Dr Tan Meng Yoe, Coordinator for the Master of Communications and Media Studies (MCMS) at Monash University Malaysia, provides insights into the progr.
12 Mar 2021 / 08:36 H. Professor Sadequr Rahman, Director of the Tropical Medicine and Biology Research Platform at Monash University Malaysia.
BEFORE leaving the hospital or clinic, we are often told to finish taking a prescribed course of antibiotics recommended by the doctor. However, when we start feeling better, many of us stop antibiotic treatment early, which encourages bacteria to develop antibiotic resistance. Stopping antibiotics too soon is one cause of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria no longer respond to the antibiotics produced to kill them. ‘Germs’ are not killed and continue to grow.
Antibiotic resistance is a global predicament that many of us could face in real-life. Due to antibiotic resistance, we may become infected with germs that cannot be killed by any drugs available. The result could be that the germs end up killing us - a situation faced by our ancestors more than a hundred years ago.
However, education advocates were unanimous in their calls to ensure lessons continued.
For academics like Monash University School of Engineering lecturer Prof N. Ramakrishnan whose subjects include computer systems, classroom presence is imperative in evaluating students performance.
Prof Ramakrishnan laid out a plan to ensure lab lessons could continue with minimal fuss.
Prof Ramakrishnan had anticipated the movement control order (MCO) in Malaysia and laid out a plan to ensure lab lessons could continue with minimal fuss.
For electrical and electronic engineering and computer engineering students, fathoming the complex processes involved in making a microprocessor function is compulsory.
Therefore every student is required to undergo a lab examination as part of the Computer Systems module.