Infectious Diseases Courses and Postgraduate Diploma Programme (2022-24)

Forthcoming course: Course 2

Dates:

Delivery mode:

22 April 2023 (Saturday)

 

Recorded lectures will be held by “Zoom”

23 April 2023(Sunday)

On-Site Face to face lectures

Venue: Lecture Theatre 2, 1/F, No. 3 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Time: 9:00 - 17:00

 

Registration Time: 9:00 to 9:30 Note 1

Lecture Time: 9:30 – 16:20

Quiz Time: 16:20 – 16:50 Note 2

 

Note 1:  The 2nd day Course (23 April 2023) will be held in face-to-face format and the venue is Lecture Theatre 2, 1/F, No. 3 Sassoon Road.  Registration starts from 9:00 am, participants are strongly advised to come early to register and to collect your course materials before the first lecture starts at 9:30 am.

Note 2:  quiz, consisting of 20 MCQs, will be held at the end of the second day’s lectures only (NO online quiz will be provided).

 

CME Accreditation:

Participants are required to attend the Zoom Meeting on 22 April 2023 (1st Day Lecture), attend the Face-to-Face Course and complete the quiz on 23 April 2023 (2nd Day Lecture and Quiz).

 

Timetable (Click Here)

 

Course Fee: HK$1,000 (non-refundable)

Application deadline: 21 April 2023 (12:00 noon)

Application procedure:

Application link: Click Here

Personal Information Collection Statement: Click Here


Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases (22nd Intake)

Application Link: Here

Personal Information Collection Statement: Click Here

We are now inviting application for admission to the 23rd intake of Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases (PDipID) Programme, organized by Department of Microbiology and the Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Faculty of Medicine, HKU.

The PDipID programme aims to provide understanding of, and practical experience in, infectious diseases management for physicians, surgeons, clinical microbiologists, other clinicians and health care workers who are actively involved in the daily management of patients suffering from infectious diseases. Special emphasis is put on infections that are major health problems locally or globally.

The PDipID programme covers the following components over a period of two year:

·         Six two-days Infectious Disease Courses

·         Clinical Attachment (3 Friday Infectious Diseases Rounds, Two Bedside Infectious Diseases Consultations and One Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Round & project presentation)

·         A clinical and/or laboratory surveillance project

·         One Literature Reviews of important topics in Infectious Diseases

To learn more about the PDipID programme, please visit: http://www.aal.hku.hk/tpg/programme/postgraduate-diploma-infectious-diseases

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 31st August, 2023

Course Fees: HK$28,000

Enquiries: The Course Secretariat (Tel: 2255 2584; Email: pdipid@hku.hk)

Those who do not intend to pursue the PDipID qualification may opt to take Certificate in Infectious Diseases Course or the Individual Infectious Diseases two-day courses.



Application: www.microbiology.hku.hk/cid_app.pdf

Personal Information Collection StatementClick Here

 

Call for applications: rolling basis, April, July, or November each year.

Mode of attendance: part-time (2 years).

Entrance Requirements

All medical or nursing graduates, healthcare/science workers, pharmacists, laboratory technicians, medical doctors, and healthcare workers of the HKU-Shenzhen Hospital.

Method of Instruction

Six two-day weekend courses.

There will be a quiz after completion of each course.

Performance of these quizzes will constitute the basis for assessment.

Medium of instruction: English.

 

Fees: HK$5,400

 

Application link: Click Here

Personal Information Collection Statement: Click Here

 

Offered in April, July, and November each year.

Forthcoming course: 12-13 November 2022.

 

Speakers

Clinical academic staff from Department of Microbiology, HKU.

Specialists and experts in the field of clinical microbiology and infectious disease.

Medium of Instruction

English

Award of Attendance Certificate

Certificate of attendance will be issued

 

 

 

Professional Accreditation

Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits have been applied from the respective colleges: (PDipID/CertID only)

1. Quotable Qualification by Hong Kong Medical Council

2. CME points by

  • College of Dental Surgeons of Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine
  • Hong Kong College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  • Hong Kong College of Otorhinolaryngologists
  • Hong Kong College of Paediatricians
  • Hong Kong College of Pathologists
  • Hong Kong College of Physicians
  • The Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists
  • Hong Kong College of Radiologists
  • The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong

 

Programme Director

Dr. Samson SY Wong

Department of Microbiology

 

Organizer

Department of Microbiology

Carol Yu Centre for Infection

School of Clinical Medicine

The University of Hong Kong

Enquiries:

Course Secretariat

Tel: 2255-2584 Email: pdipid@hku.hk