KEEPING HONG KONG FIT AND WELL - HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty ...
KEEPING HONG KONG FIT AND WELL - HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty ...
KEEPING HONG KONG FIT AND WELL - HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty ...
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Sharings by ...<br />
I am delighted to see the academic discipline<br />
of Family Medicine and Primary Care being<br />
recognised by the Medical <strong>Faculty</strong> of The<br />
University of Hong Kong. This endorsement<br />
is vital for the discipline of Family Medicine to<br />
thrive and to have a major role in contributing<br />
to healthcare delivery and reform of the primary<br />
healthcare system in Hong Kong. With the<br />
current focus on chronic disease management<br />
and the aging population, the discipline of Family<br />
Medicine will have a vital role to play in teaching<br />
and research, which can translate into practice<br />
and policy to improve the health outcomes of<br />
the community. I congratulate Professor Cindy<br />
Lam and her dedicated staff in achieving this<br />
milestone.<br />
Professor Doris Young<br />
Professor of General Practice & Associate Dean, Academic<br />
<strong>Faculty</strong> of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences<br />
University of Melbourne<br />
Dr Wendy Wong<br />
Post-doctoral Fellow<br />
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care<br />
The University of Hong Kong<br />
Family medicine training equips doctors with<br />
skills to identify the wide range of problems that<br />
patients present, solve them with decisions that<br />
set priorities, code them into medical language<br />
for other medical and healthcare professionals,<br />
enhance long-term relationships that best serve<br />
the patients and the community, and seize<br />
every opportunity for anticipatory care. All<br />
these require a wide spectrum of the most upto-date,<br />
evidence-based medical knowledge,<br />
understanding of human nature, communication<br />
skills, courage to tolerate uncertainty, the<br />
highest standard of ethics, and kindness.<br />
Greater emphasis on undergraduate family<br />
medicine teaching and research will enhance<br />
the competence of not only future generations<br />
of family physicians, but also doctors of all<br />
specialties.<br />
Dr Ruby Lee<br />
President<br />
Hong Kong College of Family Physicians<br />
I am honoured to be the first PhD student, who is a locally trained Chinese<br />
Medicine practitioner, to graduate from the Department of Family Medicine<br />
and Primary Care (2004-08) under the supervision of Professor Cindy<br />
Lam. The promotion of the Family Medicine Unit to a Department signifies<br />
the importance of primary care research in enhancing quality of care<br />
with a holistic approach. I am excited to be one of the team! During my<br />
candidature, research was not limited to lectures, with on-site clinical trial<br />
coordination, grant management and journal writing opportunities that<br />
allowed me to better evaluate the clinical effectiveness of Chinese Medicine.<br />
I sincerely hope more clinicians can contribute to primary care research by<br />
translating findings into greater bedside care for patients.<br />
MEDICAL FACULTY NEWS 5
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