Doctors-to-be at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) say outstanding medical professors are good role-models in providing better care for patients.
Eleven lecturers from the university's Faculty of Medicine were honoured by nursing, medicine and pharmacy students at the third annual awards ceremony. Professor Leung Sing-fai and Professor Gary Wong Wing-kin, who both received the award for the third time, were described as caring instructors who showed great enthusiasm for their work.
'Every single word he (Professor Leung) says is encouraging to me. No matter how tired or lazy I am, I never skip his clinical tutorials,' Susanna Ting Lai-yam, now a medical intern at Princess Margaret Hospital, said.
Ms Ting said she had learned how to manage her time more effectively, which inspired her to become an efficient doctor providing comprehensive medical care to the community.
'Professor Leung's teaching skills are far more important than his medical expertise,' she said. Usually, clinical doctors had a tight schedule and could not spare much time for their students, Ms Ting said.
'Professor Leung is also a role-model to me,' she said, because he not only cared for his patients who were usually terminally ill, but was also a source of comfort to their families.