Background
To prepare the newly employed Junior Chinese Medicine Practitioners (JCMPs) for their service commencement in Chinese Medicine Centres for Training and Research (CMCTRs) set up under tripartite collaboration of Hospital Authority (HA), Non-government organizations and local universities. HA Chinese Medicine Department (CMD) has conducted pre-service training since 2003, which has been evolving from a one week introduction talk to a 7-week Western Medicine /Chinese Medicine training course. The programme has been enhanced and modified every year in responding to the changing training need and new challenges faced by the new generation JCMPs.
Objective
As the new graduates have limited exposure to WM and CM practice in Hong Kong (HK) and they will act as important providers of primary health care services in the community, the main objective of this programme is to allow JCMPs to gain a better understanding of our medical environment and to acquire knowledge in the management of common problems in the community setting including current approach to quality, safety and risk management.
In addition, since these JCMPs will be conducting the integration of WM & CM care (IWCC) programmes at HA hospitals; the training also attempts to foster dialogue among CMPs, WM clinicians and other allied healthcare providers so as to enable them to perform effective coordination of care across different sectors.
Programme Details
This programme consists of 4 parts with online modules, face-to-face lectures, CMIS workshop and hospital visits.
Part 1 & 2 – Online Video Lectures / Face to Face Lectures
The lectures aim to equip newly employed JCMPs with practical knowledge and skills that are applicable to primary and community care setting from the front line health care professional perspective. They will be able to understand:
- - Diagnostic criteria and differential diagnosis of common diseases;
- - Clinical significance of abnormal investigation or laboratory results;
- - New modality of treatment;
- - The right choice of Chinese medicine treatment to avoid interaction with western medicine;
- - Patient-centered care, good clinical and consultation skills;
- - Quality and risk management issues;
- - WM / CM cases studies
Some of the skills and knowledge conducted in these sessions are mandatory for all kind of healthcare workers before any clinical services could be delivered. Trainees MUST complete all the modules and the completion progress will be recorded in JCMP’s personal training record and notified to the CMCTRs.
Deadline: Please complete the Online Video Lectures before 1 November 2013.
Deadline Extension:
As a number of late-comer joining the Pre-Service Training, the deadline for completing the whole Online Video Lecture will be extended to 24th November 2013. Please note that the 1st part 'Essential e-Learning for Patient Data Protection' must be completed before the commencement of your job on 1st November 2013. The completion status record of this module will be sent to your CMCTR Chief of Service and Centre Manager for reporting.
Chinese Medicine Information System is the daily clinical information interface adopted in all CMCTRs. A workshop on CMIS is organized to familiarize JCMPs with the system before the commencement of clinical work.
CMIS Training Workshop: From CMIS, HACMK to eHR
The hospital visit aims to equip JCMPs with the understanding of
- - The management and operation of Hong Kong hospital service;
- - The diagnosis and treatment of common conditions by western medicine approach;
- - The skills for communication with patients;
- - Experience the clinical process of grand round, specialist service such as rehabilitation centre and chemotherapy centre, day hospitals and
community outreach service;
- - The current approach of Integration of Western & Chinese Medicine Care (IWCC) in HA
Trainees must complete the Infection Control and Clnical Hygiene in order to be eligible for Hospital Visits, name badges will be distributed to trainees on 7th October 2013 during lecture. The arranged hospital of each CMCTR，detailed schedule will be sent to trainees separately.