EY1920 Year Book

191 190 Aim: I originally chose School of Oriental and African Studies in London because of its MA Medical Anthropology in Global Perspectives programme, which delves into non-Western ethnomedical systems as well as anthropology of current medical thought and profession. Cultural Context of Illness - Examining mental health disorders as culturally- specific idiom of distress that is over-medicalised - Both ‘Metaphysics’ and ‘Mysticism’ modules draws out religious logic systems at the genesis of many medical practices, and which continues to structure our concepts of body and suffering today - The utility of culture and religion to engender socially-sanctified rituals of grief and distress underlines community at the centre of recovery - Interacted with different religious communities to observe the role of rituals in daily life Critical Medical Anthropology - Notion that health is the product of biopolitical and socioeconomical structures - Discussion on statistical ‘norms’ used in medical research as an inappropriate moralisation of bodies and derived from specific populations - Currently in process of writing a research grant with a professor at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine that examines ‘warm-glow giving’ as an alternate financial model in STI clinics in China Subjectivities: learning to consider positionality - Subjectivity as a critique of abstractions in modern life at the loss of the sensual texture of lived experiences - In clinical settings, this emphasizes the role of illness narratives and the reflexivity to recognise external social forces that shapes this narration - Writing art exhibition reviews and participating in gender identity talks/parades exposed me to the importance of one’s own positionality , especially in the context of a clinical doctor in the future Modules Taken MA Medical Anthropology in Global Perspectives Introduction to Social Theory Mind, Culture & Psychiatry Metaphysics in Comparative Perspectives Anthropology of Gender Mysticism in the Great Traditions Undoing Asia: Asian Art in 20 th and 21 st century Exploring the role of artist identity in the Name June Paik exhibition, Tate Modern Attending the ‘March4Women’ parade in London ‘Average’ is historically mapped from European male bodies L – ‘The Iron Age’ by Rodin. Cologne, Germany R – ‘Málaga’ by Picasso. Munich, Germany Black Madonna of Montserrat, which performs fertility miracles Oldest known university in the world inside a mosque in Fes, Morocco Student tickets to the Royal Opera House Exploring museums in London Cooking Georgian food MBBS Enrichment Year 2019/20 Wong Emilie Sheau Cherng Full Year < IC - Study Abroad Programme at SOAS University of London, UK > Wong Emilie Sheau Cherng Wong Hing Lun § CMED 9006 : Ideas & Practices of Healing in Traditional China § ideas and methods of healing in medical sciences, philosophy, religion, and literature § ECON 1210 : Introductory microeconomics § ECON 1220 : Introductory macroeconomics § Economic variables, forecasting model and current issues in economics (e.g. trade war) § STAT 1600 : Introductory Statistics § Correlation, Regression analysis, Chi-square test, Hypothesis testing, time-series analysis § Further my theoretical understanding on statistical model in scientific report Semester 1: Intercalation – Electives courses at HKU Semester 2: Research Attachment at Grantham Hospital § Research topics: evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of artificial intelligence system in glaucoma § My role: Patient recruitment, learnt and performed Tonometer for IOP measurement and Optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan for subjects for data collecting § Statistical analysis for the results, literature review and manuscript drafting for publications § Communications skills with colleagues, patient and their family members. ! = ""#$""% ""# MBBS Enrichment Year 2019/20 Wong Hing Lun Sem 1 < IC - Elective Courses at HKU, Hong Kong >; Sem 2 < R A - Evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of artificial intelligence system in glaucoma at D e p artment of O p hthalmology, HKU, Hong Kong >