INSIGHTS @ MAHSA

Our Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing and Education Assoc. Prof. Dr. Veronica Chua was invited as one of the facilitators for a 2-day workshop organized by the Malaysian Allied Health Professions Council (MAHPC), to develop programme standards for Allied Health education delivery through Open Distance Learning. Prof. Veronica has also been appointed on the MAHPC working committee for the development of the standards. MAHSA University is acknowledged by MAHPC as the leading university in Malaysia for Allied Health education via Open Distance Learning as MAHSA is the first university in Malaysia to offer Bachelor's degrees in Environmental Health & Safety, Biomedical Science, Medical Imaging and Physiotherapy via Open Distance Learning mode. This workshop was attended by over 40 leaders from various allied health fields in Malaysia, including academicians from public and private education institutions as well as practitioners from public health care facilities. Lead

Throughout history people have used public speaking as a vital means of communication. Public speaking, as the name implies, is a way of making your ideas public- of sharing them with other people and of influencing other people. Surveys have shown that oral communication ranks among the topmost skills in career development. Nor has the growth of Internet and other new technologies reduced the need for public speaking. Apparently, there is no substitute for face-to-face communication. For students at the tertiary level to be successful, be it on a one-to-one basis, or before a group, be able to make a presentation that is convincing, believable and effective. The fact that public speaking happens to be of such great importance to students at MAHSA University where they certainly have to give presentations as part of their course. Some of them will be assessed and others will be formative in nature which will help meet assessment requirements later. As we look into the various aspects

  We are proud to announce the successful publication of a research paper by our academic staff of Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing and Education (FOHSNE), The research team from School of Physiotherapy, MAHSA University comprising Mr. Rahul Krishnan, Ong Siew Chee, Mr. Suvinlal Stalin and Ms. Nisha Acharry published their paper on ‘A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION (PNF) TECHNIQUES ON MUSCLE FLEXIBILITY AMONG EXTENDED SITTING POSTURE INDIVIDUALS’ in the Turkish Journal of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (Türk Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Dergis). https://doi.org/10.21653/tjpr.1076651 Their paper reported that sitting for long periods of time can be detrimental to hamstring flexibility. The research compared different PNF stretching techniques for hamstring flexibility in university students, finding that the CRAC technique was the most effective. This study was conducted by the MAHSA research team comprising a research scholar and membe