College News
The Hong Kong Practitioner VOLUME 24 / March 2002

Editorial Board News


1. The Editorial Board welcomes Drs Ng Tze Kong and Chan Yu Sang, Dickson an new members of the Board. The Board would also like to thank Drs Julie Lester and Yiu Yuk Kwan for their past contributions.



Board of Education News


1. The Board of Education welcomes Drs Cheung Ying Man, Chung Chi Yan, Benny, Lam Wing Wo and Lui Luen Bun, Benny and Yeung To Ling, Solomon as new members of the Board.


2. The Board would also like to thank Drs Chan Kit Ling, Amy, Lorna Ng, Wong Oi Yee, Amy and Wai Heung On for their past services.



ASSESSMENT ENHANCEMENT COURSE FOR FELLOWSHIP EXAMINATIONS IN FAMILY MEDICINE


Organizer
:

Assessment Enhancement Sub-committee, Board of Education, The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians

Tutors

:

Fellows of HKCFP and RACGP

Coordinator

:

Dr Wong Ka Wah, Chairman, Assessment Enhancement Sub-committee.

Objectives

:

1.

To enhance members' knowledge and skills in the principles and practice of Family Medicine.

2.

To offer continual support and practical guidance for members during the preparation of Conjoint Fellowship Assessment.

3.

To provide active participation and "hands on" experience through small group workshops with particular emphasis on Physical Examination, Diagnostic Interviews & Management Interview.

4.

To improve examination techniques through discussion and demons tration.

Venue

:

8/F, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

Date

:

5 months' course starting May, 2002

Course Structure

:

The course will consist of 5 main components

1.

Distance learning

2.

Regular meetings with tutors

3.

Self-help Groups Support

4.

Seminars

5.

Workshops

The course will commence in May. Seminars and workshops will be arranged in Saturday and Sunday afternoons (2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.). The exact dates will be announced later.

Accreditation

:

up to 15 credit points (Category 5.8)

Course Fee

:

HK$3,000.00 (whole course)

 

 

HK$600.00 (spot admission for each seminar or work-shop)

All cheques payable to "HKCFP Education Ltd".

Enrolment

:

Enrolment is now open. Please call the College Secretary Ms Alice Ting at 2528 6618 for early booking.


ENT CLINICAL ATTACHMENT


The Board is pleased to announce that the ENT Unit of the Chinese University of Hong Kong will organize ENT Clinical Attachment for College members. The aim is to upgrade their skills in patient care. The programme will begin in April 2002 on every Tuesday or Friday from 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. The whole attachment consists of 6 weekly sessions. There will be an additional orientation session at the beginning of each 6 week session on a Monday lunch time prior to the attachment. A certificate of attendance will be issued on satisfactory completion of the attachment.

Registration is open to all members on a first come first served basis. The capacity is limited to two members per session.
Venue
:
Prince of Wales Hospital, 1/F, ENT Counter, Li Ka Shing Specialist Clinic.
Course Fee
:
HK$2,600 (After deduction for administration costs, all income will be donated to the ENT Unit, Department of Surgery, CUHK)
Accreditation
:
Up to 15 credit points (Category 5.8)
Registration
:
Please contact Ms Alice Ting at 2528 6618 for registration.


APRIL TO JUNE, 2002


Orthopaedic Attachment for Family Physicians


Date

:

April to June 2002 (The first session will start on April 2, 2002)

Organizers

:

Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Kwong Wah Hospital & The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians

Co-ordinators

:

Dr Paul Tse, Chief of Service, Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Kwong Wah Hospital. Dr Kwong Bi Lok, Mary, Chairman, Clinical Attachment Subcommittee, Board of Education.
Objectives : 1. To update family physicians with management of common orthopaedic problems
    2. To provide knowledge of comprehen-sive orthopaedic and traumatic assessment and rehabilitation (physical, mental, social, functional) in holistic care
    3. To emphasize on rational drug prescribing, rehabilitation, physio-therapy, occupational therapy

 

 

4.

To stress on preventive care in sports injury, geriatric immobility

 

 

5.

To familiarize family physicians with the full spectrum of acute care, chronic care, office procedure in orthopaedic.

Venue

:

The clinical attachments and seminars will be held in Kwong Wah Hospital and its clinics and wards.

Time

:

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Course Fee

:

HK$2,600 per doctor. All cheques payable to "HKCFP Education Ltd"

Enrolment

:

Please call Ms Alice Ting at 2528 6618 for details. Registration will be first come first served.

Certification

:

A certificate of attendance will be awarded under the names of both organizers on completion of the course (over 80% attendance is required)

Accreditation

:

Up to 15 credit points (Category 5.8) for the whole attachment


MARCH 26, 2002 Tuesday

Hyperprolactinaemia - An Update

Speaker

:

Dr Noreen Yang,
MBBS, MRCOG, FHKAM(O & G)
Senior Medical Officer,
Department of O & G,
Caritas Medical Centre.

Venue

:

Staff Lounge, 1/F, Wai Oi Block,
Caritas Medical Centre, 111 Wing Hong Street,
Shamshuipo, Kowloon.

Time

:

1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Light Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Talk
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Question

Co-organizer

:

Caritas Medical Centre

Accreditation

:

1 CME Point (Category 5.3)

Registration/ Car-parking

:

Please contact Ms Helen Lo at 3408 7921
on or before 26 March, 2002 for parking permit.
Unregistered cars may use visitors carpark at a charge.



MARCH 28, 2002 Thursday

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)

Speaker

:

Dr S H Lo,
Medical Officer,
Department of Clinical Oncology,
Tuen Mun Hospital.

Chairman

:

Dr Wan Siu Hong,
Senior Medical Officer,
Department of Medicine & Geriatrics,
Tuen Mun Hospital.

Venue

:

Discussion Room, D1002, 1/F, Main Block, Tuen Mun Hospital.

Time

:

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 2:05 p.m. Opening Speech
2:05 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lectures

Co-organizers

:

Department of Health, HKMA, HK Doctors Union Ltd, Government Doctors' Association, Tuen Mun Hospital (Hospital Authority)

Accreditation

:

1 CME Point (Category 5.3)

Registration

:

Please contact Ms Emily Cheuk at 2468 6020 for registration.


APRIL 7, 2002 Sunday

1st Radiology Update for Family Physicians

Topics and Speakers

:

(i)
  • Low Dose CT Thorax
  • Triphasic CT of Liver
  • CT of the Acute Abdomen
  • MRI Breast
  • MR Bone Survey
  • MR Cholangiopancreatography

Dr Gladys Lo,
MD, MCPS, FHKCR, FHKAM(Rad)
Diplomate, American Board of Radiology.
Radiologist-in-Charge,
Diagnostic Radiology,
Department of Radiology and Radiotherapy,
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital.

 

 

(ii)
  • CT Colonoscopy
  • Cardiovascular MRI
    1. R of Heart
    2. MR Angiogram Application
  • Imaging MStrategy in Acute Stroke

Dr John Chan,
DMRD, FRCR, FHKCR, FHKAM(Rad)
Radiologist, Diagnostic Radiology,
Department of Radiology and Radiotherapy,
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital.

 

 

(iii)
  • Small Bowel Enema
  • New Indications for Lymphangiogram
  • Placement of Long Term Venous Access
  • Percutaneous Biopsy

Dr Philip Ng,
MD(Manitoba), LMCC(Canada), FRCPC,
Radiologist, Diagnostic Radiology,
Department of Radiology and Radiotherapy,
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital.

 

 

(iv)
  • The Role of Interventional Radiology in Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma - With Focus on
    1. Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization
    2. Radiofrequency Ablation
      3.

Dr K W Li,
MBBS, FRCR, FHKCR, FHKAM(Rad)
Radiologist, Diagnostic Radiology,
Department of Radiology and Radiotherapy,
Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital.

Chairman

:

 Dr Chan Chun Hon,
The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians.

Venue

:

 2/F, Ballroom, Great Eagle Hotel,
8 Peking Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon.

Time

:

 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Buffet Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Lecture

Co-organizer

:

 Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital

Admission Fee

:
Member
Non-member
HKAM CME Participants

FREE
HK$300.00
HK$50.00

Accreditation

:

 3 CME Points (Category 5.4)
Up to 2 CPD points (subject to submission of satisfactory report of Professional Development Log)

Supported by
Schering (Hong Kong) Ltd


APRIL 20, 2002 Saturday

Gastroenterology and Hepatology: 6th Seminar of the Certificate Course in Internal Medicine for Family Physicians

Supported by
Glaxosmithkline

Details refer to the September 2001 edition of the Journal.
Admission Fee : Member
Non-member
HKAM CME Participants		 HK$200.00
HK$400.00
HK$400.00


APRIL 23, 2002 Tuesday

What's New in Diabetes

Speaker : Dr Juliana Chan,
Associate Professor,
Department of Medicine & Therapeutics,
Prince of Wales Hospital.
Chairman : Dr Yeung To Ling, Solomon,
The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians.
Venue : M/F, Lecture Theatre, Hospital Authority Building, 147B Argyle Street, Kowloon.
Time : 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Light Lunch
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Lecture
Admission Fee : Member
Non-member
HKAM CME Participants 		FREE
HK$300.00
HK$50.00
Accreditation : 1 CME Point (Category 5.3)
Up to 2 CPD points (subject to submission of satisfactory report of Professional Development Log)
Supported by
Otsuka Pharmaceutical (HK) Ltd


VIDEO-CASSETTE VIEWING SESSION

The first series of the video-cassette viewing sessions will run from March to June 2002 and the programme in April are as follows:-

Dates/Items No/Topics (Every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

Apr 3 (CUHK)

 - Nutrition and Primary Care: Making the Connection
60 mins
Apr 4 (AIA) - Advances in the Treatment of Heart Failure
60 mins

Apr 11 (AIA)
Apr 12 (QEH)

 - Risk Management in Clinical Practice: General Strategies for Preventing Liability
60 mins

Apr 10 (CUHK)
Apr 12 (UH)

 - Nutrition Supplement: What's Hot and What's Fact
60 mins

Apr 17 (CUHK)

- Lower Back Pain: Evaluation and Conservative Treatment
60 mins

Apr 3 (HOHCS)
Apr 18 (AIA)
Apr 19 (QEH)

- Risk Management in Clinical Practice: Effective Communication
60 mins

Apr 24 (CUHK)
Apr 26 (UH)

 - A Practical Approach to Fibromyalgia
30 mins

 

- Thrombopoietin: Biology and Clinical Applications
16 mins

Apr 25 (AIA)
Apr 26 (QEH)

 - Cardiovascular Disease in Women
60 mins

CUHK

- University Health Centre,
Block 5A, University Residence 1,
Shatin, N.T.
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
(parking spaces are available in front of the clinic)

AIA

 -

Theatre II, 12/F, AIA Training Centre,
AIA Plaza, 18 Hysan Avenue,
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
(plenty of car-parks are available)

UH

- Union Hospital, Seminar Room ,
2/F, Medical Centre, Union Hospital,
18 Fu Kin Street, Tai Wai, Shatin, N.T.
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
(plenty of carparks are available)

QEH

- Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Lecture Room,
G/F, Nursing School, Kowloon.
(ten car-parks available, please call Ms Alice Ting for reservation)
9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

HOHCS

- Haven of Hope Hospital, Function Room,
1/F, 8 Haven of Hope Road,
Tseung Kwan O, Kowloon.
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Accreditation

 : 1 CME Point (Category 5.2) for each session
Co-organizer : Queen Elizabeth Hospital
With Compliments of
Roche HK Ltd


QA & A Committee News

Amendment Notice

Please note the amendment to allocation of credit points in the first announcement of May 4-5, 2002 conference on "Advances in Medicine" organized by the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, CUHK. The correct credit points awarded by the Hong Kong College of Family Physicians should be 4 points per day to the maximum of 10 points for the whole course under Category 6.2.



Diary - March & April 2002

Dates & Time

Topics

Venues

March 26, 2002 (Tues)
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Hyperprolactinaemia - An Update

Staff Lounge, 1/F, Wai Oi Block,
Caritas Medical Centre,
111 Wing Hong Street, Shamshuipo,
Kowloon.

March 28, 2002 (Thurs)
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)

Discussion Room, D1002, 1/F,
Main Block, Tuen Mun Hospital.

April 7, 2002 (Sun)
12:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

1st Radiology Update for Family Physicians

2/F, Ballroom, Great Eagle Hotel,
8 Peking Road, Kowloon.

(i)
  • Low Dose CT Thorax
  • Triphasic CT of Liver
  • CT of the Acute Abdomen
  • MRI Breast
  • MR Bone Survey
  • MR Cholangiopancreatography
    •

(ii)
  • CT Colonoscopy
  • Cardiovascular MRI
    1. MR of Heart
    2. MR Angiogram Application
  • Imaging Strategy in Acute Stroke

(iii)
  • Small Bowel Enema
  • New Indications for Lymphangiogram
  • Placement of Long Term Venous Access
  • Percutaneous Biopsy

(iv)
  • The Role of Interventional Radiology in
    Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
    - With Focus on
    1. Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization
    2. Radiofrequency Ablation
    •

April 20, 2002 (Sat)
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Gastroenterology and Hepatology:
6th Seminar of the Certificate Course in
Internal Medicine for Family Physicians

2/F, Ballroom, Great Eagle Hotel,
8 Peking Road, Kowloon.

April 23, 2002 (Tues)
1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

What's New in Diabetes

M/F, Lecture Theatre,
Hospital Authority Building,
147B Argyle Street, Kowloon.


P.S.

 (i) Seating capacity has maximum limit. First come first served. Please make your booking as soon as possible.
  (ii) Those who have signed in the registration form for lunch. Please report to the registration desk for meal stickers.