12th April 2023, JOHOR BAHRU – PGSS FCE and PGSS FEE were pleased to conduct the coffee session through an online platform with the given title “Keeping Myself from Distraction” on Thursday, April 12, 2023, through the Cisco Webex platform. The speaker involved is Dr. Zulfikar Bin Ahmad, who is currently serving as director (Senior Psychology Officer) Counselling Centre, UTM. This online coffee session was promoted two weeks before through media platforms, such as PGSS’s official Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. This program was open to all UTM students, including undergraduate and postgraduate students. A total of 92 participants took part in this coffee session.
This course aims to:
• To educate students on the importance of mental health
• To educate postgraduate students on how to avoid distractions during research studies.
The Cisco Webex meeting opened at 9.45 a.m. for participants to log in, and the opening ceremony was conducted at 10.05 a.m. After the moderator finished a brief speaker’s introduction, this session was handed to the speaker at 10.10 a.m. The speaker started the presentation by introducing his experience related to his field.
The speaker also gives a wide view of distraction by first letting the participants know the definition of distraction and the examples. This session was held smoothly, with no pressure and more of a sharing session. Several participants took part and saw the session as a great opportunity to gain some clarification on factors that influence distraction. The chosen speaker is the right person and is able to help participants release some stress as they choose to share their experiences, as well as the speaker also sharing his own experience, which makes the session more interesting.
The Q&A session was held at 11.35 a.m. The speaker is able to communicate with the participants through this session, which helps to clarify a lot of uncertainties raised by the participants. The session ends at 12 p.m. The closing ceremony was conducted after the end of the photo session, and the program ended at 12.05 p.m. Positive comments such as informative, educational, and professional were received from the feedback form.
