ALL DA BEST IN PRO II

3 DAYS COUNTDOWN TO PRO II....

PSP would like to wish 3rd year medical student all da vest in pro II.

JIA YOU JIA YOU

MAATTAUFEEQ WANNAJAH

Tempahan Alatan Klinikal

Serba sikit tentang Sphygmomanometer

sphygmós (pulse), manometer (pressure meter)

Mungkin anda rasa, sphygmomanometer yang tradisional semakin digantikan oleh sphygmomanometer elektronik yang begitu senang digunakan. Mungkin anda rasa, satu hari nanti tiada lagi orang yang mahu menggunakan kaedah lama ini dan alat-alat ini hanya boleh dijumpai dalam museum.

Anda mungkin betul, itu mungkin berlaku, mungkin bila nanti.
Tetapi, sphygmomanometer yang kelihatan tua dan ketinggalan zaman itu, merupakan satu alat yang begitu kritikal, apabila bateri habis, apabila anda berada di kawasan pendalaman, apabila tekanan darah seseorang pesakit terlalu rendah dan BP set yang canggih-canggih itu langsung tidak dapat berfungsi.

Maka, penjagaan alat ini adalah penting, bagi memastikan ia dalam keadaan yang terbaik apabila anda memerlukannya. Tidak kiralah di dalam wad, atau semasa kita keluar membuat aktiviti CFCS, atau satu hari nanti kita mungkin dihantar ke mana-mana klinik kesihatan dan pada masa itulah, anda yang bertanggungjawab untuk memastikan semua alat ini dijaga dengan baik.



Ok, gambar 1. Label ini terdapat pada mana-mana sphygmomanometer, tetapi ramai yang tidak mempedulikannya langsung. Cara yang betul untuk menyimpan sphygmomanometer adalah OFF butang merkuri. Bukan itu saja, simpan balik merkuri ke dalam balangnya sebelum OFF. Ini memastikan tiada merkuri yang tertakung di luar, dan lama-kelamaan ia akan melekat pada kaca itu, dan menjejaskan bacaan anda, seperti dalam gambar 2.

10 Little Things that Matters a lot to Patients

1. Wish your patients, "Good Morning" during
morning round and "Good Night" at the end of the
day. Also wish them well & happy, and hopefully never be back again with sickness when they are discharged.

2. Smile to your patients whenever you meet them - they are the most important people in your medical career. Your smile should be part of your therapeutic management. It is FOC and effective with no side effects.

3. Educate your patients on their medical problems in a way comprehendible to them. It is partly your failure if they don't understand their problem and the reason for their admission.

4. Let your patients know in advance on whatever procedures that you are planning for them e.g. ECG, ECHO, Ultrasound, CT Scan, OGDS etc. Give them the time to be mentally prepared.

5. Entertain your patients' doubts, fears and worries with compassion even though it sounds ridiculous to you. Do remember that your fear could be different from your patients' fear.

6. Show your patients that the needle has been taken off after inserting a venofix. This is an effective treatment for psychological pain. A great healer should heal the mind and body.

7. Medicine works better if your patient knew the reasons for taking it, and has confidence that it works. Don't forget to remind your patient on that when serving medicine.

8. Tell your patients the reasons and importance of taking their blood for investigations. Remember that it is their BLOOD - don't steal it from them!

9. Plan your blood taking on your patients so that the number of venepuntures can be minimized as much as possible to avoid unnecessary pain.

10. Respect your patients' privacy. Don't forget to close the curtains when examining them.

TENDER LOVING CARE (TLC) should be prescribed to all patients in high dose & at least QID irrespective of the diseases they have.


By Dr. Phang Cheng Kar (M.D.)

To First Yesrs - Selanjar II

PSP wishes all the first years who are taking coming Selanjar II examination beginning next week

All the Best. Good luck to all of you.

If you create an act, you create a habit.

If you create a habit, you create a character.

If you create a character, you create a destiny.

                                                               - andre Maurois

Selamat menjalani peperiksaan Selanjar II.

Tips for 4th Year Students

there are some tips for u all from ur senior, harap dpt membantu k...

CLINICAL YEARS

• less lectures
• >> ward works
• + - ~ notes from drs

so What It Takes ???
1. MENTAL : to absorb things, to be scolded >> than usual he he and last but not least ... to be praise once in a blue moon :)
2. PHYSICAL : for sitting in lectures to standing most of the time untill ur calf hypertrophy
3. SPIRITUAL : ask for His guidance, to grant u strength, mak easy ur way in dealing with people
some tips...

• be consistent as u did b4
• don't rush, have ur own aim, a topic a day is fine
• clarify probs immediately
• participate actively
• share ur knowledge
• do some exercise....ur body, mcq, etc
• pray a lot...

ENJOY 4TH YEAR...GUD LUCK 4 UR FUTURE

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kredit 2 nur ain shafiyah (exco media)

Doctors to be Disallowed from Dispensing Medicines

NST
2008/03/28

KUALA LUMPUR: Soon, doctors will not be allowed to dispense medicines. Doctors will only be allowed to prescribe medications but patients will have to get the medicines from pharmacies.
Currently, doctors diagnose the disease, prescribe the medicines and their own clinics dispense them.

For almost 20 years, pharmacists have been fighting for the "return" of their right to dispense medications but had been unsuccessful for various reasons.A pilot project on the separation of functions between doctors' clinics and pharmacies will be launched by the Ministry of Health.It is scheduled to be launched at selected major towns with the ministry closely monitoring the strength and weaknesses of the system before implementing it nationwide.


Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said the ministry was not able to implement this system earlier due to logistics problems, especially the shortage of pharmacists and pharmacies in the country."We also have to take into consideration the welfare of patients. If we have the separation, then patients must have easy accessibility to pharmacies to get their prescribed medications," he told the New Straits Times.He said the ministry had conducted a detailed study, "Pharmacy and clinic Mapping" on various issues ranging from welfare of patients, facilities available and capability of pharmacies to meet the demand.



"We found that the logistics problem is still an issue and needs to be resolved as we do not want patients to be running around looking for pharmacies with the doctors' prescriptions," said Dr Ismail.Furthermore, he said, the pharmacies should be able to provide quality care.He said the ministry had been doing the study with various stakeholders, focusing on the spread of community pharmacies or pharmacy outlets in major towns, rural and remote areas.Some 5,000 registered pharmacists are actively practising in some 1,600 pharmacies nationwide.In 2004, there were only 3,927 registered pharmacists with about 1,540 retail pharmacies or one for every 16,445 persons.



Dr Ismail said the pilot project would be implemented in major towns based on the study where there were pharmacies near clinics."If the pilot project is successful, we will have to look into the existing laws to allow for the separation," he added.India, South Korea and Taiwan have implemented the separation.



Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society president John Chang Chiew Pheng said the ministry's move to conduct a pilot project was definitely a positive development which would enhance the level of healthcare delivery.The separation, he added, would benefit patients as doctors could now focus on their clinical, diagnosing, counselling and prescription, while pharmacists could focus on educating patients on how best to optimise the usage of medicines prescribed.



Furthermore, Chang said, pharmacists could help patients choose between generic and branded drugs based on their financial situation."With commitment and determination we can overcome teething problems and patients can understand their medicines," he added.He said if the government went ahead with the separation, then more pharmacies could be set up near clinics for easy accessibility to patients.

USM guna teknologi terkini imej otak

Utusan Malaysia
21 Mac 2008 / 13 Rabiul Awal 1429


PULAU PINANG 20 Mac – Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) muncul sebagai institusi pengajian tinggi (IPT) pertama di Asia yang bakal dilengkapi teknologi terkini beresolusi tinggi yang mampu melihat imej otak manusia. Kelengkapan itu yang dikenali sebagai Ultra High Field (UHF) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 7 Tesla (7T) dirintis oleh Siemens Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Ini bermakna, USM akan menjadi IPT awam (IPTA) sulung di rantau ini menubuhkan Pusat Penyelidikan Neurosains dilengkapi MRI 7T iaitu teknologi terbaru, mendahului MRI 3T yang diguna pakai di kebanyakan negara Asia ketika ini.

Timbalan Presiden Siemens Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Dr. Tobias Seyfarth berkata, pihaknya bekerja secara aktif bagi mewujudkan teknologi-teknologi baru yang boleh ditawarkan kepada pengguna untuk menyelesaikan pelbagai masalah berkaitan bidang saintifik dan klinikal. ‘‘Ia termasuk pengenalan kepada teknologi MRI 7T yang berupaya mengimbas imej otak manusia pada tahap yang lebih terperinci seterusnya dapat membuat pengesanan lebih awal terhadap pelbagai penyakit berkaitan dengan sistem otak manusia,” katanya di sini semalam. Beliau berkata demikian pada majlis menandatangani Memorandum Persefahaman (MoU) antara USM dengan Siemens Malaysia Sdn. Bhd yang diwakili oleh Naib Canselor USM, Prof. Datuk Dzulkifli Abdul Razak dan Ketua Sektor Penjagaan Kesihatan Siemens, Michael Schmermer. Tambah beliau, USM telah menyuarakan hasrat mendalami penggunaan teknologi UHF, MRI 7T dalam pembangunan bidang neurosains khususnya hubung kait antara otak dan minda, terutamanya memori, pembelajaran dan kecerdasan minda.

Seyfarth turut mengakui, pengimejan UHF yang dilengkapi dengan MRI 7T sebagai satu kelengkapan yang amat berharga khususnya untuk digunakan dalam bidang neurosains.
Tambahnya, dengan termeterai MoU itu, kedua-dua pihak mempunyai matlamat serupa iaitu untuk membangunkan dan mengoptimumkan teknik pengimejan T7 seterusnya memindahkannya kepada sistem klinikal. Sementara itu, Dzulkifli berkata, USM komited menjalinkan kerjasama pintar seumpama itu yang dijangka mendatangkan pelbagai manfaat kepada pembangunan bidang neurosains di negara ini. ‘‘Kita berharap lebih banyak penemuan baru dalam bidang saintifik dan klinikal dapat diperoleh dengan wujudnya pusat kerjasama seumpama ini,” ujarnya.

Sewaan Ophtalmoskop.

Untuk pengetahuan semua, pihak pimpinan PSP telah membeli 5 set oftalmoskop. Ianya adalah untuk kegunaan ahli PSP 4th year dan final year yang memasuki posting oftalmologi.

Oftalmoskop tersebut akan diletakkan dibawah Biro Akademik. Untuk permulaan, pihak PSP akan membuat sistem sewaan dengan kadar yang berpatutan. Sewaan tersebut bukanlah untuk tujuan keuntungan tetapi untuk memperbanyakkan lagi simpanan oftalmoskop. Misi kami ialah, setiap pelajar mempunyai oftalmoskop sendiri semasa posting.

pemilihan adalah berdasarkan konsep siapa cepat dia dapat.

Ahli yang berminat bolehlah menghubungi Exco Akademik, saudara Zaim -0126638376. atau email kepada holiksais@yahoo.com

p/s: hanya panggilan suara sahaja di benarkan untuk urusan pertanyaan atau penempahan.. sms anda tidak akan dibalas..harap maklum

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Berita Gembira Untuk Ahli PSP Year 4 & 5

Untuk pengetahuan semua, pihak pimpinan PSP telah bersetuju untuk membeli 5 set oftalmoskop. Ianya adalah untuk kegunaan ahli PSP 4th year dan final year yang memasuki posting oftalmologi.

Oftalmoskop tersebut akan diletakkan dibawah Biro Akademik. Untuk permulaan, pihak PSP akan membuat sistem sewaan dengan kadar yang berpatutan. sewaan tersebut bukanlah untuk tujuan keuntungan tetapi untuk menampung sedikit sebanyak kos yang di keluarkan pihak persatuan.

Pihak PSP akan memaklumkan kepada semua jika oftalmoskop tersebut sudah availble untuk digunakan.

Sekian

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福利受保障，課業續輝煌

"Pothunalam Kakkappadum,

Kalvi Valarkappadum"

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