No one ever expected 2020 to start off in such a way – the clinical students were pulled off placement, the preclinical students met/reunited with each other over Zoom, and MAMSA has had to put our lining of (face-to-face) events on hold as per the social distancing policies. We...
By King Ho Wong The MAMSA family gathered once again last Saturday for a potluck dinner to celebrate mid-autumn festival. The fun-filled night featured an iconic ice-breaking game “Top of the World” where teams competed against each other in mini-games, fighting for priority to choose mooncakes...
By King Ho Wong. Malaysia boleh! Last Saturday was Hari Merdeka, or the Malaysian Independence Day. The MAMSA held our annual Merdeka Night and came together to commemorate this epochal day. We kicked off the festivities by bonding through some authentic nasi lemak (or coconut rice,...
On our well-deserved sleep-in day last week, our fellow MAMSA members gathered at 1000 steps to do our exercise of the year ??♀️??♂️ Members from different year levels came together and bonded through exercise and food! 1000 steps has always been a MAMSA tradition where members...
On the 27th of July 2019, 38 MAMSA Alumni & members gathered for the first ever MAMSA Networking Night. With every graduating batch, the number of MAMSA alumni has expanded substantially over the past few years. This year, we decided to hold a MAMSA Networking...
20th of June By King Ho Wong Assignments. Swotvac. Exams. OSCEs. As medical students, we become very familiar with these stressful terms throughout our 5-year tenure. As for mental wellbeing, we don't seem to reflect on our journey very often. As much as academics and research...
24th April 2019 by Elynn Ong and Amanda Goh It may be a holiday, but medicine never stops! On the Saturday of the Easter weekend, the annual MAMSA T&D suturing workshop was held in MMC. This year, the workshop was run by two of our alumni,...
Post by Natalie Ling. They say Saturdays are for sleeping in but I guess this doesn’t apply to our fellow MAMSA members because MAMSA social events are definitely more exciting and fun than our dreams. On Saturday, our fellow MAMSA members gathered together for a super...
30th March 2019. By Natalie Ling and King Ho Wong No wind blows in favour of a ship without direction." This evergreen pearl of wisdom by Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger is indeed extra-applicable to those who struggle within their journeys to becoming medical doctors (i.e....
Medical Outreach Programme 11/1/2019 - 14/1/2019 Article by Lim Hui Ern, January 24th On the 11th of January 2019, six MAMSA members were given the opportunity to embark on a volunteering trip to Kampung Titom, Kampung Cerewes and Kampung Dayok in Pahang. The medical outreach programme was...