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The opening ceremony of the Centre at Queen Mary Hospital was officiated by Dr Alice Lam, Chairman of University Grants Committee (UGC). Professor S P Chow, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of HKU and Chairman of the Committee of Management, HKU's School of Chinese Medicine, Professor S K Lam, Dean of HKU's Faculty of Medicine and Professor S H Chan, Director of HKU's School of Chinese Medicine were at the ceremony.
Professor S H Chan, Director of School of Chinese Medicine, alluded in his speech to the difficulties that Chinese medicine education faced before 1997: “The Chinese medicine bachelor programmes in the territory were not funded by the government at that time. There was a lack of qualified local teaching professionals in Chinese medicine and we did not have suitable Chinese medicine clinics and hospitals for clinical teaching. It was a difficult time for Chinese medicine education. However, the University of Hong Kong strived to establish its own clinical teaching centres in Hong Kong. Collaborations were also established with universities in China so as to provide them with clinical training. The effort we have put into the Chinese medicine education over the past ten years has led to the first batch of more than ten graduates who will complete the Bachelor of Chinese Medicine by the end of this year.”
Professor S K Lam, HKU's Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, said, “Establishing the School of Chinese Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at HKU was a good one. By putting western and Chinese medicine together, we will provide the environment most conducive for interaction and collaboration. Apart from the Bachelor of Chinese Medicine and the Bachelor of Chinese Pharmacy, we are going to mount the dual-degree course in MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) and Chinese medicine next year to prepare and train our future experts in both.”
Dr Alice Lam, Chairman of the UGC, said, “I greatly appreciate the effort that HKU has put into Chinese medicine education over the past ten years. The University of Hong Kong not only trains Chinese medicine professionals, but has also used a systematic way of teaching and research to enhance the development of Chinese medicine. I am glad to see that HKU is determined to put western medicine and Chinese medicine together so as to develope an integrated evidence-medicine with proven efficacy to help and benefit mankind. I believe that future medical graduates will posses knowledge in western and Chinese medicine which will be a great benefit to patients.”
Located on the ground floor of the Nursing School at Queen Mary Hospital, the new Clinical Centre for Teaching and Research is the third clinical centre established by the School of Chinese Medicine at HKU. In 1998, HKU opened its first clinical centre at the Admiralty Learning Centre of the School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPACE) and a year later, in Tsimshatsui Learning Centre of SPACE. The two clinical centres offer consultations to the public and provide facilities to support clinical teaching. The Chinese Medicine Pharmacy that opened February this year at Admiralty further enhanced services of the clinical centres and supported the study of Chinese medicine and related programmes.
The University of Hong Kong started offering part-time certificate programmes in Chinese medicine since 1991. The Chinese medicine diploma programme launched in 1997 has become a milestone in Chinese medicine education in Hong Kong. HKU currently offers programmes in Bachelor of Pharmacy in Chinese Medicine, Diploma in Pharmaceutical Management in Chinese Medicine, Postgraduate Certificate in Chinese Medicine, Certificate in Nutritional Studies in Chinese Medicine, Diploma and Certificate in Chinese Dispensing. At present, we have 613 students studying Bachelor of Chinese Medicine (full-time and part-time) and 660 students studying the part-time diploma courses.
HKU's School of Chinese Medicine Opens Clinical Centre for Teaching and Research at Queen Mary Hospital (Press Release)
28 Aug 2001
The School of Chinese Medicine, at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), opened its Clinical Centre for Teaching and Research on Tuesday, August 28. The new Clinical Centre provides support for clinical teaching as well as offers consultation to the public. A Chinese medicine pharmacy is attached to the Clinical Centre to provide service to patients.
The opening ceremony of the Centre at Queen Mary Hospital was officiated by Dr Alice Lam, Chairman of University Grants Committee (UGC). Professor S P Chow, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of HKU and Chairman of the Committee of Management, HKU's School of Chinese Medicine, Professor S K Lam, Dean of HKU's Faculty of Medicine and Professor S H Chan, Director of HKU's School of Chinese Medicine were at the ceremony.
Professor S H Chan, Director of School of Chinese Medicine, alluded in his speech to the difficulties that Chinese medicine education faced before 1997: “The Chinese medicine bachelor programmes in the territory were not funded by the government at that time. There was a lack of qualified local teaching professionals in Chinese medicine and we did not have suitable Chinese medicine clinics and hospitals for clinical teaching. It was a difficult time for Chinese medicine education. However, the University of Hong Kong strived to establish its own clinical teaching centres in Hong Kong. Collaborations were also established with universities in China so as to provide them with clinical training. The effort we have put into the Chinese medicine education over the past ten years has led to the first batch of more than ten graduates who will complete the Bachelor of Chinese Medicine by the end of this year.”
Professor S K Lam, HKU's Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, said, “Establishing the School of Chinese Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at HKU was a good one. By putting western and Chinese medicine together, we will provide the environment most conducive for interaction and collaboration. Apart from the Bachelor of Chinese Medicine and the Bachelor of Chinese Pharmacy, we are going to mount the dual-degree course in MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) and Chinese medicine next year to prepare and train our future experts in both.”
Dr Alice Lam, Chairman of the UGC, said, “I greatly appreciate the effort that HKU has put into Chinese medicine education over the past ten years. The University of Hong Kong not only trains Chinese medicine professionals, but has also used a systematic way of teaching and research to enhance the development of Chinese medicine. I am glad to see that HKU is determined to put western medicine and Chinese medicine together so as to develope an integrated evidence-medicine with proven efficacy to help and benefit mankind. I believe that future medical graduates will posses knowledge in western and Chinese medicine which will be a great benefit to patients.”
Located on the ground floor of the Nursing School at Queen Mary Hospital, the new Clinical Centre for Teaching and Research is the third clinical centre established by the School of Chinese Medicine at HKU. In 1998, HKU opened its first clinical centre at the Admiralty Learning Centre of the School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPACE) and a year later, in Tsimshatsui Learning Centre of SPACE. The two clinical centres offer consultations to the public and provide facilities to support clinical teaching. The Chinese Medicine Pharmacy that opened February this year at Admiralty further enhanced services of the clinical centres and supported the study of Chinese medicine and related programmes.
The University of Hong Kong started offering part-time certificate programmes in Chinese medicine since 1991. The Chinese medicine diploma programme launched in 1997 has become a milestone in Chinese medicine education in Hong Kong. HKU currently offers programmes in Bachelor of Pharmacy in Chinese Medicine, Diploma in Pharmaceutical Management in Chinese Medicine, Postgraduate Certificate in Chinese Medicine, Certificate in Nutritional Studies in Chinese Medicine, Diploma and Certificate in Chinese Dispensing. At present, we have 613 students studying Bachelor of Chinese Medicine (full-time and part-time) and 660 students studying the part-time diploma courses.
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