Jointly by:
Tan Qing Lin (Sr1ScB)
Isabel Goh Ern Zi (Sr1ScB)
Ng Ting Hui (Sr1ScF)
In conjunction with the Kuen Cheng Science Week, the Academic Department has rolled out several Talks and Workshops for Science-stream students. On Saturday, 22 June 2019 Professor Gan Siew Hua, currently the Interim Head of School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, has been invited to speak on the topic of When a Pharmacist Encounters Drugs.
Before the event started, our Deputy Principal, Madam Chong Siew Fah presented a gift to the honorable guest speaker and expressed our gratitude to her for being so supportive to the invitation. Prof. Gan began by introducing the profession being as a pharmacist; availability of jobs when after one has completed the study of pharmacy. After that, she talked about the side effects of herb-drugs interaction.
The presentation continued with topics related to our education pathways, facts of being a pharmacist, and the differences between a doctor and the pharmacist before Prof. Gan conducted a Q&A session where students can answer questions and later receive a gift from her. This session has raised active responses from the floor. We were glad to see so many students that are full of curiosity and interest in this topic.
In the second half of the presentation, Prof. Gan had talked about teenagers and sexuality. She said that it is important to let the students know about the process of sexual maturation as teenagers nowadays tend to get sexually active at a younger age. There were also some videos associated with pregnancy to let the students fully understand the formation of human body and some tips to prevent the Down syndrome. The presentation officially ended at 9:30 a.m. Through this activity, our students received important and updated information that is going to help in their further studies plan ahead.
