School Highlights

The China Neonatal Network (CHNN) held a graduation ceremony for the three-month Advanced Neonatal Education and Training Course on June 24, 2022. The course provided participants with the latest knowledge on international neonatology

The School was thrilled to take part in the official opening of the Academic Building at 3 Sassoon Road organised by HKUMed on July 5, 2022. The simulation team of the Quality and Safety Education Subcommittee and

A Pinning Ceremony was organised on August 3 for the Class of 2022, the first batch of nursing students to receive their nursing pins at the new Academic Building on 3 Sassoon Road –the new home of the

To promote a smoke-free culture to Hong Kong youth, the School supported the “Smoke-free Elite Teens Programme”, which has been organised for the ninth year running by the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH). The 2022-23 programme ran for

The virtual Healthcare Education and Simulation Workshop organised by the School's Quality and Safety Education Subcommittee opened on August 4, 2022 with nearly 300 participants from 14 countries and regions. The theme of this year’s event was “Technology enhances active learning in nursing education”

A retreat was organised for the School’s clinical teachers on August 11, 2022 for team building and staff development. Through trivia games and collaborative exercises, colleagues had opportunities to understand each other better, develop teamwork and

Despite a shorter summer holiday due to COVID-19 arrangements, about 100 S4 and S5 students were able to join the HKUMedify Summer Programme 2022 - Discover HKU Nursing! The two-half-day programme, held both online and face-to-face, exposed students to disease management via lectures and let them dig deep into

HKUMed organised the Faculty Academic Induction Day on August 23, 2022 to welcome freshmen. This was the first time nursing freshmen officially met the Deanery, Faculty members and the Programme leadership team

Around 120 S2 and S3 students participated in the HKU Taster @ Summer 2022 activities organised by the School of Nursing to experience the life of a nursing student. The students attended a mini-lecture about differentiating between myths and facts about

Freshmen from various nursing programmes received a warm welcome at orientations organised in September by the School to mark the beginning of the academic year 2022/23. They met their course teachers and classmates and got familiar with the programmes, scholarships, and

The Thanksgiving Dinner held on October 24, 2022 marked the 135^th anniversary of the LKS Faculty of Medicine. Academics, students, patients and supporters gathered together, in compliance with anti-COVID-19 infection control measures, at three different venues. Our nursing colleagues and

The HKU Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions resumed its in-person format on October 29, 2022 and was a triumph, with a record number of parents and students taking the opportunity to visit the School campus in person. Many of the visitors wanted to learn about

The 12^th Hong Kong International Nursing Forum (HKINF) cum 1^st Asia-Pacific Qualitative Health Research Network (AQUHN) Conference was held November 30 to December 2, 2022. The theme of the HKINF was “A New Page for Nursing”. Scholars discussed the adoption of innovative technology in

The School hosted the online Research Postgraduate (RPG) Symposium 2022 on November 30 for Universitas 21 (U21) members from the Nursing & Midwifery Discipline Group of the Health Sciences Group. RPG students from Fudan University, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile