Calendar 2006–07

378 Part 4 • Research Units and University Extensions The establishment of NNPRU is to promote excellence in nursing practice through education, research and the development of innovative nursing interventions and care for patients, clients and their relatives. In essence, the NNPRU will be the ‘model unit’ where clinical guidelines, clinical pathways, and clinical technological and resource innovations (e.g. nurse-coordinated care) are developed, implemented, evaluated and disseminated to other health care settings in Hong Kong. Novo Nordisk Diabetes Mellitus Clinical Trial Unit (NNDMCTU) Tel.: 2632 3221 Fax.: 2647 3859 E-mail: ccf193chow@cuhk.edu.hk NNDMCTU was established in May 2001 under the sponsorship of the Novo Nordisk Asia Pacific Clinical Development Centre. The first of its kind in Asia, this unit is dedicated to conducting phase II and III clinical trials of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) quality on various diabetes-related new treatment modalities. It is headed by an honorary director from the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, and is staffed by a full-time clinical officer and two research nurses. This unit can potentially complete at least 120 trial cases of international standard per year and would contribute significantly to identifying the best treatment for local diabetes patients. The Orthopaedic Learning Centre (OLC) Tel.: 2632 3483 Fax.: 2647 7432 E-mail: olc@ort.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.olc-cuhk.org OLC is a professional training centre established by the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology with support from the Li Ka Shing Foundation, Stryker Howmedica, and Mr. Tang Yuk Wai. Its mission is to promote the latest orthopaedic knowledge and surgical skills and become a leader in the provision of orthopaedic professional training services and products in the Asia-Pacific Region, particularly in mainland China and Hong Kong. A major task of the OLC is to offer high quality and interactive training programmes for different levels of orthopaedic surgeons and nurses. Equipped with the latest IT/AV setup and a state-of-the-art bioskill laboratory, the centre provides both saw-bone and specimen hands-on workshops, live demonstration through video transmission from the operating theatre, and video conference with other institutes. The centre is also venturing into the development and implementation of training programmes in computer-assisted surgical techniques. A virtual surgery training room equipped with a navigation training system and a virtual surgery training system was set up in 2004. Training programmes and workshops are organized to promote new surgical technologies in orthopaedics and traumatology.