Diploma in Medical Ultrasound jointly organized by SPACE & HKCFP

The Board is pleased to announce a Diploma Course in Medical Ultrasound jointly organized by HKCFP and the School of Professional and Continuing Education (SPACE), the University of Hong Kong.

Objectives

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To provide Family Medicine doctors an understanding and updating knowledge in the advancing field of medical ultrasound and its application in clinical practice.

This one-year part-time programme comprising of three modules will be delivered over approximately 40 weeks. It consists of a total of 407 hours of instruction including self and directed learning studies.
The theoretical components delivered by distance learning (on-line via Internet and CD-ROM) is based on the medical ultrasound module offered by the University of Ulster (UU) in Hong Kong through HKU SPACE. Whereas, a Basic Principle and Practice of Medical Ultrasound and a Clinical Practice module organized by the College involving hands-on and face-to-face teaching will be taught in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. Doctors who successfully completed the Ulster's Ultrasound module and the College's modules will be awarded a Diploma in Medical Ultrasound jointly by HKU SPACE and HKCFP.

Lectures and tutorials will be conducted mainly in English, supplemented with Cantonese, when appropriate.

The modules offered will be delivered in a rolling schedule which will enable students to cover the underpinning theoretical modules prior to undertaking the Clinical Practice modules. The course will start in September 2002.

For the UU's General Abdominal Medical Ultrasound module, on-line teaching support will be provided by UU's academic staff via Internet and use of CD-ROM. Basically, this involves an on-line schedule of lectures/tutorials coursework assignment and chapter posting, spreading over one semester.

Teaching supports will be organized by the College and SPACE's Course Coordinating Committee. Lecturers and tutors will be recruited from specialists working in university, hospitals and other clinical services. Teaching of the Clinical Practice module will be conducted by Radiologists from Hong Kong as well as Guangzhou.

Saturday, 2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

SPACE Admiralty Learning Centre, 18 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong.

The Basic Principles and Practice of Medical Ultrasound module will be assessed by a 1-hour written examination. For the UU's Medical Ultrasound module, assessment will be by both coursework and examination. Coursework will normally constitute 40% to the overall module result and the end of module examination (3-hour written paper) contributes 60%. For the Clinical Practice Module, case study records and clinical skills will be assessed continuously (30% and 70% respectively) by the clinical tutors throughout the module.
The pass mark for the UU's module is 40%, whereas 50% is the pass mark for the Basic Principles and Practice of Medical Ultrasound and the Clinical Practice module.
Students who failed in the written examinations will be given another opportunity of a re-sit examination. Those who failed in the Clinical Practice module assessment will be required to repeat the same module when it is next offered.

Students must normally attend at least 75% of the scheduled meetings. They have to pass all the examination and assessments for the award of the Diploma in Medical Ultrasound.

Applicants should normally posses either

a.	a recognized medical qualification; or
b.	an Honorary degree or Diploma of the College of Radiographers;
c.	a qualification deemed to be equivalent to a. or b. above

HKU Library ticket charge is not included in the course fee. For members who have no free access to the library the cost of the borrower tickers is HK$1,505 per annum.

First come first serve. Priority will be given to members of HKCFP. Please call Ms Jessica Cheng at 2528 6618 for registration. All cheque should be payable to "HKCFP Education Ltd". Deadline for application is August 24, 2002.

Instruments for demonstrations are kindly sponsored by
DCH Healthcare Products Limited.