Some traditional Chinese medicine lessons at proposed Hong Kong medical school
Students taking a proposed four-year programme at Baptist University will have some exposure to traditional Chinese medicine, head says
Students at a proposed medical school at Hong Kong’s Baptist University will have some exposure to traditional Chinese medicine in their studies, while the institution aims to admit its first cohort of 50 to 60 next year at the earliest.
The university said on Monday that it had completed a draft of its proposal for Hong Kong’s third medical school ahead of the March 17 submission deadline which included 10 key parameters listed earlier by a government task group.
“We consider ourselves to be quite competitive in those 10 key parameters,” university president Professor Alexander Wai Ping-kong said. “We are confident.”
He said the proposal would be submitted to the government on March 17.
The task group overseeing the establishment of the new medical school was formed in October after Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu threw his support behind the idea in his policy address. The group came up with 10 key parameters to consider a proposal, including innovative strategic positioning, staffing and curriculum.
Baptist University, University of Science and Technology and Polytechnic University have all publicly indicated they wish to run a medical school.