Pharmex 2013 - Preserving Your Health: A Remedy For Excellence

“Preserving Your Health: A Remedy For Excellence” was the theme for this year Pharmex. Pharmex which stands for Pharmacy Expo was one of the events that held by pharmacy student during the Convocation Expo (ConvEx). The booth was on starting from 19^th till 22^nd September 2013 from 9am to 5pm. 120 students were involved in this community project. The estimated visitors to our booth were around 700.

The mainly focus of this project was to create awareness among the public regard their health issues, give the information about their medications, exposing our profession and role as pharmacist to the public and creating a good relationship with the community. By the end of the event, the entire objectives achieve!

And of course, the special mascot on the first day!!

The materials exhibited can be divided into 5 categories, which are: 

1. Clinical Pharmacy
2. Pharmaceutical Technology
3. Drugs Education
4. Herbal Pharmacy and Traditional Medicine
5. Veterinary Pharmacy

Clinical Pharmacy section gave the student experience in carrying the health screening to the community. The tests carried out are: 

• Body Mass Index (BMI), Body Fat Mass (BFM) and Visceral Fat Area (VFA)
• Blood Pressure Test (BP)
• Waist-hip Ratio (WHR)
• Glucose test
• Cholestrol test. 

With only RM 6, all tests are covered! Plus they can have the counseling session with the expert; lectures and not to be forgotten the 4^th year students. 

In Pharmaceutical Technology section, students showed their skill by preparing the dosage preparations in public and gave explanations on the ingredients used. 

Besides, they also portrayed their care on animals by exhibiting domestic pets, increase public knowledge on keeping pets in Veterinary Pharmacy section.

Students who participated, gained priceless experiences and able to get into the community. In the nutshell, this event not only benefits the community, but also preparing us as the future pharmacist to be. Good job everyone!

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PHARMATRADE 2013

The long await Pharmatrade had came back! It was held during USM convocation week that took place on the 19^th to 22^nd September  2013. 

The booth was opened from 9am until 10pm. This event involved about 111 pharmacy students in their first and second year.

The objective of this event were mainly to educate the pharmacy students about entrepreneur skills and improve their personal development such as communication skills and confidence  when interact with the others. It will also gave them chances of learning more about healthcare products and linked it with their  profession as an all rounders pharmacist in the future. 

As for the theme of the event, it is given “The Best Choice For A Better Life ”. A very attractive theme indeed! Variety of great healthcare products and supplements were being sold and marketed. They were even offered a 15% discount for every products!

Those days were exhausting and tiredness took over the committees but they still felt  energetic in promoting and explaining the usage as well as the benefits of each products to the public. Customers from all walks of life came and bought it either for themselves or their family. 

We would like to thank all lecturers, staffs and students that visit Pharmatrade booth and supporting the event by buying the products. Congratulations also to the project director, Nur Safinaz Mukhtar and all Pharmatrade committees for your hard work. No pain, no gain. Hope that the event will always be successful in the future.  

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Assimilation Week 2013 - Encode Your Enthusiasm, Decode Your Drug Future

The Assimilation Week for session 2013/14 had finally ended (clap). For your information, it was held on 9^th and ended on the 19^th of September 2013. For this year, the theme is ‘Encode Your Enthusiasm, Decode Your Drug Future.’ It means your future in pharmacy depends on your zeal to succeed in it.

Ice-Breaking

The Assimilation Week started off with the Ice-Breaking Session among the juniors on 9^th of September, Monday night at the school’s foyer. During the session, the juniors were divided into ten groups and played games such as ‘Duik-Duik’, Know Your Senior and Team Building. The objective of this event is to let the juniors well-acquainted with each other in preparation for the other activities to come in the assimilation week. The juniors were also given a short briefing about the rest of the week’s activities and were asked to prepare for a performance for the closing ceremony.

S 'n' J Night

The long-time tradition of seniors and juniors were then continued with the Senior and Junior Night on Wednesday night, 11^th of September. In DK X and Y that night, several representatives were asked to give a short talk to the juniors on topics such as MyPSA’s Student Exchange Program and Green Lung. The juniors then went on to search for their seniors and further meet up with their ‘pharmily’. The concept of ‘pharmily’ is like a real family; its members will help and support each other in need. However the seniors would not just accept the juniors (which is also the fun and highlighted part), juniors have to put on performances and interesting acts until his/her senior satisfied and accepted by their seniors. The event ended with a hearty dinner with their respective pharmily at the school’s foyer.

Pharmtastic Race

Several days later, on the 16^th of September, the Pharmtastic Race was carried out around the campus such as DUP, DTSP and the stadium. Here, juniors were required to play games at each checkpoint and obtain a clue for the next checkpoint. Marks were awarded to the groups according to their performance at the checkpoints and the time taken to complete the race, all which will add up with their final performances’ marks during the closing ceremony. Of course, through this activity, we hope that the junior will be able to fit in and at the same time enjoy their years of study in USM.

Closing Ceremony

The long, exhaustive but very enjoyable week was then concluded with the closing ceremony which was held at DUD, on the 18^th of September. Beforehand, each group was assigned to an item, song and place to be incorporated in their performances. The first years’ gave creative performances and showcased their myriad talents such singing, dancing and acting. Some of the seniors also rose up and took the opportunity to perform on that night. The night ended with fabulous prizes given to the winning groups of the highest accumulated marks from both the Pharmtastic Race and the performance earlier that night. Several lucky winners also walked away with prizes from the lucky draw held that night.

Although it was tiring for both seniors and juniors, the Assimilation Week managed to achieve its goals which were to create new friendships and also strengthen bonds between each other. To say that this event was a success is an understatement as it was not only able to accomplish the obvious, but also managed to create memories that will forever be etched in our hearts. Thanks to all the committees and participants to make this event, I can say one of the unforgettable one in our life.


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