January 2008
Fellowship Conferment/David Todd
Oration/Annual Dinner The
Fellowship Conferment, David Todd Oration and Annual Dinner were well
attended by Fellows and guests on 13 December 2007.
Please click the link below to view photos of the evening. The
link will be kept until the end of February 2008.
Fellows who wish to download pictures should do so before that. The Oration has been taped and will be put up in the iCMECPD website after the processing. Fellows will be informed once it is available.
Honorary FellowThe
Academy has admitted Prof. Sir Harry Fang as Honorary Fellow.
Sir Harry is well known in the medical profession, especially in
the rehabilitation and orthopaedic surgery.
To the Academy, Sir Harry truly made original contributions.
He called for an academy of medicine in 1983, as
he foresaw a need for
Result of Council
Election
During the 14th AGM held on 13 December 2007, results of the
election of Council Members were announced. Five
nominations were received by the deadline.
The five candidates were therefore elected ipso facto.
They are:
The Academy would like to thank Prof. S.P.Chow and Dr. C.W. Chan who have stepped down from Council after the AGM. Dr. C.W. Chan has served the Academy Council for a total of 12 years.
2008
Annual Subscriptions Demand notes for the 2008 subscriptions are being sent out to Fellows from either the Academy or their College. Fellows will note that the subscription amount this year is reduced, as the Academy Council has upon recommendation of the Finance & Investment Committee approved a one-off 50% reduction of the annual subscription to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Academy in 2008. Please be reminded that it is Council's policy that subscriptions received by the Academy after 30 June will be subject to a surcharge of 5% on the subscription amount. Please settle your subscription as soon as possible.
Best
Original Research by Trainee (BORT) The
results of the 2007 BORT was
announced during the Conferment Ceremony on 13 December 2007 and the medals were presented to the 3
winners. The Gold Medal winner
will also get a cash reward of HK$15,000.
The Academy would like to thank the Panel of Judges for their time
and works. The Panel consists
of Prof. Tony Chung (Panel Chairman), Dr. Kam Chak Wah; Prof. Raymond
Liang; Prof. Leung Kwok Sui; Prof. Lo Chung Mau and Dr. C.T. Hung. The Academy
would also like to thank the trainees who have submitted their papers for
this competition.
Collaboration on Reciprocal Facilities
between the Academy and Royal Society of Medicine HKAM and RSM have decided to consolidate and strengthen links between the two organizations. On 6 December 2007, the Academy and RSM signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to set out the initial collaboration between HKAM and RSM in reciprocal use of facilities for Fellows and members of the two organisations. Further collaborations such as online CPD services will be pursued at a later stage. Under this MOU, RSM will allow Fellows of HKAM to use the accommodation facilities (Chandos House http://www.chandoshouse.co.uk/ only), restaurants, bars and lounges of the RSM when they travel to
Memorandum of Understanding on Training
Exchange Programme To
strengthen the exchange of training of doctors between HKAM
15th Anniversary Congress, 15-16 November 2008 Hong Kong Academy of Medicine turns 15 this year! To
mark the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, the
Academy will
organise the HKAM 15th Anniversary Congress during 15-16 November 2008 in the
5-Day
Working Week Council
has endorsed the recommendation of House Committee to adopt 5-day working
week. Starting from January 2008, opening hours of the HKAM Secretariat
will be: Monday to Friday: 08:30 - 17:30 (Lunch Hour: 12:30 - 13:30) Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday: Closed Opening
hours of other facilities in the Academy Building, e.g. Lounge, Dining Room, will remain unchanged.
2008-2010
CME/CPD Cycle The
current CME/CPD cycle for Academy Fellows ended on 31 December 2007.
As
reported earlier, number of points obtained by means of passive
participation will
be capped at 75 for a cycle, effective
from 1 January 2008.
Fellows are reminded to take note of this for the coming cycle.
Fellows can click below to obtain a copy of the Academy's CMECPD
Guidelines. For individual
College guidelines, Fellows should contact their Colleges.
2011-2013
CME/CPD Cycle For the CME/CPD cycle starting 1 January 2011, on top of changes for 2008. Fellows would be strongly encouraged to (a) maintain a balanced CME/CPD profile with a mix of different activities, including 5 points in a cycle from activities in quality assurance audits and activities for improvement of patient care in order to capture the full benefit of different types of CME/CPD activities; and (b) increase further the CME/CPD points gained from activities other than passive participation through decreasing the proportion of passive participation CME/CPD activities. Fellows will receive further detailed information from the Academy shortly.
Awards Dr.
CHOW Pak Chin, Honorary Treasurer of the College
of
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Online
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