Random Reviews and Reflections
The Chronicles of Higher Education
The Wired Campus. June 17, 2008
A Professor of Pediatrics Uses Podcasts to Enliven Bacteriology
Sarah E. Forgie, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Alberta, gives medical students song parodies and other offbeat study aids for her bacteriology class. Her favorite podcasts include “Sweet Tetani” (an infectious sendup of “Sweet Caroline”) [...]
Results have been released. I’ve cleared the last semesters with Bs and B+s. Although the absence of any As is obvious, I am grateful that looking at a bigger picture, I have cleared the final semester of this hectic 3 years. Hectic yes, but I enjoyed the process with the company of my beautiful fellow [...]
Now, I can safely say that my academic years in NYP has ended. Today marks the last day of my final clinical placement in an acute hospital in Singapore. I was having bittersweet feelings as I felt quite sad to leave that wonderful place, but happy at the same time as it has ended. I guess it’s [...]
19.01.2008
It was a day to mark the end of our Final Year Project journey. Well, maybe except for the report that is due next week. The Best Paper prize was the Falls group whose paper focused on the adapting the Australian Falls Prevention Programme into local context. For theirs, it has been piloted in a nursing home whereby [...]
Exams are over! I am just glad that the long awaited moment is over. That aside, we had our FYP Student Conference rehearsal just now. My opinions on today’s overall performance is that we are just not ready yet and we need more practise. I had to present the results as well as the discussion [...]