraham Lin-coln (US President) and Levi Strauss’ (invented jeans) Birthday. For us Malaysians, February is the time of the year when families from near and far come as one and spend quality time together. Yes, Chinese New Year is here and Malidur Rasul too. I would like to take this opportunity to wish our Chinese friends Xin Nian Kuai Le! May the year of the Rabbit bring abundance and prosperity to you and your family. To all our Muslim friends, have a blessed Maulidur Rasul. Let’s recite praises for our beloved Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and appreciate his devotion and sacrifices for the sake of Islam and hope Allah (SWT) accepts our efforts and good deeds. This month E- Bulletin features a lot of exciting and interesting articles written specially for our beloved readers. The picture featured on the cover is from the official visit by the University of Sheffield and on the right is the Job Search Seminar held by the General Studies Unit. We also have updates on the latest 2011 JPM election results and the pre & post election events organ-ized by the Student Affairs Division. Do not forget to read our informative and moving articles titled “The Smoke, Caring in Nursing, Tying a Necktie and Law of Attraction”. Before I go, thank you to all our dear E-Bulletin readers for your undivided interest and please do not hesitate to contribute your articles to our coordinator. Have a great month ahead! SITI NORAIHAN SHEIKH AHMAD Coordinator, General Studies Unit

FEBRUARY QUOTE

Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; All the rest have thirty-one, Excepting February alone

Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine, Till leap year gives it twenty-nine.

(http://www.entourages.com/barbs/february.htm)

It was a happy day. We were happy because we had just delivered a baby through a successful Lower Segment Caesarian Section (LSCS). The father was an ex-army Captain of Karin nationality. He was also a Christian. This was his second child. There was a hitch. They also wanted to have a sterilization procedure. As we could not advise them to the contrary, the procedure was done unknowingly of the things to come later in their lives. It was a very unhappy day. About six months after the first incident, we had an emergency case at the hospital. It was a burn case. Never in my life had I imagined that I would experience such a thing. It was the same baby. The baby was so sweet that we were all quite attached to her. Whenever she came for a follow up, all of us wanted to coo and play with her. Now she was near her death on the examination couch. If you were there you would say that the baby was in a deep sleep. That would be true as she was in a deep comatose state. The baby was lying there as if she were given a powerful anaesthesia. She was alive and breathing but she could not cry or move. The most striking feature was that her hands and legs were black and charred. They had become like charcoal sticks. When I touched one of the fingers, it broke off and there was no bleeding at all. There was no cry. We tried our best to revive her. We tried to search for the veins in her inguinal region to give medications but failed. We gave her oxygen to breath. And at that time I noticed that the baby was pink and red in the unaffected regions. There was no cyanosis. The color of the baby was bright red and not even a tinge of bluishness was found. This was quite unusual. When I enquired what had happened, they told me that the baby-sitter that they had brought from a remote village who was attending to her at that time, was away from the baby when it happened. She had left her for a few hours to do some other chores. Before she left her she noticed that the baby was asleep. As there were mos-quitoes hovering around, she had lit a mosquito repellant coil nearby. It seemed while the baby was asleep, she might have kicked around and caused the burning coil to fall on the bed. The mattress caught fire. It was a smouldering one. Incomplete combustion took place.

There was very little smoke at first. Thus the people within calling distance from the baby did not know the tragedy taking place. The smoke was induced the baby into a deep sleep. Complete combustion produced carbon dioxide which could make you sleepy. Incomplete combustion of carbon (burning mattress) results in the production of carbon monoxide which could induce a very deep comatosed state. This was what had happened. The baby might have had a fire resistant mat under her body. Thus the fire moved around her and burned her legs and hands. She did not cry because she was comatosed by the carbon monoxide. The people around her at that time might have thought that the baby was sleeping peacefully. It was a tragic misconception. Only when the smoke seeped out of the room that they noticed that something was wrong. By that time it was too late. One thing that we could have solace in this matter was that the baby did not suffer at all. There was no pain, as her brain was suppressed from having any feelings at all by the deadly, effective and demonic gas. This was what the parents said at that time. They told me that the young and ignorant baby sitter was possessed by the demons at the time that nothing could prevent it. That was their Christian belief. This was an absurd thing for me to believe but I stayed quiet as they truly believed in it and it also gave them strength to face the worst imaginable thing in their lives. I was sorry for them as my mind went back to the day about six months ago when we agreed to the sterilization. Now, they would not get a replacement baby easily. It was nagging me at that time and I knew why it was so, only now. I had not told anyone about it and this is the first time I have expressed my feeling. With this story I would also like to remind medical students that in carbon dioxide poisoning there is blue coloration of the skin (Deoxygenated hemoglobin) but in carbon monoxide poisoning there is a bright cherry red coloration of the skin which I had seen. Carbon monoxide combined with hemoglobin gives this colour. It can combine 250 times more readily than oxygen. Although the baby was hypoxic due to the poisoning and the red coloration might mislead you into thinking that the patient was full of oxygen. Similar scenario can occur when using a faulty home generator of electricity, which use petrol or diesel. The exhaust contains carbon monoxide. If the doors and windows are closed, allowing the gas to col-lect, the same fate could befall upon you.

The Smoke By : AMT Aung Myat Twin (Dr. Tommy), Anaesthesiology Department

Kunjungan Kasih Ke Rumah Orang-Orang Tua Yayasan Teratai (Teratai Care Center for the Aged ) Oleh : Zahaimi bte Abdullah Sani Pada hari Rabu, 23 Februari 2011, Puan Fathiyah Mohd Noor, Pengajar Jururawat bersama 55 orang pelatih Program Kejururawatan Semester 6 telah mengadakan lawatan ke Rumah Orang-orang Tua di Yayasan Teratai, Ipoh, Perak. Mereka tiba di Yayasan Teratai pada pukul 2.30 petang dan menghabiskan masa selama 4 jam bertanya khabar dan memberi taklimat mengenai penjagaan kesihatan diri kepada warga emas di sana. Mereka telah disambut oleh Pn. Marina Phung, Pengurus Yayasan Teratai serta dua orang kakitangan yang merupakan bekas jururawat terlatih yang telah bersara. Yayasan tersebut didiami kira-kira 23 orang penghuni kesemuanya wanita berketurunan Cina berumur di antara 75 hingga 95 tahun. Bagaimanapun Yayasan Teratai pernah mendapat permintaan daripada keturunan Melayu tetapi disebabkan mereka tidak menyediakan makanan halal maka permintaan tersebut tidak dapat dipenuhi. Pengambilan terhad kepada mereka yang tidak mengidap sebarang penyakit kronik. Di sana penghuni boleh memilih sama ada tinggal sebilik seorang atau berkongsi bilik mengikut kemampuan masing-masing. Yang pastinya Yayasan Teratai disukai kerana tempatnya bersih, redup serta tenang seakan-akan rumah rehat ala resort percutian. Menurut Puan Fathiyah Mohd Noor yang mengajar Subjek Gerontologi, warga emas di sini kebanyakanya berpelajaran tinggi dan datang daripada kalangan keluarga berada. Disebabkan masalah penjagaan, anak-anak tinggal berjauhan dan sukar mendapat pembantu rumah yang boleh dipercayai maka Rumah Orang-orang Tua di Yayasan Teratai mejadi pilihan mereka. Dengan adanya jaminan keselamatan keluarga warga emas ini mengambil peluang untuk menghantar ibu bapa mereka ke sini supaya aspek penjagaan kesihatan dan keselamatan lebih terjamin. Terdapat juga penghuni yang datang sendiri ke sini disebabkan kurang mendapat kasih sayang dan penjagaan daripada keluarga masing-masing. Dari masa ke semasa jururawat di situ akan memantau tahap kesihatan mereka dengan membuat pemeriksaan tekanan darah dan sukatan kadar gula dalam darah untuk mengesan sebarang komplikasi awal penyakit manakala bagi warga tua yang perlukan rawatan susulan mereka akan dihantar ke hospital.

Puan Fathiyah Mohd Noor

Aktiviti para pelatih Kejururawatan UniKL RCMP bermula dengan ucapan alu-aluan dan seterusnya diikuti dengan sesi berkenalan dengan penghuni Yayasan Teratai . Daripada wajah mereka jelas menunjukkan mereka mengalami kemurungan. Tambah Puan Fathiyah lagi, pada mulanya penghuni Yayasan Teratai kurang menunjukkan kemesraan dan tidak memberi sebarang tindakbalas apabila dilayan oleh para pelatih. Lama kelamaan barulah mereka bersikap terbuka. Beliau mengingatkan para pelatih agar tidak terlalu mendesak warga tua tersebut menceritakan masalah mereka kerana warga emas itu berpotensi mengalami gangguan emosi seperti kesedihan, kesunyian dan kekecewaan akibat kurang upaya. Warga emas tersebut dibantu secara perseorangan dan berkumpulan dalam aspek kebersihan diri, pendidikan kesihatan dan pemeriksaan fizikal. Sebelum sesi berakhir para pelatih telah menyediakan jamuan ringan untuk penghuni - penghuni Yayasan Teratai dan disertai dengan pemberian cenderahati . Di akhir lawatan, para pelatih berasa puas hati kerana dapat memahami dan mengenali kehidupan warga

emas sekaligus menterjemahkan apa yang telah dipelajari secara berkesan di Yayasan Teratai. Yang pastinya

lawatan ini tidak akan berakhir di sini sebaliknya akan diadakan lawatan susulan dalam masa yang terdekat.

Kidney Stones By Divan Abbas,

Unit Physiotherapy

As the kidneys filter waste from the blood, they create urine. Sometimes, salts and other minerals in urine stick together to form small kidney stones. These range from the size of a sugar crystal to a ping pong ball, but they are rarely noticed unless they cause a blockage. They may cause intense pain if they break loose and push into the ureters, the narrow ducts leading to the bladder

What Causes Kidney Stones?

Kidney stones may form when there's a change in the normal balance of the water, salts, and minerals found in urine. Different kinds of changes result in different types of kidney stones. There are many factors that can trigger changes in the urine, ranging from chronic medical conditions to what you eat and drink.

Kidney Stone Symptoms:

When kidney stones move through the urinary tract, they may cause:

- Severe pain in the back, belly, or groin - Frequent or painful urination - Blood in the urine - Nausea and vomiting Small stones may pass without causing symptoms.

Diagnosing Kidney Stones:

Kidney stones are rarely diagnosed before they begin causing pain. This pain is often severe enough to send patients to the ER, where a variety of tests can uncover the stones. These may include a CT scan, X-rays, ultrasound, and urinalysis. Blood tests can help look for high levels of minerals involved in forming kidney stones.

Home Care for Kidney Stones:

If your kidney stone seems small enough, your doctor may recommend you to take pain medicine and wait for the stone to pass out of your body on its own. During this time, your doctor may recommend that you drink enough water and fluids to keep your urine clear -- about eight to 10 glasses a day.

Treatment:

1) Medication:

There are prescription medications that can help your body pass a kidney stone. Drugs known as alpha-blockers relax the walls of the ureter. This widens the passages so a stone can fit through more easily. Side effects are generally mild and may include headache or dizziness. Other types of medications can help prevent new stones from forming.

2) Shock Wave Therapy:

The most common medical procedure for treating kidney stones is known as extracorporeal shock wave lith-otripsy (ESWL). This therapy uses high-energy shock waves to break a kidney stone into little pieces. The small pieces can then move through the urinary tract more easily. Side effects can include bleeding, bruising, or pain after the procedure.

3)Ureteroscopy:

When a stone has made its way out of the kidney and is close to the bladder, the most common procedure is ureteroscopy. A thin tube is passed through the urinary tract to the location of the stone. A surgeon breaks up the stone and removes the fragments through the tube. No incisions are made in the body. For very large stones, surgical procedures may be needed.

Risk Factors:

Drinking too little water is the most common cause of kidney stones. Diet also plays an important role. Eating a lot of protein, sodium, and high-oxalate foods, such as chocolate or dark green vegetables, can boost the risk for kidney stones in some people. Other risk factors include putting on weight and taking certain medications

Preventing Future Kidney Stones:

If you had a calcium stone, your doctor may suggest cutting back on salt and sodium, which cause the body to dispense more calcium into the urine. You may also be advised to avoid high-oxalate foods, including chocolate, instant coffee, tea, beans, berries, dark leafy greens, oranges, tofu, and sweet potatoes. The best way to ward off new kidney stones is to drink enough water to keep your urine clear.

The Calcium Debate:

While most kidney stones contain calcium, you may not need to avoid calcium-rich foods. In fact, eating moder-ate amounts of dairy products and other calcium-rich foods may lower your risk of forming new stones. This does not apply to calcium supplements, which have been

linked to kidney stones in some people

Working Visit by University of Sheffield

By: Zahaimi bte Abdullah Sani

On Friday 18 February 2011, Dr Michelle Marshall and Ms Catherine Davison from the University of Sheffield paid a working visit to RCMP. Dr Michelle Marshall is a Senior Lecturer and Ms Catherine Davison a Senior Administrative Officer of the university (Registrar) and both were from the Medical School of Sheffield University. The visitors led by Dr Michelle Marshall, were given a cordial reception at the UniKL RCMP Boardroom by UniKL RCMP Chief Operating Officer, En Mohd Arif Mastol, Dr Mazidah Ahmad Mansur Director of Professional Development and Academic Services Division together with all the heads of programmes. According to Dr Michelle Marshall, the main objective of the visit was to introduce the new MBBS programme of University of Sheffield and to have further discussions related to issues of implementation of the new programme. It is to be noted here that the UniKL RCMP’s existing MBBS programme is based on the revised University of Sheffield MBBS programme. The university is also offering distance learning options in the field of Medical Education as a top-up programme for UniKL RCMP students as well as open up postgraduate research opportunities that are now offered at the University of Sheffield. Last but not least, they hope to re-establish and strengthen the link with UniKL RCMP as both institutions have a long association from as far back as1999. The duo later had a question and answer session with the staff and MBBS students at the Blue Lecture Hall before embarking on their journey back to the United Kingdom.

Working Visit by the Destiny Group

of Bangladesh

By: Zahaimi bte Abdullah Sani

“We are interested in having collaboration with UNIKL RCMP especially in conducting Nursing Programmes using the UNIKL RCMP syllabus and to look into the possibility of working with RCMP in the training of nurses in Bangladesh” said Mr.Md Mahtab Siddiqui, Business Development and Management Consultant of the Destiny Group from Bangladesh. “We have very high regard for Malaysia especially your education system. We do have Nursing Schools in Bangladesh but we would like to develop Nursing Schools that can produce students for the international market so that we could send them to work in the Middle East countries”, he explained. This working visit which was held on Friday, February 11, 2011, was aimed at providing a platform of discussion on issues pertaining to the setting up of Nursing Schools in Bangladesh. The other members of the Destiny Group who took part in the discussion were Mr Mohd Ismail, Mr Shah Haroon and Mdm

Salwa.

Assoc Prof Tuan Hj Nordin bin Abd Rasid, the Dean, Faculty of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences together with Madam Fadziah Ismail, Head of the Nursing Programme and Madam Ng Yoon Mooi, the Coordinator for Foreign Nursing Programmes, were on hand to welcome the visitors.

Tuan Hj Nordin bin Abd Rasid took the opportunity to brief the group on the latest developments of UniKL RCMP Diploma in Nursing Programme. Shortly after that, there was a dialogue session between the two parties. At the end of the session, the delegates were taken on a campus tour to view the facilities available at the main campus namely the Clinical Skills Lab, the Pathology Museum, the Anatomy Building and the Library. We hope that this visit opens up another window of opportunity for cooperation at the international

level.

Caring in Nursing By Chen Hoi Yen, Nursing Programme

Caring is identified as a value which is difficult to define. Caring is considered to be the core value of nursing because the nature of their work involves looking after people's needs. Caring is seen as an essential feature and expression of being human and this value is always relational and specifically found in nursing. The relation is formed as caring relationship is central to most nursing interventions (Warelow, Edward & Vinek, 2008), Hence, caring is the essence of excellence in nursing practice. What is the “concept of caring” in nursing? There are numerous definitions and debates about the idea of caring. Mustard (2002) states that, if nurses are caring towards their patients, this means they are committed to the welfare of their patients and families. There are four senses involved when nurses possess a clear concept of caring: Compassion or being concerned for another person; feeling or sharing the patient’s experience of illness or pain is the first sense of caring. The second sense involves doing things for those who cannot do for themselves. The third sense is for the professional caregivers to use their knowledge and skills in providing care for the medical problem. Last and not least is the sense of providing proper care at the proper time and the proper way when carrying out all the required procedures. (Pellegrino, as cited in Mustard, 2002) From the nurses’ point of view, caring is the expressive humanistic behaviours such as listening, comforting and expressing sensitivity. While for patients, competent and knowledgeable technical skills and abilities of the nurses had been ranked the highest caring behaviours. (Bassett, 2001) Fagerstrom, Eriksson and Engberg (1998, p. 207) have illustrated more regarding patients’ perceived caring needs that emerged from the process of interpretation include:

health, confidence in competence; comfort; wellbeing; security; hope; guidance; dialogue; being taken care of; possibility of expressing existential/ spiritual needs; being welcomed, seen and un-derstood; having one’s human dignity confirmed; being treated with attention and helped readily; experiencing contact; and closeness.

Nevertheless, not all patients’ desire all the needs as mentioned above but more to those related to their problem and needs. The patients appreciate more if the nurses provide care following the ways that relate to them. (Fagerstrom et al., 1998) In addition, Leininger’s theory (as cited in McCance, McKenna & Boore, 1999) also manifested the same meaning, where care provided to patient shall be acceptable culturally and is beneficial and useful to the patient, family or culture group’s health beliefs. In conclusion, caring in nursing includes a broad spectrum of ideas, care and needs that have no end but it is more in relation to the patients’ needs and desires. As such, nurses play an important role in building nurse-patient relationship. As suggested by Warelow et al. (2008), therapeutic relationship formed through nurse-patient relationship enables the nurse to continuously reflect on interactions with patients and on their own personal and emotional needs, strengths, weaknesses, wishes, feelings and fears since these can interfere with understanding and providing care to the patient. When nurses understand the concepts stated, they can apply it successfully in their practice, for a better nursing outcome. Bassett, C. (2001). Nurses’ perception of care and caring. International Journal of Nursing Prac-

tice, 8, 8-15. Fagerstorm, L., Eriksson. K., & Bergbom, E.I. (1999). The patient’s perceived caring needs: Measuring the unmeasurable. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 5, 199-208. McCance, T.V., McKenna, H.P., & Boore, J. (1999). Caring: Theoretical perspectives of rele-vance to nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 30(6), 1388-1395. Mustard, L. (2002). Caring and competency. JONAS Healthcare, Law, Ethics and Regulation,

4(2), 36-43. Warelow, P., Edward, K., & Vinek, J. (2008). Care: What nurses say and what nurses do. Holistic

Nursing Practice, 22(3), 146-153.

JOB SEARCH SEMINAR By: Mrs. Helvinder Kaur d/o Balbir Singh

Senior Lecturer, General Studies Unit

The UniKL RCMP students from Nursing Department (Semester 6) organized a Career Guidance Seminar on 22

February 2011 with the main aim of promoting awareness on the importance of career guidance in their life especially when they embark on their professional career in the future when they need to put job search skills into practice. This kind of seminar is crucial to help students discover their talents and open up career options available to them.

The Seminar managed to attract a total of 150 students mainly from Physiotherapy, Nursing and Radiography. To my surprise, an unexpected crowd of students turned up for the seminar. The topics discussed were interviewing skills, impromptu speaking skills, interview strategies, interview drills, walking out a winner and energetic force during interviews. The first slot was presented by Assoc Prof. Dr. Tin Win with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. Later on, we had Drs. Zulkernain Bin Hashim as a second presenter of the seminar and he shared some tips on effective resume writing.

The overall response from the students was very good as they had this kind of session for the very first time. Everyone enjoyed the talk and found it absolutely interesting and inspiring. Hopefully, this event would indeed be an inspiration to students to emulate. I also hope that students will bring back the good values that they have learnt in this seminar and practise these values in their job search in the future. It is our hope that seminars such as this could be a platform to prepare UNIKL RCMP students who would embark on their new career and become human capital full of discipline, quality and professionalism. Knowing how to improve yourself, getting to know yourself and knowing how effective your soft skills are crucial to students success in the new millennium. ‘An extraordinary experience, more than words can describe. Thank you to the organizing team and dedicated present-ers; Prof. Dr. Tin Win and Drs. Zulkernain Bin Hashim.

Thank You.

“Tying a necktie and Folding a Pocket Square”

By : Associate Professor Dr. Tin Win Department of Surgery

As we do need to wear neckties most of the time, we should know this. Take a look, learn and follow. Tying a necktie

1. The Four-in-Hand knot 2. The Half-Windsor knot 3. The Windsor knot 4. The Pratt/Shelby knot

Apart from the above four methods, There are about thirteen methods altogether. Please access the internet through:

How to Tie a Tie www.Gentlemanjoe.com

It will show step by step by pictures: 1. Atlantic 2. Diagonal 3. Double 4. Four in hand 5. Half Windsor 6. Kelvin 7. Persian 8. Pratt (Shelby) 10 Prince Albert 11. Simple 13. Saint Andrews 14 Small knot Windsor

The same web show how to tie “Bow Ties” and “How to fold a Pocket Square”, there are fourteen methods. 1. Astaire 2. Cagney 3. Cooper 4. Four points 5. One point 6. Presidential 7. Puff 8. Reverse 9. Shell 10. Square 11. Staircase 12. Three points 13. Two points Winged

W e a r i n g a T i e

Avoid wearing clip-on ties, they are unproffesional. ·The front point of your tie should be just long enough to touch the waist of your pants. Necktie length: As a general rule for all tie knots, the widest part of your tie should hang roughly at the same height as the upper edge of your leather belt, with the tie's tip extending slightly below it. The tip of the narrow end would then hang wherever it may. Your tie should be darker than the color of your shirt. Avoid wearing ties that are too bright. The general width of a tie is 3.5 inches, this width will not fall out of style. The width of a tie should be approximately the same width of the coat's lapel(part of the front of a coat or jacket folded back towards the shoulder), if the lapel is wide, the tie should be wide and if the lapel is narrow the tie should be narrow. The knot of the tie should be proportional to the collar, it should not be too big where it spreads the collar or forces it open and it shouldn't be too small that it becomes lost in the collar. The color of your tie should not clash with your outfit but the colors should not be so similar that they fade into the suit. The main color of a patterned tie should complement your suit and the secondary color should pick up your shirt. The texture of the tie should go with your outfit, for instance a shiny silk tie should go with a shiny silk shirt and a wool tie should be worn with a wool suit.

With this information, the staff and students of UniKL RCMP, would be able to wear the attire smartly.

Which job is right for you?

Put about 100 bricks in some particular order in a closed room with an open window. Then send two or three

candidates into the room and close the door. Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours and then ana-

lyze the situation.

The Result and Solution:

1. If they are counting the bricks put them in the Accounts Department

2. If they are recounting them put them in Auditing

3. If they have messed up the whole place with the bricks put them in Engineering

4. If they are arranging the bricks in some strange order put them in Anatomy Building

5. If they are throwing the bricks at each other put them in Operations

6. If they are sleeping with the bricks in their hand put them in Security

7. If they have broken the bricks into pieces put them in Information Technology

8. If they are sitting idle put them in Human Resources

9. If they say they have tried different combinations yet not a brick has been moved put them in Special

Project

10. If they have already left for the day put them in Marketing

11. If they are staring out of the window put them on Strategic Planning

12. If they studied the texture of the bricks put them in Quality Department

13. Last but not least, if they are talking to each other and not a single brick has been moved congratulate

them and put them in Top Management.

hehehehe

DATE : 26/01/2011

TIME : 4.30 pm

VENUE : Cafeteria RCMP

Nur Syafiqah Aziati Binti Md. Radzi – Medical Programme Sofian Bin Yahaya – Pharmacy Programme Wong Jee Mei – Pharmacy Programme Myint Myint Soe – Medical Programme Nor Hayati Binti Ahmad Mustafa – General Studies Unit Wan Rosli Bin Wan Yusoff – Physiotherapy Porgramme Nor Azrin Binti Abdul Samad – Human Capital Department Zaleha Binti Ngah Mohamed – Academic Services Department Abdol Roes Bin Md Som – MaintenanceUnit Wan Noor Hidayah Binti Idris – Quality Assurance Department Muhammad Anuar Bin Abdul Aziz–Student Affairs Department

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LAW OF ATTRACTION.. By : Mrs. Helvinder Kaur d/o Balbir Singh

To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on

creating oneself endlessly

-Henri Bergson

Law Of Attraction says that people’s thoughts (both conscious and unconscious) dictate the reality of

their lives, whether or not they’re aware of it. Essentially “if you really want something and truly believe

it’s possible, you’ll get it”, but if you put a lot of attention and thought onto something you don’t want,

you’ll probably not get it.

When you opt to learn how to apply the law of attraction you have to go about it in two simple steps.

The first step is understanding your negative thoughts, where they come from and how to control them

better. The second step is the actual application of positive energy for positive results. It’s not a magic

trick. It’s about generating the energy around you to move with you in your direction rather than against

you.

JPM ELECTION FOR SESSION 2011/2012 By : Student Affairs Division (StAD) The Dissolution of JPM Session 2010/2011 The election for the new “Students Representative Council” (JPM) was held on February 16

th, 2011,

in accordance with the UniKL Student’s Election Rules and Regulations. It says that the JPM elec-tions must be held no later than one year subsequent to the previous elections. The JPM of the pre-vious session was dissolved on Jan 21

st, 2011 during a HOD meeting held at UniKL Chancellery and

the Election Committee later announced that nominations would take place on February 2nd

, 2011 unless there is a special request for a postponement from any branch campus. The meeting also de-cided that the number of Constituencies for contest will remain at 7 and eligible students could nomi-nate themselves as candidates for the election. Nomination Day (February 8

th, 2011)

The Election involves electing 7 Constituencies and the number of constituency for each faculty shall be based on the total number of students of that particular faculty.

Constituencies Contested Based on Faculty:- Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery : 2 Constituencies Diploma in Nursing :2 Constituencies

(Main Campus and Teluk Intan Branch).

Diploma in Pharmacy : 1 only Diploma in Radiography : 1 only Diploma in Physiotherapy : 1 only ** Newly appointed JPM President shall have the right to appoint

5 senators to make up the JPM comittee for Session 2011/2012.

The election committee received nominations from 16 candidates and after the objection period was closed, 3 of them decided to withdraw. The full list of final candidates is as below:-

NUM.

NAME STUDENT ID. FAKULTY

1. Mohd. Izzuddin Bin Abu Bakar 57258209007 MBBS (Won uncontested)

2. Muhammad Saniy Bin Mohammad Noor

57258209068 MBBS (Withdrew)

3. Nur Najwa Hanim Binti Ab. Latiff 57258209085 MBBS (Won uncontested)

4. Nur Amirah Binti Md. Ideris 57154110141 Dip. In Nursing (Teluk Intan) 5. Mastura Binti Muhamad Nasir 57154110130

6. Puneswari A/P Paranjothu 57154109003 Dip. In Nursing

(Mayban Trust) (Withdrew)

7. Nur Atiqah Bt. Hamidun 57154109033

8. Noor Atikhah Binti Ismail 57154109014 Dip. In Nursing (Mayban Trust)

9. Norhidayu Binti Mohamed Adam 57154109050

10. Mohamad Nooramirul Bin Alias 57154109008

11. Abdul Faiz Hakimi B. Abdul Rahim 57153209005 Pharmacy

12. Noor Idzyani Binti Wahidi 57153209059 Pharmacy

13. Siti Syafiqah Binti Muhadi 57179210119 Physiotherapy

14. Nur Hassanah Binti Ramli 57179210167 Physiotherapy

15. Ahmad Faiz Farhan Bin Zainal 57179210171 Physiotherapy

16. Latifah Bt. Che Berahim 57155209035 Radiography

(Won uncontested)

Campaign & Public Rally Centralised campaign and “Public rallies” were held on February 11

th, 2011, where the candidates

were given the opportunity to speak to their supporters and deliver their manifesto. The event was an excellent platform for the candidates to convey their aspirations in public. In this context the Stu-dent Affairs Department is planning to organise at least 8 session of “speaker’s corner” throughout this year.

Election Day (February 16th

, 2011) February 16

th, 2011 was a memorable day for RCMP students. This was the day when they were

exposed to the real process of a general election in Malaysia. Three polling stations were set up for that purpose covering all RCMP branches. Every polling station was manned by election com-mittee members recruited from among the staff.

All three polling stations were open from 09:00hrs to 13:30 hrs, for students to cast their ballots for the remaining 4 constituencies. Overall the turnout percentage was 64.8% of the 1,397 students eligible to vote. Such a high percentage shows that our students are beginning to show maturity in exercising their rights and believe that JPM is the best channel for them to speak up. The process of counting the ballot papers was conducted openly where all candidates and their representatives were allowed to witness the process. Student Affairs Department would like to thank all students who exercised their rights dutifully and to choose the best among them as leaders. Our thanks you also to all departments staff and everyone involved directly or indirectly in ensuring the smooth running of the elections.

THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY AND THE FIRST EXCO MEETING OF THE NEW JPM In less than 24 hours after the results of the election were announced, all new elected excos

attended their 1st meeting with the college management officiated by the CEO, Prof. Dr. Hj.

Hashami Bin Bohari. During the meeting the new JPM President and the rest of the exco members

were selected.

After the oath-taking and presentation of letters of appointment, Prof. Dr. Hj. Hashami Bohari was

called upon to deliver his official speech. Other attendees at the function included En. Mohd. Arif

Mastol, En. Noorul Hilal Jurij and some of the former JPM Excos from session 2010/2011. The full

list of the new line up of JPM Exco for session 2011/2012 is attached.

No. Name Sex date Department

1 AHMAD NIZAM BIN ARIFFIN Male 01-FEB LABORATORY UNIT

2 ROHAIZA BINTI MOHD MAHYUDIN Female 02-FEB ACADEMIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT

3 AHMAD HAIRIL NADLI BIN ANUAR Male 04-FEB ACADEMIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT

4 HASLIANA BINTI HAMDAN Female 04-FEB DIPLOMA IN PHYSIOTHERAPY

5 MINN SOE @ KAN CHUN Male 6-FEB DEGREE IN MEDICAL PROGRAM

6 SUHAILA BINTI ISHAK Female 07-FEB LIBRARY UNIT

7 NILAM MAISARAH BINTI KASSIM Female 08-FEB GENERAL STUDIES UNIT

8 NORARIZA BINTI ARIFFIN Female 12-FEB DEGREE IN MEDICAL PROGRAM

9 FARAH AFIDAH BINTI BORHANNUDIN Female 14-FEB HUMAN CAPITAL DEPARTMENT

10 GURDEEP PERKASH SINGH Male 14-FEB DEGREE IN MEDICAL PROGRAM

11 MOHD HASWARI BIN MOSTAPA Male 15-FEB DIPLOMA IN NURSING PROGRAM

12 ZABANI BIN ABDUL Male 16-FEB HUMAN CAPITAL DEPARTMENT

13 YAP FOO NGAN Male 16-FEB DEGREE IN MEDICAL PROGRAM

14 SUHAILIE BINTI YAACOB Female 18-FEB DEPUTY DEAN’S OFFICE

15 MAH KIN KHEONG Male 19-FEB DEGREE IN MEDICAL PROGRAM

16 MASHIDAH BINTI BAHARUDDIN Female 20-FEB NURSING PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT

17 ROHAYU BT KASIM Female 20-FEB NURSING PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT

18 SITI SARAH BINTI ABDULLAH Female 23-FEB FINANCE DEPARTMENT

19 TAY YANG LIAN Male 23-FEB GENERAL STUDIES UNIT

20 LIONG YET KOOI Female 25-FEB NURSING PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT

21 KHAIRIL AZWAN BIN MALIM JAAFAR Male 27-FEB DEGREE IN MEDICAL PROGRAM