Bulletin Winter 1975

Dr. Robert Dan obtained his M.B., B.S. at the University of Hong Kong and a Diploma in Social Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He is now a member of the American College Health Association, the British Student Health Association, the Australia and New Zealand Student Services Association, the Pacific Coast College Health Association and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Health. Dr. Dan joined Chung Chi College in 1963 as College Physician and was appointed Director of Health Service of this University in 1970. Director of UHS on Health Service Q. A. Would you say the Health Service of this University is comparable to that of other universities? The aim of the University Health Service to meet the health needs of all members of the University is more or less the same as that of its counterparts at other universities. Nevertheless, universities differ a lot in the formulation of their health programmes owing to the different cultural background, the medical facilities, the health policy of their own country and the conditions and needs of each university, i.e. the financial resources, student enrolment, percentage of resident and non- resident students, the presence or absence of a medical school, and the availability of other medical services in the vicinity. These differences are reflected in the foll (1) the organizational setup: whether the health service is an independent unit or under the student services section or the medical school of the university: (2) the staffing of the health service: whether the professional personnel comprises only doctors and nurses or other kinds of medical workers as well ； (3) scope of service: it may range from simple consultative services to an comprehensive, integrated medical system with even a specialist hospital. To speak more specifically, Health Service of this University is at the same stage of development as most universities in Southeast Asia, in the context of having a similar social 17