Programme

December 11, 2009

 

08.45 - 09.15

Registration

09.15 - 09.30

Opening Ceremony

Address by Professor Amy Tsui, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, HKU
Address by Professor SP Lee, Dean, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU

09.30 - 11.00

First Plenary Session on "Culture, Medicine and Language"

Chairman: Professor Daniel Chua, School of Humanities, HKU
Co-Chairman: Professor LC Chan, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU

09.30 - 10.10

What is Narrative Medicine? Why Does it Matter?
Professor Brian Hurwitz, School of Humanities, King’s College London, UK.

10.10 - 10.50

Contemporary Japanese Culture, Medicine and Language
Professor Ryuki Kassai, Dept of Community and Family Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Japan.

10.50 - 11.00

Question & Answer

11.00 - 11.30

Morning Tea/ Coffee Break

Poster Exhibition - Foyer of Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre

11.30 - 13.00

Forum on "Communication in Crisis"
(Organized by the Centre for the Humanities and Medicine)

Chairman: Dr Robert Peckham, Dept of History, Centre for the Humanities and Medicine, HKU

11.30 - 11.45

Opening Address:
"The Human Condition: Camus on Yersin's bug and Archilochus on the Ionian Enchantment"
Professor Gabriel Leung, Under Secretary for Food and Health of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR.

11.45 - 12.15

"The Outbreak Narrative: Disease Emergence and the Obscured Geography of Poverty"
Professor Priscilla Wald, Dept of English, Duke University, USA.

12.15 - 12.35

"Communication, Disease, and the Market: the End of Public Health?"
Professor Richard Fielding, School of Public Health, HKU.

12.35 - 13.00

Discussants:
Dr. Esther Cheung, Dept of Comparative Literature, HKU.
Dr. Frédéric Keck, Chargé de Recherches, CNRS, Paris, France.

13.00 - 14.00

Lunch at Exhibition Area

14.00 - 15.30

Second Plenary Session on "Clinical Communication Skills"

Chairman: Professor Mary Ip, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU
Co-Chairman: Professor Cindy Lam, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU

14.00 - 14.40

"Raising the Bar on Clinical Communication in Medicine"
Professor Suzanne Kurtz, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, USA.

14.40 - 15.20

"Reducing some of the complexity in clinical communication?"
Professor Jeanette Lancaster, Dept of Nursing Studies, HKU.

15.20 - 15.30

Question & Answer

15.30 - 16.00

Afternoon Tea/ Coffee Break

Poster Exhibition - Foyer of Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre

16.00 - 17.30

Oral Presentations (Seminar Rooms 5, 6 & 7)

Chairmen of session A: Dr Julie Chen, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HK & Prof Li-ping Guo, Peking University Health Science Center, PRC.
Chairmen of session B: Dr Philip Beh & Dr L K Chan, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU
Chairmen of session C: Dr W Y Chin & Professor N G Patil, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU

 

 December 12, 2009

 

09.00 - 09:15

Registration

09.15 - 10.45

 

Third Plenary Session on "Patient-centered Communication"

Chairman: Professor Cecilia Chan, Centre on Behavioral Health, HKU
Co-Chairman: Professor Sophia Chan, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU

09.15 - 09.55

"Encountering Patient-centredness: The Communication Crucible" Professor Srikant Sarangi, Cardiff School of English Communication and Philosophy, Cardiff University, UK.

09.55 - 10.15

"Communication with Cancer Patients, the Skills and Practices of Chinese Doctors - the Strengths and Weaknesses"
Dr Lili Tang, The School of Oncology, Peking University, PRC.

10.15 - 10.35

"When Pain is Inevitable, Do Words Matter?"
Dr Gordon Wong, Department of Anaesthesiology, HKU.

10.35 - 10.45

Question & Answer

10.45 - 11.15

Morning Tea/ Coffee Break

Poster Exhibition - Foyer of Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre

11.15 - 13.00

Forum on "Teaching & Learning of Communication for Undergraduates: How good are we?"

Chairman: Dr WY Chin, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU
Co-Chairman: Dr LK Chan, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU

11.15-11.20

Introductions and opening comments

11.20-11.27

Prof Felice Lieh-Mak, Chairman, Medical Council of Hong Kong

11.28-11.35

Ms Anne Storey, Language Instructor, Centre of Applied English Studies, HKU

11.36-11.43

Miss Lam Kit Ming, Germaine Year 3 student, BNursing, HKU

11.44-11.51

Prof Jeanette Lancaster, Visiting Professor, Dept of Nursing Studies, HKU

11.52-11.59

Dr Damian Mak, Medical Intern, HKU, HK

12.00-12.07

Prof Suzanne Kurtz, Clinical Professor and Director of Clinical Communication, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, USA.

12.08-12.45

Open Forum Discussion

12.45-12.50

Wrap Up

12.50 - 13.00

Closing remarks by the Chairman of Organizing Committee

13.00 - 14.00

Lunch at Exhibition Area

14.00 - 17.00

Workshops and Afternoon Tea / Coffee Break (Seminar Rooms 5, 6 & 7)

Workshop on "Taking A History, Learning A Narrative, Writing A Case"
Facilitator: Professor Brian Hurwitz, UK School of Humanities, King’s College London, UK.
Local Facilitator: Prof LC Chan and Dr TP Lam, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU

Workshopon "Clinical Communication Skills Training for Medical Doctors: What Works?"
Facilitator: Professor Suzanne Kurtz, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, USA.
Local Facilitator: Dr Julie Chen and Dr WY Chin , LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU

Workshop on "Identifying Interactional Evidence of Patient-centredness in Healthcare Encounters"
Facilitator: Professor Srikant Sarangi, Cardiff School of English Communication and Philosophy, Cardiff University, UK.
Local Facilitator: Dr LK Chan, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU