Kampung Jenderam Hilir benefitted from Karnival Mesra Ubat 2021 with the help of the University of Cyberjaya Year 3 Pharmacy students along with Majlis Perbandaran Sepang (MPS), the Malaysian Pharmacy Student Society (MyPSA), LH Pharmacy and Alpro Pharmacy.
AMID the pandemic, students at the University of Cyberjaya make waves by contributing to the community, excelling in competitions and inspiring with informational webinars
According to Health Ministry pharmacy enforcement office Issac Danker: “In the fight against Covid-19, pharmacists are advocates of vaccines and have played a crucial role in ensuring the efficacy, effectiveness, safety as well as distribution of vaccines as their role is not confined behind the dispensing counter alone.”
Danker is an alumnus of the university who graduated with the Chancellor’s Award in 2017, the highest Academic Award granted to a student. He was also formerly the national President for the Malaysian Pharmacy Students’ Association (MyPSA), which represents thousands of pharmacy students from various Malaysian universities.
“Thanks to the university, I had the opportunity to gain experience in the community and industry during my internship where I gained plenty of knowledge in the field.
“Upon graduating, I started out with a pharmaceutical company. Then, I got the opportunity to join the Health Ministry where I was tasked to monitor the importation and sales of medicine, health products and more, in accordance with enforced law and regulations,” he said.
University of Cyberjaya Faculty of Pharmacy dean Prof Datin Dr Rosnani Hashim said: “We have plenty of pharmacy graduates in Malaysia and the industry is growing fast with the increasing need for Covid-19 vaccines but there is something that makes our graduates stand out and that’s our emphasis on patient care as well as being an all-rounded student.”
Just before their final year, University of Cyberjaya’s pharmacy students would hold a public health programme, Karnival Mesra Ubat (KaMU) to educate and create awareness in the local community on various aspects of health, especially in medicine handling management.
“This year, we focused on geriatric care targeted at Kampung Jenderam Hilir, Dengkil where we held multiple virtual and physical events, which included a collaboration with Alpro Pharmacy and LH Pharmacy.
“Licensed pharmacists as well as our student facilitators were at participants’ houses to review their medication and provide needful information where necessary,” said KaMU 2021 student director Nurul Akmar.
With her direction, KaMU 2021 took off with multiple hybrid (virtual and physical) projects including telepharmacy consultations, mini library for the community set up, mural painting, and a virtual Covid-19 immunisation awareness talk.
Muhammad Aqif was also the Track and Field Manager of the 13th MyPSA National Pharmacy Sports Carnival 2020 where the University of Cyberjaya students reigned as champions.
Meanwhile, the University of Cyberjaya International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering Student Chapter aims to shed some light on the other options they are able to explore as a pharmacy graduate.
“The webinar which featured our alumni helped to guide students to choose their pathway upon becoming a Provisionally Registered Pharmacist.
“It was a great platform for our seniors to educate us as on the industry,” said moderator, Year 2 student, Muhammad Aqif Badrul Hisham.
Furthermore, the university’s pharmacy students take it up a notch with their competitiveness in extracurricular activities – after winning first place for four consecutive years, the university scored second place this year at the virtual 14th MyPSA National Pharmacy Sports Carnival 2021.
Fourth year student Lau, bagged a gold medal at the 14th MyPSA National Pharmacy Sports Carnival 2021 (NPSC).
Lau Hui Ong, a fourth year student who bagged a gold medal in a sports quiz said, “I am grateful that I was able to represent my faculty and university. As I had taken the Sports Pharmacy elective course during my previous semester, I was able to understand and answer the questions effectively.”
The university first started out as a healthcare university that offered fully accredited programmes including the fields of Pharmacy, Medical, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, among others.
It is also one of the very few local universities with a Master’s in Clinical Pharmacy and the only Malaysian university with a Doctor of Pharmacy which was developed with academic contributions by the University of Southern California, United States.
For more information, visit cyberjaya.edu.my/pharmacy You can also WhatsApp 011-1112 3344 or email inquiry@cyberjaya.edu.my.
