HKU_Newsletter_Issue 40_Preview

Naming Ceremony of the Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Nursing Clinical Skills Laboratory and Simulation Training Centre One of the newly renovated clinical skills laboratories at the School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKU) was named “The Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Nursing Clinical Skills Laboratory and Simulation Training Centre” at a ceremony held on November 23, 2017 in recognition of the generosity and support of the Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation for the “Advanced Training in Clinical Nursing Education” organised by the School. In 2016, the Foundation supported the School to launch the “Advanced Training in Clinical Nursing Education” which enabled clinical mentors, nurse educators and practicing nurses to achieve mastery in clinical teaching and mentoring and to sustain their clinical expertise. The sophisticated training on clinical nursing education, which lasts for 3 years, is the first of its kind in Hong Kong. Around 240 nurses will benefit from this programme. The newly renovated laboratory is equipped with sophisticated and computerised manikins and a simulated clinical environment in which students will be able to practice total patient care and clinical decision making. Endowed Professorship Dedication Ceremony (From left) Prof SP Chow, Prof Gabriel Leung, Prof Sophia Chan, Dr Walton Li, Prof Chia-Chin Lin, Ms Manbo Man and Prof Agnes Tiwari. Professor Chia-Chin Lin, Head of the School of Nursing has been conferred the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation Professor in Nursing. It is one of the most significant awards bestowed upon eminent academics within the University. The Dedication Ceremony was held on October 31, 2017. 7 Issue 40 Mar 2018