Program Information
An online program conducted by Psychology Interactive Club (PSYCHIC) on April 2022, lead by Alya Maisarah binti Zafary.
Mini Report
'Mind Your Shape, Shape Your Mind' is an online program that encourages participants to actively take care of their physical and mental health. This program is conducted for the participants to realize the importance of keeping their physical and mental health in the best condition, coinciding with the ‘17 Goals of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)’, specifically the third SDG, which is ‘good health and well-being’.
This program is divided into 2 parts, sharing session and activities session that includes walkathon and infographic poster competition. Walkathon is a marathon that promotes living healthily by walking minimum 3KM daily for 14 consecutive days, meanwhile the poster focuses on raising awareness of having stable healthy lifestyle by balancing mental and physical health. The sharing session was divided to two parts -- 'Mental Health' and 'Nutrition' talk. A counsellor from UTM Counselling Centre and a government nutritionist were invited to share tips and ideas for audience, especially UTM students.
To conclude, this online program managed to garner almost 50 UTM students for sharing session and up to 30 UTM students had participated in the activities conducted overall.
Graduate Attributes
This is the first event that I've involved as the director and to assure this program run smoothly, these are the attributes I've gained through experiences:
- Leadership and Teamworking Skills (TW4): As the team leader, any decision made must be the safest, fairest and logical to avoid unnecessary difficulties for the program, audience and crews themselves. I understood that I hold the highest authorities in making any decision for the program, so I gave my best to take into considerations of all aspects before coming to a conclusion.
- Scholarship (SC3): To run a program well and organised, I took interest in almost all administration and execution plans, understanding the benefits and its consequences, as risk I took must be calculated too. Multiple individuals and authorities I had contacted to receive and digest the information that would benefit my program and teammates.
- Global Citizen (GC5): This program was conducted with aim to spread awareness of health vitality - mentally and physically, indirectly aligned with third Sustainable Developmental Goals (SDG), which is ‘good health and well-being’.
Self-Reflection
It was a thrilling moment when I was appointed to be the director of 'Mind Your Shape, Shape Your Mind' online program, as it was my very first time handling event as the leader. But I was determined to conduct it with full of preparation and determination, to prove my ownself I am capable of leading a team after all these years of just getting led by. Three months in prior, I'd planned a thorough plan and back ups for emergency, and to be very honest, I was kind of proud of myself to be able to pull this challenge successfully.
However, a life is not a life if there's no downside of it, throughout preparations, there are some situations that quite unpredictable, but, remaining calm and think creative and critical, quick decision-making were the essences to tackle it. With the help and support from my teammates too, of course. This event was aim to emphasize how the balance of mental and physical health plays important roles to ensure the stability lifestyle of ones. Plus, to make it more convincing, I linked this program with one of the Sustainable Developmental Goals, which is 'Good Health and Well-being'.
Overall, I am satisfied on most of the parts when handling this event, but there are still big room of improvements I need to do to be better in the future, as a leader and as a human.
Role in Program - Director
Bigger role, bigger responsibility. I believed it takes lots of courage and confidence for ones to carry this role, and I was chosen to be one for the program that I've suggested for Psychology Interactive Club (PSYCHIC).
This role started with me recruiting my Co-Director who had helped me a lot to bring this program to success, as it was definitely not an easy task. Then, we worked together to list and assign detailed tasks for committees to execute. Committees were give folders and files to refer for their tasks, deadlines and periods are given for them to have proper time management between personal and working matters. Any issues occurred during the preparation are dealt calmly and professionally for any involved parties heard and reached mutual agreement.
Throughout the preparation, I was taught a lot for patience and understanding, especially when I started to realize not everything can go as we want, and as leader, I need to portray a good image for the committees to stay positive and work efficiently. Any decisions that I made definitely had its impacts, minor or major. As a leader, I need to remind myself I am the pillar for committees to rely, thus it is important to be responsible and care for all the progresses related to 'Mind Your Shape, Shape Your Mind' program.
Evidence
A sharing session with government nutritionist for 'Mind Your Shape, Shape Your Mind' program