FAQs

Some people have been questioning and arguing about certain issues regarding the event taking on this week, Cairo Medicophilic Week 2010. Here are some common FAQs (frequently asked questions):

1. When & where is the main event?

ARMA on 19th March 2010. the tentative is as below:

2:00: Semifinals Debate(Cairo-Ain Shams) at tutorial room / prayer room)
3:00: Asar prayer
4.00: Semifinals Debate (Cairo-azhar) at tutorial room / prayer room)
5:00: Interuniversity Quiz (tutorial at tutorial room / prayer room)
6:00: Maghrib prayers
6:30: Final Debate
7:30: Motivational Talks
9:00: Closing Ceremony
-prayer recitation
-Welcoming Speech from Medicophilic Week Director
-Welcoming Speech from President of PERUBATAN
-Multimedia Presentation
-Prize-Delivery

Tokoh Pelajar Interuniversiti

Tokoh E-Learning

2. What are the programmes held this entire week?

Refer here.

3. There are only three medical universities enrolled by Malaysian students in Cairo, namely Cairo university, Ain Shams university and Al-Azhar university, thus, each university a representative for the debate competition in the semi-finals. Which university gets to fill the fourth spot for the semi-finals?

The university with the most teams registered in university level, specifically Cairo University with 6 teams.

4. Is there a change in the debate schedule?

NO. The motion, rounds and debating teams remain the same, just that the name and numbering of matches were changed slightly from the original copy distributed to the participants. the change of match numbering occur due to change of tentative (group 3 match was brought forward to be match 1 as they were the only teams free to debate on that particular day). The changes of match numbering are as follow:

Original numbering – New numbering

- group 1 = match 2

- group 2 = match 3

- group 3 = match 1 and so on...

And the 2nd round numbering system follows the 1st round as above. Please double-check between the original copy and the new updated schedule. The schedule maintains its essence.

KEY TO SUCCESS...(THE SNAIL'S STORY)

Key to Success - NEVER GIVE UP! and the rules are...

think wisely when someone tells you that you cannot do something..

look around you..

consider all options before you make up your mind

then, GO for it!

always believe in yourself and believe that you are gifted.. use all the gifts HE gives..

be creative!

in the end, you will succeed and prove to the world that you can as long as you have faith in HIM.. when there is a will, there is a way, insyaAllah..

WHEN THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY...

FAIZA ‘AZAMTA,FATAWAKKAL ‘ALALLAH

credit to: forwarded email..

Debate Match 1 - Cairo University - Result

- TEAM E (G) VS TEAM F (O) - MATCH 1

THW Make Passing An Aptitude And Communication Test Compulsory For All Medical Students Before Progressing To Their Clinical Years

Team E 1. Azizi Afuan 2. Muhamad Ihsan 3. Farid Azri

Team F 1. Mohamad Afiq Hidayat 2. Muhammad Hafiz 3. Nur Syukriah

RESULT - The Motion STANDS

BEST SPEAKER - Muhamad Ihsan (G-2)

*the next two debates (of 1st round preliminaries, do review previous posts) will be held at Abg Israk's house on 17th march. the time of match will be notified and informed later. Wait for our updates...

DEBATE SCHEDULE - CAIRO UNIVERSITY

1^ST Preliminary- (17 hb) - 3 groups to 2^nd Preliminary

- TEAM E (G) VS TEAM F (O) - MATCH 1

THW Make Passing An Aptitude And Communication Test Compulsory For All Medical Students Before Progressing To Their Clinical Years.

- TEAM A (G) VS TEAM B (O) - MATCH 2

THBT Medicine Should Be Sold By Pharmacist than Doctors

- TEAM D (G) VS TEAM C (O) - MATCH 3

THBT ONG Doctors Should Be a Woman

*match between team E & F will be held on 15^th march.

**all 1^st preliminary rounds will be held at senior Israk’s house in Abu Rish at 7.30pm

2^ND Preliminary (18hb) – 2 groups to represent Cairo University in final

- Match 2 winner (G) VS Match 3 winner (O)

THBT Alternative Medication And Treatment Should Be Included In Medical Insurance Coverage.

- Match 2 winner (O) VS Match 1 winner (G)

THW Make Organ Donation Compulsory For All Brain Dead Patients.

- Match 3 winner (G) VS Match 1 winner (O)

THW Remove the Right to Refuse Medically Necessary Treatments

Team A 1. Muhammad Asyraf 2. Ahmad Saiful Hafizi 3. Ahmad Naufal	Team C 1. Ayu Amiza 2. Ulya 3. Nooraimi	Team E 1. Ahmad Azizi Afuan 2. Muhamad Ihsan 3. Farid Azri
Team B 1. Hazwani Nadyrra 2. Syaimaa Ahmad 3. Ahmad Saifullah	Team D 1. Khairul Farhan 2. Mohd Izzudin 3. Muhammad Ammar	Team F 1. Mohamad Afiq Hidayat 2. Muhammad Hafiz 3. Nur Syukriah

5 TIPS STUDY FOR LONG-LASTING MEMORY TECHNIQUES (3RD YEAR SUBJECTS)

1. Study in various forms of topic sequences

After reading all topics for the first time, the second round is best done in another sequence.

e.g.: first round : Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Neisseria, Corynebacterium

second round : Enterococcus, Corynebacterium, Streptococcus, Neisseria, Staphylococcus

third round : Neisseria, Staphylococcus, Corynebacterium, Streptococcus, Enterococcus

and so on…….

Principles: you could be able to find differences and similarities between topics more efficiently

2. Doing MCQs for exercise

By doing MCQs, deep thinking will make your brain more active. For longer-lasting memory, you should make critical reasoning for each choice of answer.

Principles: Memory retention is achieved by practice

Thinking will make your memory longer-lasting compared to reading

3. Doing MCQs (for exercise) only after you have mastered the topics

Do not refer to textbooks (except if you do not find the answer after deep thinking)

By referring to textbooks, you will not be accustomed to think deeply.

Principles: Deep thinking will make your memory longer-lasting compared to reading.

4. Doing MCQs (for exercise) in various forms of topic arrangements

If the topics in MCQs exercise books are arranged in similar order with topics learnt in textbook (department book), they are better done in other arrangements of topics (without knowing what topic you are picking).

Choose the questions randomly. It is better if you do not initially know what topic of question you are answering. (So, your brain will go through or scan the whole textbook to find the answer)

But, if you answer them in the original order (similar to that learnt in textbook), you may be able to guess what topic you are answering. So, your scope of thinking will be restricted only on that topic.

e.g.: Text books: Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Neisseria, Corynebacterium

MCQ exercise : Enterococcus, Corynebacterium, Streptococcus, Neisseria, Staphylococcus

or : Neisseria, Staphylococcus, Corynebacterium, Streptococcus, Enterococcus

(Without initially knowing what topics of question you are answering)

Principles: you will be accustomed to go through or scan the whole book.

5. Do not be too ‘super perfect’ in the first reading

Do not make your study too slow that you will not have enough time to repeat.

Do not think that you should memorize all the points in your first reading. You should repeat as much as you can.

Principles: Repeating many times is much more efficient in retaining memories, compared to a very perfect first reading without repeating.

Change Your Study Style

Extrinsic and intrinsic motivation:-

• extrinsic-learn a subject because you love it

• intrinsic-learn a subject because you'll be able to graduate and become a doctor

Goal pyramid

• long range-e.g.: to be a successful neurologist

• mid range-e.g.: to graduate from medical school

• short range-e.g.: to score in the final exam

Use reward as artificial motivators

• size of reward according to the size of task

• it can evaluate your performance

Turn you failure into success

• failures are valuable as successes

• review your list of failure and what you learn from it

• those will keep you think positive

Stay focus on your study

• create a study environment in which you are comfortable

• put aside things that may distract you during study e.g.: mobile phone, laptop

• recognize your strong point

• be thankful for the natural talent that you have and utilize it as your strength

Making study habit-forming

• replace the old poor study habit with a new one

• tell your friend and family or your decision to do better

• chart every inch of your progress

HOW TO READ AND REMEMBER?

Read with a plan

• learn the term (medical term)

• do a thorough analytical reading

• immediately upon concluding your thorough reading, review what you’ve learnt

What decreases reading speed or comprehension?

• read aloud @moving your lips

• reading mechanically-using finger to follow words

• lack sufficient vocabulary

To increase your reading speed

• focus your attention and concentration

• eliminate outside distraction

• provide yourself with unclustred n comfortable environment

• try to grasp overall concept rather than attempting to understand every details

Retention

• broad concept more easily retained than details

• if you think something as important, the information can be retained far much easier

• speed is secondary to comprehension

Recall

• >interest,>easy to recall

• selective-focus on import details need to be recalled

• react to what you’re studying, e.g. associating new info with the old one

• repeat out loud or just in your mind what you want to remember

Why we forget

• fail to make material meaningful

• did not learn the prerequisite material

• fail to grasp what is to be remembered

• lacking the desire to remember

• allow apathy or boredom to dictate how we learn

• failing to/ do not use the knowledge we’ve gain

"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to." Kahlil Gibran

“Bring out the TIGER in YOU!!!”