Schools of Medicine in Hong Kong - Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Cuhk Medical School, Faculties of Medicines in Hong Kong (Paperback)

Chapters: Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Cuhk Medical School, Faculties of Medicines in Hong Kong, Faculty of Medicine - Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Chinese Medicine of Hong Kong Baptist University. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong is the older of the two medical schools in Hong Kong (the other being the Chinese University of Hong Kong), and is among the oldest in the Far East. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, and renamed the Hong Kong College of Medicine in 1907, it had its first two graduates in 1892, one of which was Dr Sun Yat Sen. Medical students receive clinical teaching both in public sector hospitals and in private sector hospitals, including the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. Currently the Faculty offers four undergraduate degree programmes: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Chinese Medicine, Bachelor of Pharmacy. Medical graduates are awarded the MBBS, the equivalent degree offered by the CUHK Medical School being the MBChB. Both degrees are based on the United Kingdom model for medical degrees. As one of the founding faculties of the University of Hong Kong, the Faculty of Medicine changed to its present name after securing a pledge of a HK$ 1 billion donation from businessman and philanthropist Li Ka-shing under the funding of Li Ka Shing Foundation. The renaming was objected by many students and prominent alumni of the faculty. Despite this, the university officially renamed the faculty on January 1, 2006. In early 2007, the Council of the University of Hong Kong formally accepted the resignation of Professor Lam Shiu-kum (O.B.E.), Dean of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=373163