Thursday, 11 August 2011
IMU Expands Credit Transfer Options for Biomedical Science Students 16 February 2011
International Medical University (IMU) recently provided another credit transfer
option for students who have applied for its biomedical science programme, giving
these students an exciting new option to continue their education in an overseas university.
Through this arrangement, credit transfer students from IMU will be required to complete
the first part of their studies in IMU before transferring to University of Strathclyde.
These students will receive academic credit for the subjects they have successfully
completed in IMU and use this towards the completion of their degree. The degree
will then be awarded by University of Strathclyde.
"We are pleased to be able to provide an additional credit transfer option for students
in the biomedical science programme. Providing students with this additional credit
transfer option is an affordable way for IMU students to gain access to a UK education
and towards obtaining an overseas degree," said A/Prof Chen Yu Sui, programme
coordinator of the biomedical science programme at IMU.
The University of Strathclyde was founded in 1796 and is Scotland"s third largest,
with some 14,000 students from more than 90 countries. The University is recognised
as a centre of teaching excellence in Scotland and stands among the best in the world.
A/Prof Chen Yu Sui added, "Without doubt, this arrangement would offer vast benefits
to them as it uniquely allows students to experience the learning environments
of two leading universities in Malaysia and the UK. Another benefit for the
students is the discovery and understanding of cultures from around the world
as this is a critical component for a
healthcare professional. This is certainly one of the reasons for us to continuously
look for additional transfer options for students and part of its ongoing mission to train
and promote excellence in the healthcare industry."
for more than 10 years. Prior to this, the university has collaborative and
credit transfer arrangements with IMU for its pharmacy and psychology
programmes. With this
collaboration, University of Strathclyde will be expanding the number
of IMU
programmes that the university is having collaborative agreements.
In addition to the credit transfer option with the University of Strathclyde, students
applying for the biomedical science programme also have the opportunity to transfer
the credits that they have earned in IMU to the University of Otago in New Zealand or
University of Newcastle in Australia after successful completion of the first part of their
course in IMU. Students also have the option to complete the entire biomedical science
degree in IMU and obtain a Bachelor of Science (Hons) Biomedical Science from IMU.
CUCMS field trips give students insight on biology
THE Biology syllabus offered in the Centre for Foundation in Science Studies at the Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences focuses on the best possible approach to help enhance learning experiences toward the Biology subject.
It also ensures that students are not overly buried or inundated with a smorgasbord of biological facts, theories, processes and concepts, without getting a full grasp of the key concepts and understanding of the subject learned.
While it cannot do away with the facts and theories embedded in the subject, the centre places great emphasis on student learning process such as infusion of Student Centered Team-based Learning and Project-Based Learning mode.
Through this, students learn to self-direct their own learning by sourcing for informative resources, conducting research and exploring reading materials other than their textbook for a given project.
In one of the lessons that used the Project-Based Learning approach, the students were acquired to apply cooperative learning and team work to design and construct a replica that illustrated the mechanism of the receptor-mediated endocytosis using any material available.
Materials used by students ranged from recycled materials, like mineral water bottle, tuna can, cotton swabs, pistachio nut shell, coconut shell and other household materials.
Some even sourced for edible substances and food colouring in constructing the pathway model.
Poster presentation was another example of group projects with the purpose being to expose the students to present their experimental results in a scientific way in the format of a poster, an alternative to their lab report.
Development of critical thinking and reasoning power are necessary for the students in their participation of the laboratory activities and poster presentation.
The centre also organised an educational outfield trip for students to allow them to learn with nature and echo their university theme of "Nurturing the Passion to Care" for the environment.
Recently, CUCMS students had an opportunity to visit Ulu Gombak Biodiversity Centre under the care of Professor Dr Rosli Hashim from the Institute of Biological Sciences, University Malaya.
A bird watching session was also led by Prof Rosli to expose the students to be alert of their chirping sounds, as their presence were normally obscured by the trees. The identification and knowing the medicinal values of the plants collected were certainly informative for both the students as well as the CUCMS staff.
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