USM New Medical Students Interview 10-11 May 2013

The new medical students interview was held on 10 & 11 May 2013 at BPSP, USM in Kubang Kerian, Kelantan. It rained heavily at night after the first interview. May is a rainy season in Kelantan. There were altogether 526 interviewees.

This is feedback from the chief secretariat that organised the interview for the new medical students:

Bagi pihak urusetia Pengambilan Pelajar PPSP sesi 2013/2014, saya mengucapkan setinggi-tinggi penghargaan kepada semua penemuduga yang telah mengambil bahagian dalam proses temuduga yang telah berlangsung pada 10 dan 11hb Mei lepas.

Kami amat menghargai komitmen yang telah ditunjukkan termasuk beberapa penemuduga yang telah secara sukarela membantu pada hari kedua.

Saya juga mengucapkan setinggi-tinggi penghargaan kepada semua ahli urusetia yang telah menjayakan proses tersebut.

Seramai 526 calon telah berjaya ditemuduga.

Dr. Ahmad Fuad bin Abdul Rahim
Jabatan Pendidikan Perubatan
Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
Universiti Sains Malaysia Kubang Kerian

Our medical school can only accept 150 students. The lecture halls also fit that many. When we divide 150 students into small groups, we get 15 groups of 10 students for small group discussion (SGD). In my department, we are left with 8 lecturers (from initial 12) since many have retired or moved elsewhere. So two SGD groups will need to break up and the students have to seek other groups to join for SGD. It becomes messy and students end up unhappy. Lecturers also become unhappy as a 'small group' is now a 'big group'. Sometimes lecturers have other commitments and the SGD groups have to be combined and taken as a big class lecture-discussion by one or two lecturers who are around.