Psychology Vocab

I made these two vocabulary posters, but I think they're not interesting enough to be displayed in the lecture hall. (There's too much writing on them! They look too cluttered) Rather than letting them simply go to waste, I thought I'd post them here. They're related to certain concepts we've learned in our psychology lectures.

Click on the images to view a larger version. Alright, 'til next time.

Sister's Iftar 2nd Session

Salam, the following are details for the 2nd iftar that is exclusively for sisters : 

 Date: 29th November 2010

 Venue: CF Talhah

 Time: 6pm-???

 Events: 1. Iftar

             2. Congregational Maghrib, Hajat, Isha' Prayer.

             

 Notes: Please bring along your money for donation, thank you :) Hope that all sisters can join. This is one of ways to strengthening our ukhwah and 'ibadah!

Chronic Inflammation Missing Notes

Please refer to Chronic Inflammation notes, page 4. The Non-visible Passages:

Granulomatous Inflammation

Granulomatous inflammation is a distinctive pattern of chronic inflammation reaction characterised by focal accumulation of activated macrophages, which often develop an epithelial line (epitheliod) appearance.

What is granuloma?

Granuloma is a focus of chronic inflammation consisting of a microscopic aggregation of macrophages that are transformed into epithelium like cell, surrounded by a collar of mononuclear leukocyte, principally lymphocyte and occasionally plasma cell (morphology in H & E stain)


:: Credit to the Academic bureau ::

Week 7 Timetable

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Interview with Zenith’s Y1B1 Distinction Students

Assalamualaikum wbt,


Pub & Info Bureau of Zenith14 has interviewed our two distinction students. In this article, Nur Hanani (H) and Maryam Sakinah (M) share their experience and tips on how to study and excel in exams. Pub & Info expresses the utmost gratitude towards our two friends, who are willing to make time to share with us. May we learn and obtain some benefits from this article, InsyaAllah.



PnI: How did you feel when you first found out you got distinction?

H: I was very surprised when I got to know my result. I feel very thankful to Allah for this great nikmah. Alhamdulillah.

M: The first person to tell me that I got distinction before I knew it was my elder sister. She SMSed me. I don’t know. I felt kinda glad, but of course, more than anything, I was thankful to Allah.

PnI: What is your method of studying?

H:
Concentrate/focus in classes.
Fully understand all the subjects. If not, try to understand it as soon as possible. Don’t procrastinate.
If I have time, I will do pre-reading.
If possible, I will try to memorise important things in all subjects. (I think all are important!)
Try to recall what I had memorised wherever I go, and whenever I have free time.
Don’t be too stressed during studying. Try to relax a bit by doing anything (e.g: watching movies, take a walk)
Love all subjects! Try to take interest in all subjects.

M: Consistent studying. I prefer to take my time while trying to grasp a point and I kinda hate trying to cramp everything at one time. Well, the funny thing is, I get depressed if I don’t study. Don’t ask why. I organise my time i.e. I have allocated time to study, go out, play games, watch movies, do other useful things. But I plan ahead a lot of things: what subjects I study on which day and I follow my plan. But hey, everyone got their own study styles. Doing compilation should suffice.

PnI: Do you have a study group or a study partner? If so, how do you think your study group/partner has helped you in your studies?

H: I don’t have a specific study group or a study partner. Sometimes I study with my roommates. I feel very happy if anyone asks me questions as it can help me too in studying (when I explain to anyone else, I will understand more and memorise quickly, InsyaAllah)

M: Not really, but if I need help, I’d go ask someone. I do have people who I discuss things with before exams though, especially PBQ and compilation.

PnI: Do you think everyone should have a study group?

H: I think everyone should have a study group. I think the best way to study is by reading the books by yourself first, and then you may discuss the subjects that you don’t fully understand with your group members. Even if you understand something, you should check your understanding with others (you may have understood it wrongly). You can study in a group once or twice a week. However, it depends on the individual him/herself.

M: Do my opinion really matter? Heh, you know yourself better.

PnI: What is your strategy for answering MCQ?

H:
Try to answer compilation questions (IMPORTANT)
For every question, try to answer at least 3 out of 5. Don’t leave it blank (if possible).
Don’t ever answer questions which you aren’t sure of its answer.
Think simply when answering MCQ. Don’t ponder over a question for a long time because it can make you doubt yourself. But don’t be careless!

M:
General rule: If a question is too difficult, the answer is true. If you are confused (as in 50-50, not 70-30), don’t answer. If you feel lucky, be confident. C’est la vie. Pray luck be on your side for MCQ.
Note: I will not be held responsible for failures resulting from applying my tips. Good luck is extremely useful, but your efforts are more important than your luck.

PnI: Any other tips or advice for your friends?

H:
During exam period, increase your ibadah and seek help from Allah all the time.
Don’t waste your time on unbeneficial things.
Get blessings from your parents and lecturers. Blessings from them are very important.
Before entering the exam hall, calm yourself by reciting surah Al-Insyirah and other prayer/dua. Avoid being too nervous.

M: Please do your best, no matter what. Because of one thing: you are a Muslim. You should do your best. Raise the standard of the Muslim ummah. You may feel that preclinical studies won’t matter much for your career, but there are reasons why course coordinators put these subjects in your studies. You know, even if you are a janitor, you have to do your best. You have a role to play. Spend time doing things you enjoy but don’t ditch studying. And most importantly, don’t forget to pray, because in the end, it is Allah who decides what you get.



H: That’s all from me I hope my advice and tips will be useful to help all my friends in studying and facing examination. However, the most important thing is blessing from Allah as only Allah can help us. InsyaAllah... =)

M: On a final note, Uhibbukum fillah =)

Pub & Info Bureau also wishes the best of luck to all Zenith members for the upcoming minitest. Please do your best and pray for guidance and help from Allah SWT. Thank you for reading this. Wassalam.

Zecon kiosk

Let's buy food at Zecon kiosk at the back of the lecture hall~

gula2 pandan (2 pieces=30 cents)

gula2 asam (3 pieces=50 cents)

asam celagi (1 packet=20 cents)

snack beras (2 packet=50 cents)

kancang tumbuk (1 packet=30 cents, 2 packet=50 cents)

Annoucement for Sisters of Zenith only

To all sisters of Zenith,

There will be Hajat Prayer and Iftar on 29 November 2010, Monday at CF Bro, 6.00 PM.

Please bring along your Al-Quran for tadarus.

Thank you.

Good Morning Doctor! - Chapter 2 Beans

I put the beans to soak as Mother suggested. Next morning early, before the little folks got up, I tiptoed down to start breakfast. I was half way across the kitchen when I was jerked back in amazement, my eyes bulging at the sight before me.

The Beans!

I had forgotten they would swell. They were all over the place! The kettle, no match for its heaving contents, was almost hidden in a rounding mound of them; the knife drawer of the table had been left open and it, too, was full. On the floor around the table were little piles of the beans that had "dripped" off. Why, I had soaked enough for threshers!

Full of shame at my own ignorance and almost overcome with a desire to scoop up the mess and throw the whole thing out to the chickens, I finally pulled myself together and began scooping up beans. I used the dripping pan, the bread pans, the kettles! Before I was done I had every pan in the house full of beans? For that noon, and several meals after, the Rohlfs had more than plenty to eat although there was a certain monotony to the diet.

If the beans were bad, the eggs were worse.

It was some weeks after we had finished the beans that I, for lack of a better idea, decided on eggs for dinner. I had often seen Mother cook them, breaking each one into a saucer to test its freshness and then slipping it from the saucer into the skillet. To my boyish mind that method had merit but seemed much too slow. I got a big platter and broke to dozen eggs onto it; a labor-saving idea, I figured.

Then carefully I took the brimming platterful over to the stove and poised it above the hot frying pan, ready to slide the eggs in slowly. I tilted the platter ever so little when plot! The whole mess dumped itself! The skillet wasn't big enough. Down its sides and onto the stove ran the eggs, changing as they ran from yolks and whites to stinking char. I grabbed the goose wing from behind the stove and frantically scraped at the smoking stuff; but before I could get it off, the whole house smelled of that bitter odor which simply wrapped itself around everything!

 For days the ghosts of those burned eggs seemed to haunt me; I couldn't open a cupboard door without that whiff of charred eggs fairly wrinkling the inside of my nose.

MINITEST

Our Y1B2 Minitest has been postponed to 6 December 2010. Please take note =)

Week 6 Timetable

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PBL 3 YEAR 1 BLOCK 2 2010/2011

Credit to our lovely class rep, Siti Zulafzan, who posted this at our Zenith Facebook page.

TRIGGER 1

Puan M, a 28-year old Malay housewife was referred to the Psychiatry Clinic, Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA) by her General Practitioner for further treatment of withdrawn behaviour for 3 days duration.


STUDENTS’ TASKS

1) Are there any terms that you do not understand?

2) What is withdrawn behaviour?

3) You should be able to identify the main problem/problems in patient’s chief complaint and explain how it causes the symptoms. Build a hypothesis and the underlying mechanism involved.

4) You should discuss on further history that you would like to know in helping you to make a provisional diagnosis.



Looks like another psychology/psychiatry case. Good luck, all Zenithians!

Medical Student Intervarsity 2010

Last weekend, on 13 November 2010, several of our batchmates proudly carried the name of IIUM Medical Students and played at the Medical Student Intervarsity 2010 tournament. Alhamdulillah, with the generosity and blessings of Allah SWT, our university won the Overall Champion (Juara Keseluruhan) and was elected Pasukan Harapan Tahun Hadapan.

Let us commend our friends and seniors, who were never afraid to take on a challenge and never gave up. This spirit, perseverance and passion are the qualities every Medical student should have. All members of Zenith family must also learn from them and never back down when any obstacle comes in our way. Put our heart and soul in everything we do.

Play for Allah. Study for Allah.

May our batch be able to send more players for future sports tournaments.

Better start practising now!

Happy Eid ul-Adha! Let's forgive each other in this great month of Zulhijjah.

And don't forget, Minitest is less than 2 weeks away!

Here are a couple of pictures from during the tournament:

Laugh In Islam

Assalamualaikum...
Hi there! Below are the hadiths which Islah League had put on the screen of our class. Simple but we always do forget about this . May us get benefit from it...




HADITH 1

Sabda Rasulullah sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam:

ولا تكثر من الضحك فان كثرة الضحك تميت القلب

“Janganlah kamu membanyakkan ketawa. Sesungguhnya banyak ketawa itu mematikan hati” [Hadith riwayat Ahmad dan Ibn Majah]


Based on this hadith, we are not encouraged to laugh excessively because too much of laughter will harden our hearts.

HADITH 2

Abu Hurairah radhiyallaahu ‘anhu menceritakan, bagaimana pada suatu ketika para sahabat kaget dengan gurauan Nabi sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. Lalu mereka bertanya, “Ya Rasulullah, sesungguhnya kamu bergurau senda dengan kami?”
Baginda sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam menjawab:

نعم غير انّي لا اقول الا حقا 

Ya,aku juga bergurau tetapi aku tidak berkata melainkan perkara yang benar sahaja [Hadith riwayat al-Tirmidhi dan Ahmad]


Abu Hurairah radhiyallaahu ‘anhu once told a story on how the sahabah were stunned by Rasullullah (s.a.w)’s joke. The sahabah asked Rasullullah (s.a.w.) if he was actually joking with them. Rasullullah (s.a.w.) says that he, too, make jokes but he did not say anything but the truth.

HADITH 3

ويل للذي يحدث فيكذب,  ليضحك القوم, ويل له, ويل له

“Celakalah orang yang berbicara lalu dia berdusta kerana mahu orang ramai ketawa. Celakalah baginya. Celakalah baginya” [Hadith riwayat Ahmad dan al-Darimi]


Rasullullah (s.a.w.) states woe to those who lie in his speech in attempt to make people laugh at his own words. Woe to him. Woe to him.

CONCLUSION: If we try to be funny, at least, be funny at the right time, place and situation. Most importantly, do not do it excessively. Just reminding in case you forget.

try this page

http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/book/immunol-sta.htm

Good Morning Doctor! - Chapter 1 Hands

Assalamualaikum...
Hi there! I found this great story written by William Rolhf. Its actually The Autobiography of William A. Rohlf, MD Written with Assistance from Dorothy Moeller Adapted for the World Wide Web by Richard Rathe, MD.

Hope you guys can spend some time reading this...=)

There were ten of us, Mother, Father, seven boys, and one girl--and another baby coming. I knew we were a big family, but I didn't realize until that summer when Mother was sick just what it means to care for then people, to feed them and keep them clean, to give them shelter. I had turned twelve in January and as second from the oldest it had been my lot, ever since I had been old enough, to help around the house. So when Mother took to her bed it was only natural that I should take her place as best I could.

I was a husky youngster for my age; so work didn't hurt me. In Davenport where I was born I had done all manner of odd jobs; when the family got so big that Dad couldn't support us pegging shoes and we moved out onto his forty-acre patch, I did my share of field work, weeding onions and cultivating potatoes. We all worked. We had to. But we were happy to make a living, raising most of what we ate and selling enough to buy other necessities.

It was the summer of the seventh year on the farm, when Mother got sick, that I became the hired girl. The three older boys helped Dad in the fields while I stayed at the house, taking care of Mother, looking after the three little boys and the little sister. When I wasn't watching them or getting something for Mother, I was cooking or washing or scrubbing. Yet in all of it there was just one thing I couldn't stand--it wasn't the work--it was having the boys call me Mary.

Now that I look back it sounds funny but it wasn't then.

One wash day, I remember, I had had a worse time than usual. Even though I had put the water on to heat before breakfast, it was dinner time before all the clothes were on the line. Mother called from her room. 

"You better get dinner started, son. Just let that last tubful soak until after you've eaten."

"All right," I answered, trying to sound cheerful.

"Why not stir up a batch of pancakes," she suggested. A good idea I thought; pancakes are quick and filling. So she gave me the directions, with me running to her door after each operation was finished to get directions for the next step. In that way I made many things that summer.

I got the little folks in and started on their meal before Dad and the boys came from the field. When I heard them, I poured out their cakes on the sizzling griddle and was just running the pancake turner around their bubbling edges when a grinning brother popped his head in at the door to inquire, "Pancakes today, Mary?" Ordinarily I might had paid no attention, but that day I was just tired enough to let it bother me.

Turner in hand, blazing mad, I rushed for him; but he turned and with a whoop of glee was founding out toward the barn. Then Dad appeared and the fracas was over almost before it began. Still smoldering, I went back to my pancake griddle and at least had the satisfaction of giving that taunting brother of mine some cakes that were doughy in the middle!

When I finally got the dishes washed and the last tubful of clothes hung up, my hands looked as if they were made of puckered pink sponge. Scrubbing the kitchen floor didn't help their appearance any, so that when I took Mother a drink I wasn't surprised that she looked at them. I grinned and she smiled.

"You've had a pretty hard day, Willie," she said. "Better take it easier tomorrow. You can just as well as not put away the bedding and the overalls and towels and such things without ironing. Then you might soak some beans tonight and have them for dinner tomorrow."

"Sure, I'll soak the beans. But don't you be worrying about what we eat; I'll take care of that. You just rest and get well," I told her.

Taking my puckered, soaked hands in hers she patted them. Then, with a very solemn and strange look on her face, she said slowly, "They are the hands of a helper, son. I hope they will be--ways."

My weariness melted in the glow of that idea--hands of a helper! That's what mine were! Even doing dishes, thereafter, wasn't so hard.

That was more than a half century ago. Today, with most of my life behind me, I look at my hands and wonder if Mother would still say, "Hands of a helper."

to be continued.....

LoL

If your father is a poor man,
it is your fate but,
if your father-in-law is a poor man,
it's your stupidity.

Practice makes perfect.....
But nobody's perfect..... .
so why practice?

If it's true that we are here to help others,
then what exactly are the others here for?

Since light travels faster than sound,
people appear bright until you hear them speak.

One should love animals.
They are so tasty.

Behind every successful man, there is a woman
And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.

The wise never marry.
and when they marry they become otherwise.

"Your future depends on your dreams"
So go to sleep.

There should be a better way to start a day
Than waking up every morning.

The more you learn, the more you know,
The more you know, the more you forget
The more you forget, the less you know
So.. why learn.

A bus station is where a bus stops.
A train station is where a train stops.
On my desk, I have a work station....
what more can I say........

What's wrong with eating too full ?

What's wrong with eating too full ?

Don't overeat and don't encourage your family members and friends to overeat
- unless you wish to shorten their healthy living and perhaps die younger!
An interesting article about eating too full....in today's Dr Lee Newsletter Issue:

"The more you eat, the sooner you die. The lesser you eat, the longer you live." This is what Dr Lee always says in his health talk. He also mentions, "Eating too full causes all sort of health problems such as hypertension, diabetes, stroke, etc."

Why eating too full is so harmful to your health? What can you do about it?

Mice experiment
To see how eating habit affects life span, a professor from University of Texas did an experiment on mice.

For the first group of 100 mice, he let them eat without any restriction, just like a buffet meal. The second group was fed only 60% full. And the third group was given food without restriction too. But this time, he reduced protein content to half. After 2.5 years, guess how many mice were still alive out of 100?

* First group (eat without restriction) - only 13 mice was alive. Opsss...
* Second group (eat 60% full) - 97 mice was still alive. Only 3 mice died.
* Third group (eat without restriction with protein cut half) - 50 mice still alive.

What can we learn from these results?

Firstly, eating too full is really harmful to your body. Secondly, eat 60% full if you want to live longer and healthier. Thirdly, taking too much protein is harmful to your body too. We don't need so much protein after all.

Overworking body
Imagine having a small family car. Instead of using it for short travel between home and office, you use it for long distance travel between different cities every day. Instead of using it 1 hour a day, you use it for 10 hours a day. Instead of driving at 70 km/h, you always speed up to 170 km/h, hitting engine's red line.

Can you estimate your car life span? Do you expect having various problems with your car after a short time?

Driving your car at high speed for a long time is like always eating too full. You force your body to always work at its red line.

Do you know that digestion is the most demanding work for your body? Think about the organs involved such as your mouth, stomach, liver, pancreas, duodenum and intestine. Think about the length of digestive tract from your mouth to intestine.

Eating too full zaps up much of your body energy for digestion. Otherwise, this energy may be used for other purpose such as enhancing your immune system.

Do you realize you become very tired easily after a big meal? That is the sign of your body working hard to digest all the food you take in.

If you eat an extra bowl of noodle, your pancreas has to produce extra insulin hormone to process the extra carbohydrates you take.

Your liver, stomach and intestine also have to produce extra enzymes to digest and process specific nutrients from that bowl of noodle.

Therefore the more you eat, the harder your body has to work to process it. Of course, we must eat to survive. But we don't have to eat that much!

If you drive your car slowly and handle it gently, you can use it for a long time. But if you always floor the accelerator and drive like a rally driver, you know the consequence on your car life span.

Side effect of eating
Your car engine burns fuel to move your car and bring you to anywhere you like to go. As a result, the engine produces exhaust smoke which is toxic. It must be dispersed out from your car. Similarly, your body cell burns nutrient for energy to survive. In the process, it produces free radicals. Since free radical is toxic to your body, it has to be neutralized and expelled.

"Just metabolizing food especially fatty and carbohydrate- rich fare causes the body to produce free radicals, which attack cells and can promote the development of chronic conditions  including heart disease, diabetes and cancer," says Ronald L. Prior, Ph.D.

Of course, your body can control free radicals in small quantity. But the more you eat, the more free radicals your body produces. Without adequate control, these free radicals easily attack your body cells and eventually cause all sort of diseases.

Good eating habit
After knowing the harmful effect of eating too full, what's your choice?
Do you want to live longer, just  like the second group mice in the experiment?
Or do you want to risk ending your life earlier, just like the first group mice?
If you wish to live longer, here are some tips you can follow:

1.. Always eat until 70% full. Do not exceed 80% full. You may want to stop eating when you feel slightly full.

2. Avoid having buffet style meal which makes it harder to control how much you eat. Instead, prepare the food you want to eat in a plate. After finishing it, don't add anymore food.

3. Leaving the dining table earlier may prevent you from picking some extra food to eat.

4. It is always a good idea to prepare lesser food in the first place. Some people are afraid of having not enough food for everyone. Actually, lesser food is beneficial for everyone..In a restaurant, order in small amount first. You can always add in some extra order if necessary. But if you can get by with the original smaller order, that's great.
Remember this: You have higher chance of overeating if you serve more food on the table. You have better chance of not overeating if you serve less food.

5. Avoid stuffing your fridge with ice cream, chocolate or other dessert. You cannot eat what you do not have.

6. When someone prepares a big plate of food for you, look at it first. Ask yourself, "Do I want to stuff it all into my stomach?"

If your answer is no, just put aside some food to another empty plate first. After finishing your food, look back at the extra food on that new plate. Say to yourself, "Phew! Luckily I didn't stuff that portion into my stomach."

7. When you get too hungry before your meal time, just take some fruit instead of heavy meal. The tendency to overeat is very high for modern people. Do you know most monks only eat twice a day?

They wake up at 4am, meditate and say their prayer. Later they have their simple breakfast at 7am. Before 12pm, they have their lunch. That's all for them. They eat no more after that. No tea break. No dinner. No supper. They still look strong and energetic.

Of course, we don't have to eat like them. But it reminds us we can eat less and stay healthy. So remember to eat only 70% full if you want to stay healthy.
DO NOT WASTE. ORDER ONLY WHAT YOU CAN AND WILL EAT, NOT EXPECT OTHERS TO FINISH FOR YOU!

Public Speaking

Assalamualaikum

First of all, congratulations to everyone who passed the end block exams for the 1st block. For those who didn't pass, don't worry. Well all be re-studying what we've learned in the first block anyway (for the Pro Exam in year 2), so don't be depressed and just remember to work a little harder next time. Who knows, it could be a blessing in disguise from Allah.

Anyway, I just wanted to address a few things about a program that the English peers are doing this block: Public Speaking.

I'll write in a numbered list format, because that's what we Medic students seem to like.

1. Keep it short & sweet. Try to limit what you have to say within the range of 4-6 minutes. You don't have to talk long. In fact, a lot of people would prefer it if you didn't talk for very long.

2. Your words, your responsibility. Please be aware that you will be held accountable for whatever you say in front. Therefore, avoid insulting others or provoking anyone. I don't care if it's from 'anonymous', if it hurts someone's feelings, you will have to bear the responsibility.

3. Yeah, Justin Bieber! Lutfi already told everyone about this, and we really meant it. You can talk about whatever you want. Whether it be your favourite TV show, or what you did last year, or about a song you like to listen to, pick a topic that defines you and be creative!

4. Moral of the Story. Including 'Islamic Input' is a piece of cake! Because anything that is beneficial & good (and at the same time, is not against any teachings of our religion) can be considered Islamic. Even a lesson you got from watching Anime, or even a line from a song that has some advice in it can be used as your Islamic Input.

5. Respect, Please. This is for the rest of us who are NOT talking in front. Public speaking can be a very frightful experience for some (as Prof Pakeer mentioned before), so please make the speaker feel comfortable by listening and paying attention to what he or she has to say. "Wish for my brother what I wish for myself", so if you want people to respect you when it is your turn to speak, then you should respect others when it is theirs.

Overall, I have been pleasantly surprised with some of the things you guys have chosen to talk about. And so far, you guys have proven that you are very good speakers. Keep up the good work, and thanks for supporting our program.

P.S: I loved hearing the Sisters gasp when we took out the "Lucky Draw" container for the first time. That was a priceless moment. XD. I know, I'm evil.

Luqman Al-Bashir
(Self Appointed) English Peers Captain