by admin | Jun 10, 2017
A series of health intervention campaigns initiated by Taylor’s University School of Medicine (TUSOM) in partnership with Taylor’s Community under Group Communications and CSR department, were recently held at Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) Sri Pantai. The campaign was led by three dedicated lecturers; Dr Jo Ann Andoy Galvan, Dr Gul Baloch and Dr. Sapna Shridhar Patil, who brought TUSOM’s Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery students for their Community Medicine Posting.
36 interested and dedicated medical students kick started the campaign on 11 February with a door-to-door comprehensive survey where personal particulars and medical information of the residents were gathered. This exercise was to done to assess the general residents’ individual healthcare status and health-related behaviours.
The following Saturday on 18 February, a mini Health Carnival was held for the same community which saw the residents get involved activities like awareness booths, games, freebies give-a-away, quizzes and more. The four hours long carnival with more than 100 visitors used the results gathered in the week before to give the community what was most needed medically.
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“This is a great opportunity to gain exposure to the community and help them understand the importance of their health, and hopefully to make a difference in their life”. ~Mark Wong, TUSOM student leader
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by admin | Jun 6, 2017
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PETALING JAYA: In Collaboration with the School of Biosciences and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), a free health awareness campaign for the urban poor community of Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) Sri Pantai was successfully carried out last Sunday, 15th of January.
A number of 16 summer exchange students from QUT, a fellow lecturer from School of Biosciences – Dr. Ooi Yin Yin and three student volunteers as translators saw to over a hundred curious and earnest residents that underwent the free health screening and consultation provided.
Then former Dean of School of Biosciences, Dr. Anthony Ho Siong Hock, helmed the event and spoke to the residents. He also helped translate for the Australian students hopes this would transform the community for the better.
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by admin | Jun 5, 2017
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“Our future depends on how well the different types of people can work and live together.” ~Late Tunku Abdul Rahman
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A team of students under The Social Enterprise Project undertaken by Projek57 in collaboration with Taylor’s University Business School, engaging the PPR Sri Pantai residents in a unity themed event, aimed to promote tolerance, diversity, progressiveness and unity.
Sponsored by BOH Plantation and Delfi Marketing, the event consisted of 4 game stations – Station 1: Projek57 (look for Keywords from Projek57 banners and boards), Station 2: Embracing the differences (activities which are of other races), Station 3: Unity Brings Meaning (rearranging a puzzle of Tunku Abdul Rahman) & Station 4: The Malaysian Spirit (reflect on their experience throughout the event)
A Taylor’s student shared, “I applied my teaching skills to whether the younger of the older as our games gone through ethnic and we get a chance to share more to them like teaching them how to use chopsticks.”
Representatives from Projek 57 who attended the event were delighted with response and they were also actively taking photographs. The event saw participation of 46 enthusiastic individuals from the PPR, with the hope to create awareness that every Malaysian has a share in the future of Malaysia and a part to play in shaping that future, even in the smallest ways.
by admin | Jun 4, 2017
Taylor’s University School of Pharmacy in collaboration with Pfizer Malaysia organised a public health campaign to improve awareness and understanding on general health among the PPR Sri Pantai community. The main objectives was to extend positive impact to the community regarding the importance of health care by monitoring their basic health like Body Mass Index (BMI), blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol in the socioeconomically challenged community. Other than that, there were also tonometry and bone density check, lung spirometry and smoking cessation counseling, breast examination for women, and deworming and de-licing for children.
During the half day event, the students were able to have better understanding on general health screening procedures by practice. They also learned how to engage with, and educate the public on primary health screening with the assistance from their lecturers and certified pharmacists from Pfizer.
According to a year 4 student, Ho Ka Mun, the event was a success: “People may be aware of the importance of general health now, however, being aware it’s not enough. It is important to also educate them on how to prevent and minimize the rate of chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure, which are very common in the society.”
Aside from creating awareness, it was important to educate the residents on how to prevent and minimise the rate of chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma and high blood pressure, which are very common in the society.
During the half-day event, the students were able to have better understanding on general health screening procedures through practice. They also learned how to engage with, and educate, the public on primary health screening with assistance from their lecturers and certified pharmacists from Pfizer.
by admin | May 22, 2017
As an education institution, Taylor’s seeks to educate the youth of the world to take their productive place as leaders in the global community. We dream of the world where each and every underprivileged child realised their full potential and achieves excellence in his/her life. Education is not only a fundamental right; it is one of the most valuable assets an underprivileged and a refugee can have. Education is a basic human right, and without the chance to study, we risk losing an entire generation of children when the solution is in our hands.
At last weekend’s Engineering Inspiration Workshop, Taylor’s Education Group Communications & Corporate Social Responsibility (GCCSR) department together with Taylor’s University School of Engineering (SOE) brought together more than 100 underprivileged and refugee youths from eight different schools and organisations for a 2-day workshop along with the SOE students taking the Community Service Initiative module. Held in Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, the programme aimed to inspire the underprivileged and refugee youths to believe in themselves, to commit to their education, to see hope for their future and perhaps to consider a technical career as a stepping stone to a better life. Youths between the ages of 11-19 were broken into 14 groups and mentored by our SOE students to teach them about engineering, science and presentation skills.
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