Calendar 2002–03

DepartmentProfiles •Medicine 165 rehabilitation, psycho-social interventions, oncology,mentalhealth, elderly care, midwifery practice, and women’s health. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Tel.:2632 2810 Fax.:2636 0008 E-mail: tonychung@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.obg.cuhk.edu.hk Thedepartment provides a 10-weekmodule of clinicalclerkship to Year-4medical students, during which students are exposed to various clinical problems in the discipline by rotating through clinics, wards, and operating theatres. They are required to spend two weeks in labour wards,and another two in other hospitals. The objective is to cultivate problem-solving techniques, critical thinking, and commu nication skills. Major areas of depar tmental r esearch in clude assisted reproduction, gynaecological oncology, endoscopic surgery, female pelvicfloor dysfunction, information processing and computer ization in obstetrics and gynaecology, intrapartum monitoring, foetal physiology, and f oeto-maternal medicine. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Tel.:2762 3123 Fax.:2715 9490 E-mail: agneslam@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.ovs.cuhk.edu.hk With the introduction of the new medical curriculum, the department provides clinical training in general ophthalmology to medical students starting from Year- 1 onwards, besides continuing to provide it to Year-5 medical students as of old. The main objectives are to encourage early clinical exposure, and correlation of principles of basic science with clinical scenarios. This programme complements other s in the Clinical Method Panel an d Neuroscience Panel. Th e training it pr ovides includ es clinical tu to rials an d d emo nstratio ns, p ractical ocular examination, use of ophthalmic equipment, all of which are conducted in the Prince of Wales Hospital and the Hong Kong Eye Hospital. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Tel.:2632 2515 Fax.:2637 7889 E-mail :oliviaho@cuhk.edu.hk Website :http://www.ort.cuhk.edu.hk Thedepartment providesservices in patientcare, research, and medical education atboth the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Theundergraduate programme consists of teaching of the musculoskeletal system, basic and clinical orthopaedics that extends from Year 1 to Year 5. Staff members of the department have had hig h pro fessio nal and academic attainmen ts in all major sub-specialities of orthopaedics: hand and microsurgery, sports medicine, traumatology, paediatric