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Clinical Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Director: Prof Bian Zhao Xiang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Hong Kong Baptist University started its Chinese medicine clinical operations in 1997 for the provision of quality Chinese medicine services to the public and also clinical teaching bases for the Chinese medicine students. In order to strengthen its clinical teaching activities, the School of Chinese Medicine set up the Clinical Division in July 2001 to oversee the operations of and coordinate the Chinese medicine clinics. At present, the following 15 Chinese medicine clinics have been established to provide out-patient services and the number of clinics will be increased to 16 in the third quarter of 2016. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teaching Activities The Clinical Division, which coordinates the teaching activities of clinical and pharmaceutical practicum together with the Teaching and Research Division and the Division of Continuing and Professional Education, is one of the main practicum bases of the School. |
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Medical Services In addition to providing clinical teaching, the Clinical Division also provides quality Chinese medicine healthcare services to the community. The provision of safe and quality healthcare services, particularly Chinese medicine specialty services, is one of the major objectives of the Clinical Division. Since the opening of the first Chinese medicine clinic, a total of over 1,420,000 patient attendances have been recorded. |
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Clinical Research Another focus area of the Clinical Division is clinical research, which is a prerequisite for the advancement of the academic quality and modernization of Chinese medicine. The Division works closely with other Divisions of the School to conduct clinical research. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
©2016 Hong Kong Baptist University Source: Calendar/Bulletin 2016-2017 Last modified: July 2016 |
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