National Events
EVENTS THROWBACK
2024
Building on the enthusiastic response from participants, we continued the OSCE Study Group initiative in 2023. This program aims to provide enriching learning experiences through interactive mock OSCE sessions, guided by volunteer tutors, experienced supervising doctors, and lecturers from various dental universities.
Each session features four mock OSCE stations, with clinical year dental students serving as tutors and preclinical dental students simulating patients. This approach not only enhances the learning experience but also pre-exposes preclinical students to the OSCE format, preparing them for future assessments. Following the stations, sessions conclude with tips and tricks for mastering OSCE-type examinations. This collaborative platform provides a two-way learning experience, benefiting participants, tutors, and simulated patients.
OSCE STUDY GROUP
2021
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With the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic affecting the teaching and learning process, we have decided to start an initiative to organize an online OSCE study group to provide learning opportunities from volunteer tutors and experienced supervising doctors in the comforts of their home.
There will be 3 mock OSCE stations in every group, and after that tips and tricks in practice for the OSCE-type examination will be covered. We hope that both the participants and tutors can benefit from this two-way learning process.
OSCE STUDY GROUP
With the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic affecting the teaching and learning process, we have decided to start an initiative to organize an online case discussion to provide learning opportunities from experienced supervising doctors in the comforts of their home.
With the guidance of our supervisors, participants will be discussing the clinical cases provided under the supervision of experienced doctors and two sessions will be conducted.
CASE DISCUSSION
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SERVE FOR SMILES
Serve for Smiles is a new virtual community project organised by the Malaysian Dental Students’ Association (MDSA) and Asia Pacific Dental Students Association, Malaysian Division (APDSA MD), in collaboration with Junior Chamber International Kuala Lumpur West (JCI KL West).
With the fund raised from our previous collaboration in Weekend Online Webinar (WOW), we aim to promote oral health awareness and provide assistance to the underprivileged communities in Kuala Lumpur by empowering the caregivers with the correct oral hygiene practices and dietary advice via the Google Meet platform.
2020
Student Council of MMMC 19/20 in collaboration with MAAM, AMSA, SMAMMS, APDSA, MDSA is organizing Postgraduate Fair & Housemanship Kit 2020 for the students on 27th June 2020.
The objectives for the event are to broaden students’ insight in the field of medicine and dentistry, to provide an opportunity for qualified healthcare professionals to share their experiences with the students, and to provide a clearer perspective on career paths after graduation.
POST-GRADUATION FAIR & HOUSEMANSHIP KIT
This programme consists of three parts APDSA Brain Teaser, Mythbuster Series and Dental Awareness that was launched on December 2020 and will be ongoing until July 2021. Check out our Instagram stories and posts during the weekends to find out more!
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APDSA BRAINTEASER
IGTV DENTAL WONDERS
“What is root canal treatment?”, “Why is smoking bad for us?”, “What should I do if my child falls down and the tooth is lost?”, “Why we should not eat too many sweets?”
Common dental wonders of the public as mentioned above could be explained by the four short episodes launched on IGTV of our official Instagram. These interesting episodes with the main theme of ‘Dental Wonders’ were all done by the talented dental students all over Malaysia.
SMILE Outreach Program 2019 by APDSA Malaysia is organised with collaborative efforts of Student Bureau of Melaka-Manipal Medical College (MMMC), Asian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) Malaysia & AMSA MMMC.
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This programme was held on the 18th to 19th May 2019. Starting off with lectures & workshops to teambuilding games and outreach project on the second day at Singham’s Live & Lifecare Centers.
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S.M.I.L.E
S.M.I.L.E T-SHIRT DESIGNING COMPETITION
SMILE Outreach Program 2019 by APDSA Malaysia is organised with collaborative efforts of Student Bureau of Melaka-Manipal Medical College (MMMC), Asian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) Malaysia & AMSA MMMC.
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This programme was held on the 18th to 19th May 2019. Starting off with lectures & workshops to teambuilding games and outreach project on the second day at Singham’s Live & Lifecare Centers.
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2019
This event is collaboration between Asia Pacific Dental Students Association Malaysian Division (APDSA MD) and Dental Protection by Medical Protection Society (MPS).
On the event day, a three-hour workshop focusing on careers in dentistry, effective and ethical management of patient care, adverse outcomes of unethical dental treatments and how to avoid a complaint or claim. This absolutely widens the participants horizon in the dental field and open their eyes to knowledge that is beyond their daily acquired clinical skills.