For 2022, MedSoc MAHSA have managed to resume the running of their medical camp, which was their first session post-COVID-19 pandemic. The session was held on the 14th of May 2022 from 9 am to 2 pm, at Surau Al-Ikhlas in Bandar Saujana Putra, Jenjarom, and was manned by 15 students who were in various stages of their medical training. They were supported by a member of the MAHSA Academic staff, Prof. Dr. Jamaluddin Hj Mohamad.
The
medical camp was set up as a means of clinical exposure for our medical
students, which included having contact with ‘real’ patients to talk to and
examine. During the pandemic, many of these type of activities were put on hold
for obvious reasons, and this had left students at a further disadvantage when
it came to having sufficient clinical exposure. Here, medical students were
able to discuss health concerns with the patients and perform simple health
education under the watchful eye of Prof. Jamal. Most of the people who came to
have consultations were residents in the area. It was mutually beneficial for
the residents as well as the students, in addition to highlighting the MAHSA
name to outsiders.
MedSoc
hopes to have many more camps like this one in the future as things slowly
going back to normal. These kinds of activities can play a good supportive role
to formal medical education and help shape well-rounded medical students.