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How to claim dental and spectacles (as in 2023)?

Here are the steps to make your claim if you (or your dependents such as children) receive dental treatment such as scaling.

  1. Log in to MyUTM portal
  2. Under Working at UTM section, scroll down and select “Dental and spectacles”.

3. Click Welfare and Services, then select Application -> Select Dental -> Select Application for Dental.

4. Fill in the details such as Clinic name and date of treatment. Save.

5. Add attachment of the scanned original receipt.

6. Click Treatment. Select the treatment or service that rendered to you in the Detail Treatment.

7. Add attachment accordingly (*compulsory). The attachment is the scanned version of the original receipt. So, make sure you scan/snap a picture of the receipt before you submit the original receipt to the person in charge.

Note: Make sure you print out the Borang Rawatan Pergigian. Fill in the form as necessary. To save you time from going to the dental clinic twice, before you get the dental treatment, print the form and bring it with you when you get the treatment. The form requires the signature of the dentist with official stamp.

To claim for glasses/ spectacles, you can follow the same steps of 1 and 2. Just choose “Spectacles” instead of Dental for Step 3. Unlike dental claim, (what I personally did) I printed out the form (Borang Tuntutan Pembelian Cermin mata) before collecting my new spectacles from the optometrist.

PENILAIAN PENGAJARAN DAN PENGALAMAN PELAJAR (ePPPK) DAN PELAKSANAAN ‘END OF COURSE SURVEY’ DALAM SISTEM ePPP

EPPP digunakan dengan menilai persepsi pelajar terhadap pengajaran pensyarah di akhir semester sejak 2009. Berdasarkan maklumbalas yang diterima, EPPP telah diubah dan ditambahbaik dari segi rubrik penilaian.  Mulai tahun 2023, EPPP ditukar kepada EPPPK (Penilaian Pengajaran dan Pengalaman Pelajar) dan soal selidik akhir kursus atau dikenali sebagai End of course survey akan menggunakan satu capaian yang sama bagi tujuan penilaian.  Pelajar tidak lagi perlu ke dua laman web berbeza untuk mengisi respons mereka.  

Satu sesi taklimat bagi pelajar akan diadakan oleh CDEX sebelum akhir semester ini di mana pelajar akan mengetahui EPPPK yang baru ini.  Bagi kursus sarjana muda, penggunaan AIMS akan dimansuhkan dan akan diganti dengan MyAIMS di mana pensyarah boleh memasukkan markah peperiksaan kursus sarjana muda di MyAIMS, bukan AIMS.  Tetapi buat masa ini, AIMS masih lagi boleh digunakan buat sementara waktu bagi tujuan memasukkan markah.    Bagi kursus sarjana, penggunaan GSMS masih lagi diteruskan bagi tujuan memasukkan markah (tiada perbezaan).  

Untuk maklumat lanjut, boleh rujuk slaid yang diberikan dan juga rakaman WebEx.

Nota: Sebarang pertanyaan boleh diajukan kepada pihak CDEX atau Profesor Madya Dr. Mohd Nihra Haruzuan bin Mohamad Said.  Maklumat yang dinyatakan di sini adalah rumusan dari sesi taklimat yang diadakan pada Isnin, 15 Mei 2023 (pukul 10 pagi).  

TES dimansuhkan berkuatkuasa mulai tahun 2023

Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Universiti Bil. 6/2023 bertarikh 21 Mac 2023 telah bersetuju agar komponen penilaian bagi sistem LPPT dilihat semula dengan mengambil kira keperluan semasa dan penilaian berasaskan kompetensi staf. Sehubungan dengan itu, berkuat kuasa mulai tahun 2023,penggunaan sistem penilaian kualiti pengajaran iaitu Teaching Excellent System adalah dimansuhkan.

 

Good Clinical Practice

A friend inquired whether I was interested in attending a three-day course on Good Clinical Practice. The costs of RM1100 are a tad pricey, however. In addition, a certification examination would be administered on the third day. 40 multiple choice questions. To obtain the certificate, we must earn at least 32/40 points. Yup. There can be no more than eight errors, which is equivalent to 80%. Tough? You bet.

My friend gave me a copy of the book which I can use so I could start studying earlier before the course.  But, between the exam, grading assignments since early February 2023, and other things, it was difficult to find time to study. I determined to study the book from cover to cover no matter what. So, I arrived slightly early for the next couple of weeks in order to study for at least an hour or two. While invigilating examinations, I diligently attempted to finish reading and studying the book. But, reading a book containing legal words is difficult.   So, I decided to create notes for myself using concept-map format.   I do not now how it would help me to improve my memory but I need to do something.  Knowing how ________ my hand-writing is,  I need to have something that I can read with ease.

The exam on Wednesday at 1130am lasted only one hour and consisted of forty questions. Time passes quickly? Indeed. I had limited time to double-check the entirety of the questions. I just reviewed the OMR form and ensured that I had answered all questions. “At least, I answered all of the questions” I said to myself. That was my determination. After the exam, I could hardly recall the questions I had answered. When some of us were discussing the questions, I did my best to recall them, but it felt like a dream. I have no memory of answering the questions.

Now, the only thing I can do is pray that I would pass the exams the first time around. That’s my hope.

 

Food poisoning: It is bad

To avoid food poisoning, you must know what you consume. Do not consume expired/bad/moldy etc. food/drink. That is the common information that we already know. But I miss one aspect: how the food is prepared. I ate pisang goreng last Sunday. It was raining and I stopped for a while to buy lunch at 3pm (it was a late lunch indeed). I saw this small stall selling pisang goreng with no customers for more than 15 minutes. I felt sad. “Why not buy something?” I said to myself. With RM2 worth of pisang goreng, the seller gave me more than what I paid. Little that I know it was the beginning of a nightmare that I experienced for a few days.

After eating a few pieces of pisang goreng, I felt weird. “This is unusual” I thought. Around maghrib, the stomach pain became unbearable. While performing maghrib prayer, I nearly fell down as I prostrated (sujud). “Is this the way how my life ends?” I thought to myself as I performing sujud. My cat sensed something was not right. She did not leave my side as I prayed. When I lay down on my bed, she plopped herself besides me and purred. My cat, Robyn always does that when she senses that I am not feeling well or I am sad. By the time Isya’ prayer, I found it difficult to stand without clutching my stomach and my legs started to tremble. I could not stand still.

I tried to find whatever ointment that I could put on my stomach to each the pain. I found my late mom’s minyak kayu putih (eucalyptus oil). At this point, I just couldn’t care to check the expiry date. I attempted to endure the unbearable pain for as long as I could. I started to vomit several times through out the night. I googled symptoms of food poisoning. What I experienced was just vomiting within hours after eating pisang goreng.  Diarrhea may follow but I didn’t experience that.  I asked my niece (an MD) the cure to food poisoning. She told me that normally food poisoning could stop within 24 to 72 hours with no medication. She advised me to avoid solid and spicy food. I ended up of not eating anything, just drink to keep myself hydrated for around 2 days since the first symptom appeared.

But by the third day, the stomach pain still persisted. So I went to homeopathy clinic. Why homeopathy? Well, I just wanted to try out alternative treatment. Alhamdulillah after taking the medication for one day, the stomach pain was gone. No vomiting. But I had to deal with the aftermath of food poisoning. I could not take any spicy food for a while. My stomach becomes sensitive towards specific food. This is not good. But I guess this is life. There are things that I have to let go and no longer can enjoy.

CPD oh CPD…. 2023

During the pandemic my CPD was more than 100. The required points are 42 ONLY. What was I thinking by attending so many courses during the pandemic?! I can only blame myself on that part.

As far as I could remember, there were so many things that I need to learn and know ASAP because the changes that I need to do for my teaching and class. One of my colleagues asked me “Banyak betul kursus yang kau pergi? Tak bosan ke? Ada kursus yang sama kan macam Elearning tu. Kau pergi juga ke?” Well, the answer is I did attended so many courses which I think relevant and important for me and my students. Bored? Well, since I know how _________ (fill in the blank) my memory is, I need to make sure than whatever information that I need to know can be repeated again (repeated exposure etc.). Of course, I take note and write things here (only IF I have time for that).

So, one of my colleagues informed me that the registrar office actually has a calendar for courses/workshops that will be counted as CPD. My initial reaction to her was “Got calendar meh? I do not know about it.” I told her, all of these while, I just attended whatever courses that I think I need based on my personal evaluation of my personal needs. Very ego centric thought, right? Yes. According to Maslow’s self-actualization needs, one reaches to the realization of a person’s potential, self-fulfillment, seeking personal growth and peak experiences at the highest level of hierarchical needs. Indeed.

But here are some of the things that she shared.

  1. Go to this website to get the form (Excel)
  2. Open “Borang permohonan kursus“. Just fill in the information needed.
  3. One of the things that we need to fill in is the types of training/course/workshop that we want to attend. Go to this website to get more information about the training (it has dates and trainings so you can choose the one that you want to attend).
  4. If you already to register any training (please make sure you have go through the training calendar thoroughly), you can register HERE.

BUT, if you are comfortable with unstructured planning, like me (as my self-evaluation does not have any specific time and duration because it is continuous), so, you can attend any training or course accordingly (uhuk uhuk based on your own personal judgment and preference).

Pesuruhjaya sumpah UTM

Kenangan menguruskan urusan selepas arwah emak meninggal lebih dari lima tahun dahulu memang tidak dapat dilupakan.  Ada beberapa dokumen yang memerlukan pengesahan pesuruhjaya sumpah.  Bermulalah pencarian pesuruhjaya sumpah di sekitar Johor Bahru.  Bukan mudah.  Dalam hati terdetik, kalau ada pesuruhjaya sumpah di UTM, mungkin urusan lagi mudah.  Tidak perlu pergi ke merata tempat untuk mendapatkan pengesahan pesuruhjaya sumpah.

Alhamdulillah mulai 1 Disember 2022, warga UTM (semua PTJ, kakitangan, pelajar) dan individu yang memerlukan perkhidmatan Pesuruhjaya Sumpah boleh mendapatkan perkhidmatan ini secara terus di UTM.  Anda digalakkan untuk membuat temujanji terlebih dahulu di :

 
Lokasi  :  Pejabat Penasihat Undang-Undang
                     Aras 3, Bangunan Canseleri Sultan Ibrahim
                     Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
                     81300 Johor Bahru, Johor
Talian Telefon Bimbit : 013-6970685 (Puan Ida Shazreen) 
Talian Am Pejabat : 07-5530789

Post pandemic classes: What I have learned so far?

There are students who have never experienced attending physical class since they registered due to the pandemic. I have observed that some have difficulty adjusting at the beginning of this semester. Few of them are still struggling until now (it is already Week 10), preferring online over physical classes.

I do not blame them.  Adjustment presents different challenges to us and each of us have different ways to cope with stress etc.  To stay emphatic is a challenge that I experience as an instructor.  It is a learning process.  I should not be overly critical of myself.

I learn few features in Quizziz that I never explore before from a colleague.  I created a lesson material using Quizziz.  The students love it!  I used a mixture of digital and physical materials for an activity.  The physical materials?  Papers and markers.  

I told him that the floor is dirty. To be in a creative mode and remain comfortable, he decided to lay down.

Few of them did not attend the class today.  Apparently, COVID-19 is still lingering around.  Indeed.

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