Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1999

Medical Teaching and Research at CUHK T he 18-year old Faculty o fMedicine enjoys all the benefits of being young. Unburdened by tradition, its faculty members b r i ng together expertise and experience from the world over and are highly energetic, original, and responsive to the latest developments i n med i c i ne. This issue o f the B u l l e t i n features new developments in medical teaching and research they have i n i t i a t e d a the Un i v e r s i t y . These i n c l u de cu r r i cu l um reform, new teaching methods, and the i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f f i v e areas of e x c e l l en ce ( i . e . telemedicine, cancer treatment and research, eye care, g e r i a t r i c s , and s p o r ts me d i c i n e) f o r s t r a t e g i c deve l opmen t . There are also highlights of recent breakthroughs in endoscopic therapy, community and family medicine, and the teaching of Chinese medicine. Through a brief description of these features we hope to give readers a better understanding of the broad d i r ec t i on in wh i ch medical education a t CUHK i s moving. Growing wi t h th eTime s Prof. Joseph Lee Reviews the Faculty's Development Before His Retirement The C U H K Med i c a l School began in 1981 with only two big departments: medicine and surgery. These were further specialized int o 18 departments when the faculty was fully established. Of these, 17 were headed by chairs recruited from abroad. With the concentration o f expertise and knowledge fro m different parts of the world, and advanced facilities, th e young faculty was rapidly making headway. Nur t ur i ng 'Cultured Physicians' Prof. Joseph C.K. Lee , dean of the faculty from 1986 ChineseUnversityBulletin Spring. Summer 1999 2