1.Perception on Interprofessional Learning Among Health Science Undergraduate Students of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Syafiqah Ismail ; Nabishah Mohamad ; Benny Efendie ; Kanaga Kumari Chelliah
Malaysian Journal of Health Sciences 2013;11(2):29-34
Interprofesion learning (IPL) occurs when students from two or more different professionals study with and learn about
different professions. IPL is believed to enhance the collaboration level within the different profession after graduated.
The objective of this research is to compare perception levels among the respondents coming from eleven different
professions including Medical, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Dietetics, Audiology, Speech
Science, Physiotherapy, Optometry and Diagnostic Imaging & Radiotherapy. Each respondent were selected randomly
representing each year of study for each profession. They were required to fi ll up the survey form provided. 330 survey
forms were returned instead of 367 distributed copies or 90% from overall surveys. Using one-way ANOVA analysis, all
professions indicate same level of perception in knowledge subscale (p = 0.11), the practice of teamwork and cooperation
(p = 0.23) and various methods to start the IPL (p = 0.61). However, for professional identity subscales and interprofession
educational preparation the value was (p < 0.05). Post-hoc Turkey test, indicated Physiotherapy students had a higher
average score (M = 4.35 ± 0.54) compared to Speech Science (M = 3.75 ± 0.59) in professional identity subscale whereas
in students preparation subscale for interprofession education, only Physiotherapy students had higher score (M = 4.15
± 0.82) in comparison to Diagnostic Imaging & Radiotherapy (M = 3.25 ± 0.83). Besides, independent T test showed
the students were in favour of having IPL in early year of education with the average score (M = 3.53 ± 1.029) for year
one and year two compared to year three to fi ve (M = 3.34 ± 1.089). The result form this research shows that the students
have a positive perception towards IPL based on the average values not more than 3.0.
3.Training standardized patients for undergraduate Psychiatry examinations: experience of a Malaysian university
Suzaily Wahab ; Rosdinom Razali ; Ahmad Khaldun Ismail ; Mohammad Arif Kamarudin ; Noorlaili Mohd Tohit ; Ruth Packiavathy Rajen Durai ; Nabishah Mohamad ; Harlina Halizah Siraj
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2015;11(2):29-34
Simulated/ standardized patients (SPs) have become one of the significant components in today’s
medical education and students’ assessment. Some differences exist in the training method of SPs
for psychiatry examinations compared to other medical disciplines. This brief report highlights the
challenges encountered in the training process and methods to overcome those challenges. A wellstructured,
intensive training remains as one of the most important factors in ensuring standardization of
SPs for psychiatric examinations.
Education, Medical
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Psychiatry
4.UKM Medical Graduates’ Perception of their Communication Skills during Housemanship
Abdus Salam ; Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus ; Siti Harnida Md Isa ; ZulkifliZainuddin ; Azian Abdul Latiff ; Ng Soon Pheng ; ; Zauyah Yusuf ; Ima Nirwana Soelaiman ; Nabishah Mohamad ; Norhayati Moktar
Medicine and Health 2008;3(1):54-58
The art of talking to patients and their relatives does not come naturally to most of us and
the ability to put oneself in the patients’ predicament is difficult particularly for the young
doctors. To identify the communication abilities of the young doctors, a cross sectional
study was carried out on 32 house officers who graduated from UKM in 2004 during their
house jobs at different hospitals in Malaysia. A standardized questionnaire was used to
collect the data. Fifty nine percent respondents claimed that they had communicated very
well with patients while 69% with support staff and 88% with peers. On the other hand 38%
and 41% of the respondents claimed they communicated very well with their superiors and
families of patients. Only 22% of the graduates’ skills of communication in breaking bad
news were very well, while 50% and 81% were very well in counselling patients and taking consent for procedures. Curriculum planners need to emphasize the importance of
developing good communication skills in all aspects for the future doctors.
5.Staff Reflection on the Effectiveness of Whatsapp Usage for Organizational Communication: a Study in a Private Malaysian Medical School
Sohayla M. Attalla ; Jalal Ebrahim ; Hassan Ads ; Najibah Abdul Razak ; Nabishah Mohamad
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2020;16(Supp 7, Aug):57-62
Introduction: Recently mobile communication technology had tremendous advances and became the priority for most of the users with some opponent opinions that highlight the accountability and the privacy issues in
using these messaging applications. WhatsApp is scored to be the first top used messaging application worldwide that is used in 180 countries by about 1.5 billion population. This research aims to determine the staff reflections
regarding the WhatsApp usage for organizational communication. Methods: This study is implied among the staff at the medical and health life science cluster, Management and Science University (MSU), Malaysia. A questionnaire was
distributed to all the staff through an online google form. Responses were analysed by the ‘Statistical Package for
Social Sciences’ (SPSS) Version 24.0. Results: Results showed that all the staff responded (100%) are using WhatsApp for organizational communication with variable degrees of satisfaction; 8.1% are extremely satisfied, 61.3 %
are satisfied, 12.9% are not satisfied and 16.1 % are extremely not satisfied. Their level of satisfaction is
significantly affected by the respondent’s age, benefit of usage, and the time of messaging. Conclusion: To ensure
effectiveness of communication through WhatsApp, it should be through official groups and the organization
should put specific announced rules for the time of usage and the content of messages to be posted to all members.