會長 (2007-2022)
香港老年學護理專科學院
My Dear College Fellow Members,
Wishing you all a very healthy and successful year in 2019! Time passes so quickly and I would like to take this opportunity to update you some of our College’s achievements in 2018.
In meeting with the ever-challenging health care system and the complex community environment, we have invited Dr James LUK, President of the Hong Kong Geriatrics Society, as our Keynote Speaker and shared his foresight with us on "Building a Sustainable Quality Gerontological Healthcare" at our 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting on May 26th 2018. This year our Scientific Meeting has received an overwhelming response of approaching 80 participants. In the event, our Fellows and members have also shared their successful collaboration projects and excellent updates of their current nursing practice innovations.
During 2018, our College has successfully launched the CNE Update Course in Elderly Abuse Issues, Counselling & Communication with elders, Medication Safety, Wound Care Management, Common Mental Health Problems in Geriatric Patients, Nursing management of skin & related problems as a kind of joint-handed programs with the HK Association of Gerontology. There are more than 40 participants enrolled in each program.
We had also collaborated with the "廣東省護士協會" to organize their Fifth Gerontology Nurse Specialist Certificate Training Course for the nursing colleagues of Guangdong province in 2018. Such Course was successfully held with more than 80 nurse specialist graduates for elderly care.
Four Journal Club Sharing have also been conducted in 2018 with very overwhelmed respond. I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to Professor Claudia LAI, Professor Helen CHAN, Ms Sabrina HO and Ms Catherine WONG as our Journal Club Sharing would not be so successful without their dedicated support.
May I also like to take this opportunity to send my deepest gratitude and thank all our devoted Council Members for their wholehearted support to the College and brilliant, outstanding works in past years.
Since the “Voluntarily Specialist Enrolment/ Registration Scheme” will probably be piloted by the Nursing Council of Hong Kong in 2019, I would invite all College members to pay special attention to the development of such issue in future.