"Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education - HKU 2016" Conference :
Promoting Excellence in Assessment

Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre, G/F, William MW Mong Block, Faculty of Medicine Building
21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

November 4, 2016 (Fri)

08.30 - 09.00 Registration
   
09.00 - 09.15 Opening Ceremony
   
09.15 - 09.55

First Plenary Session on “Art and Science of Assessment”
Chairman: Professor John Nicholls
09.15 - 09.45

Professionalism is not just a word: The objective quantitative measurement of characteristics that predict later clinical professionalism
Professor John McLachlan, Durham University, United Kingdom

09.45 - 09.55

Question & Answer

   

09.55 - 10.30 Coffee Break
Poster Exhibition and Judging – Foyer of Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
   
10.30 - 11.45 Second Plenary Session on “Designing the Assessment to Drive Learning”
Chairman: Professor Chak-sing Lau
10.30 – 11.00 Sitting bedside our students – how does that work in assessment?
Professor Helen Cameron, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
11.00 – 11.30 Work-place assessment of clinical skills
Professor Andrew Elder, University of Edinburgh Medical School, United Kingdom
11.30 – 11.45 Question & Answer
   
11.45 – 12.30

Student Forum on “Learning for Assessment or Assessment for Learning?”
Chairman: Dr Julie Chen

Sam Lap-sum Chan, Biomedical Sciences student (Final year)
Edmond Pui-hang Choi,Nursing student (Post-graduate)
Rex Wan-hin Hui,MBBS student (Year 5)
Carolle Ka-po Mok, Dentistry student (Final year)
Virginia Kar-fung Tam, Chinese Medicine student (Year 4)
Nick Ka-ming Yau, Pharmacy student (Final year)

   
12.30 – 13.15

Panel Discussion in Response to Student Forum

Professor Helen Cameron, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Professor John McLachlan, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom
Professor Gary SP Cheung, Faculty of Dentistry
Dr Weng Yee Chin, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care/ Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education
Dr Yibin Feng, School of Chinese Medicine
Professor Daisy Shum, School of Biomedical Sciences
Dr Janet Wong, School of Nursing
Dr Alan Worsley, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

   
13.15 – 14.00 Lunch at Exhibition Area
   
14.00 – 15.30

Symposium on “Good Practice and Innovations in Assessment.”
Chairman: Dr Janice Johnston
14.00 – 14.20 So you think you can assess!: Changing paradigms in clinical assessment
Dr Dujeepa D Samarasekera, National University of Singapore, Singapore
14.20 – 14.40 From competition to collaboration: assessment systems for the future
Professor Ki-Young Lim, Ajou University School of Medicine, Republic of Korea
14.40 – 15.00 Quality assurance and improvement of medical education through accreditation in Japan
Professor Nobuo Nara, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan
15.00 – 15.20 Programme-level assessment frameworks for outcomes-based curricula
Dr Susan Bridges, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
15.20 – 15.30 Question & Answer
   

   
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
Poster Exhibition and Judging– Foyer of Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
   
16.00 - 18.00 First Frontier workshops: innovative ideas, innovative practice
Workshop A – Deciding who should pass – what are the options?
16.00 - 18.00 Professor Helen Cameron, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Workshop B – How to develop a conscientiousness index:  objectively measuring professionalism through conscientiousness in health care professionals
16.00 - 18.00

Professor John McLachlan, Durham University, United Kingdom
Dr KA Robertson, Durham University, United Kingdom

 

November 5, 2016 (Sat)

08.30 - 09.00 Registration
   
09.00 - 09.45 Third Plenary Session on “How to Measure the Effectiveness of Assessment”
Chairman: Dr Lap-ki Chan
09.00 - 09.30 Current needs and challenges to effective assessment in 2020
Dr W Dale Dauphinee, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Canada
09.30 - 09.45 Question & Answer
   
09.45 – 10.15 Coffee Break
Poster Exhibition - Foyer of Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
   
10.15 - 12.15 Second Frontiers workshops: “Writing Good Questions”
Workshop C - Developing questions for future challenges
10.15 – 12.15 Dr W Dale Dauphinee, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, Canada
Workshop D – Work-place assessment of clinical skill
10.15 – 12.15 Professor Andrew Elder, University of Edinburgh Medical School, United Kingdom
Workshop E – Writing good exam questions
10.15 – 12.15 Dr Dujeepa D Samarasekera, National University of Singapore, Singapore
   
12.15 - 13.15 Lunch at Exhibition Area
   
13.15 – 14.45

Free Paper Presentations – Oral Presentation

13.15 – 13.30

Assessment in workplace:  investigating a multi-source and multi-method approach to enhance student learning in clinical practicum
Maggie Y Zhao, The University of Hong Kong

13.30 – 13.45 Exploring the use of the conscientiousness index in an internal medicine residency programme in Singapore
Faith Li-Ann Chia, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
13.45 – 14.00 Reflective practice and doctors – an important and useful assessment tool?
Russell Foster, King’s College Hospital and Independent Clinical Services
14.00 – 14.15 Assessment of the impact of a new e-learning platform on the field trip programme in training of Chinese Medicine professionals
Lei Li, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
14.15 – 14.30

Students’ achievement in interprofessional team-based learning:  A cross-discipline comparison involving biomedical sciences, Chinese medicine, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work students in Hong Kong
Fraide Ganotice, The University of Hong Kong

14.30 – 14.45 Effective feedback in medical education:  how are we doing?
David Carless, The University of Hong Kong
   
14.45 – 15.00

Awarding of “Certificate in Medical and Health Sciences Education”

Awarding of Poster and Oral Presentation Prizes

Closing Remarks by the Co-Chairmen of the Conference Organising Committee
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