- Provide structured training in the basic medical and clinical disciplines to enable postgraduates to embark on specialised studies, practice or teaching, for career and personal development.
- Provide a bridging mechanism for preclinical and clinical studies
- Promote integrated training in the fundamentals of basic and applied medical sciences
Introduction
The purpose of the Master of Medical Sciences (MMedSc) Degree is to provide structured training in the basic medical and clinical disciplines to enable postgraduates in Hong Kong and countries in the Asia Pacific Region to embark on specialist studies, practice or teaching for career and personal development. Other objectives are to provide a bridging mechanism for preclinical and clinical studies, and to promote integrated training in the fundamentals of basic and applied medical sciences.
The MMedSc curriculum is organised to cater for the needs and aspirations of individuals. Candidates can choose courses offered in the curriculum to meet their needs for professional training. The courses offered can contribute towards the following:
- scientists and clinicians who, upon successful completion of the MMedSc qualification, will have obtained in-depth knowledge of an area or particular discipline which will enable them to engage effectively in biomedical teaching, research work or servicing technology;
- the possibility of some of the courses being of use to clinicians for partial exemption from training requirements for admission as Fellows of the Colleges of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine;
- the possibility of providing components for Continuing Medical Education, and earning accreditation points, which are required by the Colleges of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.
For purposes (ii) and (iii), registration for the MMedSc degree is not required.