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Undergraduate
Bachelor
of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
The
Department of Medicine makes a significant contribution to the
undergraduate MBBS programme, with intensive involvement of
full, part-time and honorary members in the new curriculum.
Teaching
in medicine covers the principles and practice of general medicine
and its specialties, including also general practice/family
medicine. Students will learn; through lectures, bedside teaching,
case demonstration, outpatient clinics teaching and other modes
of instructions and practical work; the basic knowledge and
skills in the prevention, diagnosis and management of common
medical illness. The course includes clinical rotations at Queen
Mary Hospital and other hospitals and outpatient clinics. Students
receive instructions on the diagnosis and management of acute
medical problems and emergencies, and the medical care of patients
from admission to discharge from hospital, including the use
of drugs and procedures.
The
Department of Medicine is a teaching department and has no or
very little involvement with student admissions nor the processing
of that information.
Further
information or enquiries at the following hyperlinks :
Elective
Attachments for Overseas Medical Students
Applications
from overseas undergraduate medical students who wish to spend
an clinical elective period in the Department of Medicine are
considered in the light of the individual applicant's previous
training and experience and the capacity of the Department to
accept the applicant for the chosen period. In each case evidence
in respect of formal approval of the proposal by the Dean of
the applicant's medical school is required.
Programme
: Upon acceptance, elective students will normally be arranged
to attend teaching sessions and undertake clinical training
with the MBBS students under the Year 5 Specialty Clerkship
of the Department eg performing clinical clerkships in general
internal medicine in Queen Mary Hospital general wards. An application
to spend a period working in a specialist or restricted area
can only be considered if the proposal is feasible within the
existing activities of the Specialty Division or unit. Please
indicate on the application form which specialty you wish to
join.
Elective
Period : Applicants may apply for elective attachments
for periods of between 2 to 8 weeks. Students are usually not
accepted during the months of March, August and December. Elective
postings are also available in the Family
Medicine Unit of the Department of Medicine, but the applicant
must be fluent in Cantonese.
Language
: The official medium of teaching is English, except under some
circumstances where spoken Chinese (i.e. Cantonese, the local
dialect) may be used for patient clerking.
Attire
: During elective attachments, students should wear their own
laboratory white coats to all sessions, as well as be presentable
and dress neatly. Male students should wear a tie and in case
of female students, dress or skirt. Causal attire and footwear
such as jeans, T-shirts, sports shoe, sandals and so forth are
not allowed.
Code
of Conduct : Elective students are expected to observe
the following code of conduct of behaviour in public areas where
teaching and learning takes place, eg libraries, lecture theatres,
tutorial rooms, seminar rooms, laboratories, clinical skills
laboratories and wards, etc:
1.
No food and drink in the above-mentioned venues, except under
special circumstances with the permission of the Faculty,
the departments or the responsible units (eg during functions
and meetings).
2.
Pagers and mobile phones switched to silent mode during class.
3.
No littering.
4.
Proper demeanour during contact with patients, and at learning
sessions with simulation of patient contact, such as clinical
skills and CIPS (e.g. clean and tidy attire, no flip flops,
slippers or vests, no chewing gum, etc).
Your
teachers, tutors, instructors, as well as Faculty and departmental
staff may ask you to leave the venues if your behaviour is found
to be disturbing to teaching and learning.
Enquiries
& Application Forms
All
applications, admissions and the processing of that information
are done by the Faculty of Medicine. Any further general enquiries
on eligibility, method of application, accommodation, visa application,
insurance etc and copies of application forms are available
from the Faculty of Medicine homepage (website
: http://www.hku.hk/facmed/)
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as per menu items: EDUCATION > ELECTIVE ATTACHMENT >
Please
return completed application forms and direct any further queries
to them.
NOTE:
Applications should be made as earliest as possible in order
to secure a place. They should be submitted at least 12 months
before the commencement of the proposed elective period. Late
applications will not be accepted.
Application
Results : The Faculty of Medicine will notify applicants in
writing of their application results.
N.B.
Information complied by the Faculty of Medicine and modified
for the Department of Medicine. Mar 2007
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