Authors: Kavitha Nagandla, Sivalingam Nalliah. ABSTRACT Delay in childbearing, family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity in childbearing years increases a possibility of glucose intolerance or overt diabetes in pregnancy which may remain unrecognised unless an oral glucose tolerance test is done. The International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Group (IADPSG, 2010) […]
Author: Joon Wah Mak ABSTRACT There is no substantial difference in conducting research that is both ethical and responsive to the health needs in developing and developed nations. Differences are in financial constraints, technological expertise in identification and addressing needs, and in the perception of equal partnership of all stakeholders. There will be differences in […]
Authors: Kwee Choy Koh, Sheila Rani Kovil George, Jun Wee Pak, Ying Tian Liow, Jie Xun Khor. ABSTRACT Background: The International Medical University (IMU) has an outcome-based curriculum defined by eight major curriculum outcome domains. The attributes, qualities and competencies expected of a health care professional form the basis for these outcome domains. Community service […]
Authors: Sangeetha Poovaneswaran, Anuradha Poovaneswaran, Thiruselvi Subramaniam. ABSTRACT With recent medical advances and the availability of newer sophisticated technologies, critically ill patients tend to survive longer. Thus, decisions to forgo life-sustaining medical treatment generate challenging issues that all doctors must face. The aim of this pilot study was to assess attitudes towards end-of-life care in […]
Authors: Sheila Rani Kovil George, Sivalingam Nalliah. ABSTRACT The purpose of this prospective longitudinal study was to investigate the maternal cardiac haemodynamic and structural changes that occur in pregnancies with uncomplicated hyperemesis gravidarum in a selected Malaysian population. Nine women underwent serial echocardiography beginning at 12 weeks of gestation and throughout pregnancy at monthly intervals. […]
Authors: Nazimah Idris, Sivalingam Nalliah. ABSTRACT This paper attempts to utilise clinical scenarios where ethical issues are embedded and requires appropriate application of the steps of the framework mentioned. A step by step sequential approach is adopted to illustrate how the ‘ethical decision model’ can be used to resolve ethical problems to arrive at a […]
Authors: Sivalingam Nalliah, Nazimah Idris. ABSTRACT Medical education of today continues to evolve to meet the challenges of the stakeholders. Medical professionals today are expected to play multiple roles besides being experts. Thus, the curriculum has to be developed in a manner that facilitates learners to achieve the intended goal of becoming a medical professional […]
Authors: Masayuki Niwa, Satoshi Yoshida, Kazuhiro Takamizawa, Satoshi Nagaoka, Nobumitsu Kawakubo, Yuzo Takahashi, Yasuyuki Suzuki. ABSTRACT Background: Development in internet technology enables e-learning at the higher education level. We have developed the Internet PBL-Tutorial System/Rakuichi that allows multi-directional communication among participants with web-based bulletin boards. Although this system has been successful in medical education at […]
Authors: Jenn Haw Fong, Kenny Voon, Stephen Ambu, Joon Wah Mak. ABSTRACT Background: The tissue specimens used for extraction of DNA in this study were from rodents trapped in four states in Peninsular Malaysia, namely Kedah, Kelantan, Selangor and Johor. Methods: Histological sections of these rodent muscle tissues stained with hematoxylin and eosin showed infection […]
Authors: Yaya Liliana Hanapian, Joon Wah Mak, Paul Chieh Yee Chen. ABSTRACT Background: In Malaysia, the most common soil-transmitted helminth infections are A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura and hookworms. However, as there have been no extensive surveys on these infections, it is difficult to estimate with certainty the current overall incidence of infection with soil-transmitted helminths […]
