Info Day – This website aims to enable HMSC teachers and students to access the materials in a more structural way so as to promote self-directed learning. 這網站旨在為本科教師及學生提供有系統地組織的學習材料,從而促進自主學習。

Towards Health and Social Care Professions

Info Day 2023

Aims / Objectives

This Info Day aims to enable students to understand the articulation of senior secondary Health Management and Social Care to a range of post-secondary pathways in universities through the sharing of undergraduate students and introduction of universities in the relevant programmes so that they could make informed decisions about further studies and have better preparation for their career development in health and social care professions.

The Info Day is categorised into two sessions on healthcare profession and social care profession.

	Healthcare Profession	Social Care Profession
Date	2 December 2023 (Saturday)
Time	9:00am – 12:00nn	2:00pm – 5:00pm
Venue	Lecture Theatre, WB, 4/F, West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong
Quota	Students of S4 - 6 are welcome. The maximum capacity is 30 for each school including teacher(s). Priority will be given to S6 students.
Languages	Cantonese supplement with English

Seminar on Healthcare Profession (AM)

Time	Title	Sub-title	Speakers
9:00	Registration
9:15	Sharing of Undergraduate Students	From Health Management and Social Care to the Studies in Healthcare Profession	Undergraduate students in medicine, nursing, dentistry, physiotherapy
9:45	Sharing of Universities	Nursing in general and mental health care	Dr. Wong Ka Fai, Associate Professor of School of Nursing & Health Studies, Hong Kong Metropolitan University
10:15		From field learning in secondary schools to the international field placement of global health and development in the university	Dr CHUNG Pui-hong, Programme Director of Bachelor of Science in Global Health and Development, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
10:45		Career pathways of Public Health graduates	Dr. Tony Yung, Programme Deputy Director of Bachelor of Science in Public Health, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
11:15		AI and Data Analytics in Health and Social Well-Being	Dr. UMAIR Zuneera, Lecturer of Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University
11:45	Q&A

Seminar on Social Care Profession (PM)

Time	Title	Sub-title	Speakers
2:00	Registration
2:15	Sharing of Undergraduate Students	From Health Management and Social Care to the Studies in Social Care Profession	Undergraduate students in social work, social sciences (including social policy and social innovation) , primary education
3:15	Sharing of Universities	Social sciences, social work profession and social work programme	Prof. NG Siu-man, Department of Social Work & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong
3:45		Current status and development of social work	Dr. CHAN Chitat, Programme Director and Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University
4:15		The articulation of Health Management and Social Care to Education Programme	Dr OR, Pui Lai, Department of Health and Physical Education, The Education University of Hong Kong
4:45	Q&A

Schools may apply for one or two session(s) of the programme. For application, please complete the application form (Attachment), and return it by email (email address: cdote32@edb.gov.hk) on or before 24 November 2023. Applications will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis. A confirmation email will be sent within one week upon receiving the application forms.