SERDANG, Feb 20 – The Faculty of Medicine and Health
Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), held an ‘Advance In Internal
Medicine 2017’ (AIM 2017) conference to improve knowledge on internal medicine
and cancer among medical professionals and members of the public with regards
to healthcare services in the region.
AIM 2017 Conference Director, Dr. Bahariah Khalis said
Internal Medicine is a vital medical knowledge applicable to all doctors in the
world that could facilitate them in discharging their duties.
“It forms the very basis of medical knowledge before a
doctor goes to the sub-level expertise of becoming specialities such as
neurologist, cardiologist, kidney specialist and so on,” she said.
At the conference, a pre-conference session was held where
participants gave their views on old medical knowledge but which is still
relevant with present time to go with the topics given.
“In Malaysia, such a session is direly needed due to
fast-paced globalization, in particular in this era of high technology, where
the views put forward by medical practitioners may not all be accepted,” she
said.
She added that the conference formed a platform for
physicians, paramedics and nurses to better understand blood cancer which is
rarely discussed by members of the public.
Themed ‘Advancing Medicine, Improving Patient’s Outcome’, AIM 2017 was also attended by Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Prof. Dato’ Dr. Abdul Jalil Nordin; Head of the Department of Medicine, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Fazli Abdul Azizi; and Vice-Chancellor-cum-UCSI University President, Prof. Dato’ Dr. Khalid Yusoff.- UPM
Date of Input: 13/03/2017 | Updated: 15/03/2017 | idah
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