Education
Other Programmes
Professional Certificate Programme - Health System Leadership (HSL)
The environment of health systems is complex and dynamic. It involves a system of different sectors with many stakeholders, requiring collaboration amongst professionals of diverse background in policy, practice and academia. Partnership with the private sector, non-governmental organisations and foundations, engagement of local network and global communities. Local systems are also interlinked with regional and global ones
Leading effectively within this complex system requires a skill set beyond managing individual organisations. The Health System Leadership Programme brings the participants an international faculty to equip them to meet these challenges and to be in the forefront of health system leaders.
The Programme comprises of 3 modules from July to October each year.
Application deadline:
30 April 2022 (Non-local)
31 May 2022 (Local)
For enquiry, please email healthadmin@cuhk.edu.hk
Professional Certificate Programme in Chinese and Integrative Medicine Management (CIMM)
Health Services Management programme is a multidisciplinary field of inquiry and practice concerned with the delivery, quality and costs of healthcare for individuals and populations. This Professional Certificate Programme is modelled upon the existing very successful Master of Science in Health Services Management Programme (MScHSM) which emphasizes on “Open your eyes, Grow your mind, Pave your way”. It is designed to address key challenges in managing Chinese and Integrative Medicine services and is composed of courses that are specific to Chinese and Integrative Medicine, and a selection of other courses from the MScHSM portfolio that would be most suitable for an entry level health services manager.
Programme Highlight:
- QF Level 5 Professional Certificate Programme
- Accredited Certificate Programme by the Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong
- Duration: (1 Year Part-Time Study - from Sep 2022 to Sep 2023)
The four courses in the programme are:
- Quality & Safety Management (2 units): Sep - Nov 2022
- Health System, Policy and Management (1 unit): Nov 2022
- Healthcare Organization and Management (2 units): Apr - Jun 2023
- Topics in Chinese Medicine Practice Management (2 units): Jun - Sep 2023
Application deadline:
31 July 2022
For enquiry, please email healthadmin@cuhk.edu.hk
Professional Diploma Programmes in Occupational and Environmental Medicine | Health Practice | Hygiene (New Course)
The three professional diploma programmes consist of a series of trainings in the occupational and environmental health discipline. They are tailored for medical doctors, nurses, and other health and safety professionals respectively.
Professional Diploma Programme in Occupational and Environmental Medicine aims at training medical doctors with knowledge and skills to conduct medical examinations, assessments, diagnoses and treatments on occupational injuries and diseases.
Professional Diploma Programme in Occupational and Environmental Health Practice is targeted at healthcare professionals, such as nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, etc. It provides training in occupational and environmental health promotion and case management.
Professional Diploma Programme in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene is intended for health and safety personnel in industrial as well as in nonindustrial sectors in the advancement of their knowledge on occupational and environmental health and hygiene practices.
Professional Diploma Programmes in Occupational and Environmental Medicine | Health Practice | Hygiene for 2020-2021 intake are now open for application.
Study Period:
12 months (part-time mode); Commence in October 2020
Contact Hours:
207 hours; 70 sessions (including field trips, presentations and examinations)
Application deadline:
7 September 2020
For enquiry, please email dip.oemph@cuhk.edu.hk or 2252 8795.
Professional Certificate Programme in Epidemiology
The discipline of epidemiology is concerned with conducting research in human populations to address practical issues related to health, disease, and health care. The programme aims to provide comprehensive training in collecting, analyzing and interpreting epidemiological data. This programme is to develop students’ ability in addressing practical public health and clinical issues, planning and designing epidemiological studies, and interpreting and using findings from such studies for patient care, public health interventions and policy making.
Programme Outcome:
Upon completion of this programme, students will have acquired the ability to:
- know what epidemiology is and the role of epidemiology in medical care and in health research;
- learn the major types of epidemiological study and the main principle for their design and conduct;
- understand the concepts and terminology in epidemiology;
- have some exposure to the applications of epidemiology in control of disease and improving health;
- learn how to apply the principles in design of a research project; and acquire the skills in the critical appraisal of published research evidence for making health and medical decisions.
The 4 courses in the programme are:
- Introduction to Epidemiology
- Epidemiology II
- Epidemiology III
- Protocol Development I
Application deadline:
30 July 2021
For enquiry, please email epibiostat@cuhk.edu.hk
Professional Certificate Programme in Biostatistics
The objective of Professional Certificate Programme in Biostatistics is to equip students with basic analytical skills of conducting biostatistics analysis and study design in clinical research. The students are required to study four core courses ranging from fundamentals of biostatistics, advanced data modelling to research protocol development. Three introduction to biostatistics data analysis courses cover the common types of medical data including continuous, categorical and survival data, and relevant statistical tests suitable to be applied for the data types. The courses have practical sessions and tutorials that teach students to carry out data analysis using statistical software SPSS.
Upon completion of the programme, the students are expected to be able to conduct basic data analysis in clinical research setting. The programme also places emphasis on study design and protocol development – the teachers will guide students to propose and design an independent study involving data collection, hypothesis making, analysis, interpretation and drawing conclusions. The programme is very suitable for clinical researchers to strengthen their basic analytic skills and research study design.
Programme Outcome
Upon completion of this programme, students will have acquired the ability to
- set up their database efficiently so as to describe and explore data graphically and statistically;
- test their hypothesis statistically and interpret results of hypothesis testing correctly;
- make good use of the common statistical software, i.e. SPSS, to analyze data; and
- gain the practical hands on experience in analyzing data examples in medical research setting by using various statistical tests.
The 4 courses in the programme are:
Course 1: Introduction to Biostatistics
Course 2: Linear Models
Course 3: Categorical and Survival Data Analysis
Course 4: Protocol Development I
Application Deadline:
30 July 2021
For enquiry, please email epibiostat@cuhk.edu.hk
Free Video-based Chinese Online Course on Health and Disaster Preparedness in Rural China
免費視頻中文在線課程：中國農村健康及備災培訓
In response to widespread campus closure globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic and as part of the knowledge transfer endeavour of the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), another free video-based Chinese online course “Health and disaster preparedness in rural China” is now open for registration until 31 July 2020 at XuetangX platform. Upon registration, students are allowed to study the course at a safe location and at their own pace. The course will be very useful for students and practitioners to acquire and improve their basic knowledge and practical skills of public health, while improving the accuracy and accessibility of health knowledge dissemination at the same time. We also hope to provide more comprehensive background knowledge, professional theory and project management experience for rural project organizers.
With a total population of nearly 1.4 billion, China has the largest population in the world, of which the rural population accounts for 41.5%. In view of the imbalance of economic and public health development in urban and rural areas, narrowing the urban-rural gap and improving the living and health conditions of rural residents have always been an important issue in China's social development. In this course, we will share our team's practical experience over the years, as well as our understanding and thinking on rural issues. We hope that more students and volunteers will participate in rural health education and promotion activities more systematically, and contribute their own strength to promote rural health development.
This course is organized in three lessons. First of all, this course will have a basic discussion on the current situation of medical and healthcare in rural areas and the process of policy reform, so that students will have a macro understanding of the existing problems and development of rural health work. Secondly, it tries to help students understand the socio-psychological reasons behind different behaviours and enable the design of health promotion projects to be more scientific and effective by describing the basic knowledge of public health and the theoretical models of behavioural science. Finally, common public health problems and disaster prevention issues in contemporary rural areas of China, as well as the common working methods of rural health education, have been selected to facilitate reference and borrowing in the process of practice.
Established in 2013, XuetangX is a leading online learning platform in Chinese language led by Tsinghua University, Beijing Normal University, Peking University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It has the largest number of online courses and users in China and hosts courses from leading universities in China, including The Chinese University of Hong Kong, as well as MIT, Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley.
Please visit this link (https://next.xuetangx.com/course/cuhk03031002067/4058047) to find out more about the course and enroll today!
For enquiry, please email ccouc@cuhk.edu.hk
First Free Video-based Chinese Online CCOUC 首個免費視頻中文在線課程: 環球計劃標準
In response to widespread campus closure globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic and as part of the knowledge transfer endeavour of the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), a free video-based Chinese online course “Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response: The Application of Sphere Standards” is now open for registration until 31 July 2020 at Xuetangx (学堂在线) platform. Upon registration, students are allowed to study the course at a safe location and at their own pace in a duration of 12 weeks. The course will be very useful for students and practitioners to explore the Geneva-based international Sphere organisation and its globally recognized minimum standards for humanitarian response.
As the first Sphere Focal Point for China, CCOUC has developed this course as the world's first of its kind to introduce the Sphere standards in Simplified Chinese and Mandarin. Not only highly recognized but also rich in content and easily comprehensible, this course can greatly help foster the understanding of Sphere standard-guided humanitarian practice and improve the level of disaster and humanitarian relief in China.
Organized in five lessons, this course systematically explains the main contents and practice of the Sphere standards. Lesson 1 is the introduction of the Sphere organisation. It includes the origin, core beliefs, humanitarian charter, protection principles and core humanitarian standards of the organisation. Lessons 2 to 5 are technical chapters, which focus on the four technical chapters in the latest 2018 Sphere handbook, including water supply, sanitation and hygiene promotion; food security and nutrition; shelter and resettlement; and health.
Please visit this link (https://next.xuetangx.com/course/cuhk0000188866/3933613) to find out more about the course and enroll today!
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Training Programmes
The School also offers training support services for Department of Health and academia and conducts training commissioned by Hospital Authority.