The 26^th AGM will be held at 5:30 pm on 6 December 2019 at Lim Por Yen Lecture Theatre, G/F, HKAM Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. One important item is to admit new Fellows of the Colleges to the Academy. All Fellows are welcome to attend.

• AGM notice

The Conferment Ceremony will be held at Run Run Shaw Hall of HKAM Jockey Club Building on 6 December 2019 at 6:00 pm, in conjunction with the David Todd Oration. Prof. John Leong, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chairman of Hospital Authority, will deliver the Oration titled “Twice Rendezvous in Hospital Authority”. All Fellows are welcome to attend.

Results of CME / CPD Accreditation

The Annual Report is now available on the Academy’s website.

The current CME/CPD cycle for Academy Fellows will end on 31 December 2019. All Fellows who are on the Specialist Register (SR) of the Medical Council or Dental Council will need to fulfil the requirements of the Academy to remain on the SR. Fellows, except those exempted for CME/CPD due to retirement, are also required to fulfil the requirements to maintain the Academy Fellowship. Fellows are reminded to make sure they will obtain the required number of CME/CPD points before the end of this year, and to catch up if the points they have obtained so far falls behind greatly of the requirements.

A revised set of CME/CPD Guidelines has been approved and will become effective from the next cycle. Minor changes are in Section 10, in which the new Guidelines reflect the new requirement from Medical Council of Hong Kong for the Academy to provide information on CME/CPD of all Fellows after the end of cycle (instead of providing the information on those non-compliance cases only in the past). Fellows can download the new guidelines from the following link:

Revised Principles and Guidelines on CME/CPD

Please visit the CMe-Learning of iCMECPD website (www.icmecpd.hk) for the latest CME/CPD materials.

To further enhance the online services for CME/CPD, the Academy has developed a mobile application for capturing attendance - iCMECPD App. It is now available at Apple's App Store and Google's Play. Fellows may download the App by scanning the respective QR code below (or search "icmecpd" from App Store/Google Play) and install it in their smartphone with operating system in iOS (8.0 or above) or Android (4.3 or above).

Starting from 2017, Fellows may capture their attendance by using the App to scan the QR code for CME/CPD activities held by the Academy/Colleges at the HKAM Jockey Club Building. The Academy has started liaising with organisers on pilot runs of the App for their activities to be held so that they will gradually use this paperless online accreditation application and attendance capture process from 2017 onward. In addition, briefing sessions will be conducted for organisers to further promote the App and the system.

The Academy sometimes gets error messages when sending messages to Fellows' registered emails, which may be caused by full mailboxes, invalid addresses, etc. A valid email address is an essential detail for Fellows to gain access to iCMECPD account and view the CME/CPD profile. In order to help us maintain an up-to-date database, please keep us informed whenever there are changes to your email address, mailing address or contact number by logging into your account of iCMECPD (http://www.icmecpd.hk). Please also be reminded to keep your registered emails active by ensuring there is sufficient mailbox capacity.

The Conference co-organised by the Academy and the Hong Kong College of Family Physicians will be held at HKAM Jockey Club Building. It features plenary lectures, concurrent talks, workshops and poster presentations around the main theme, “People-centred Care: Towards Value-based Innovations”. Chairperson of the Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission Mr. Ricky Chu will deliver the Academy’s Halnan Lecture titled “Knocking Down Barriers to Inclusive Healthcare”, following the Opening Ceremony scheduled for 7 December 2019.

Details about the programme can be found at http://tripartitecongress2019hk.com

Please click here to register now!

Latest articles available at www.hkmj.org

Tokyo, Singapore and Osaka ranked top 3 on the World’s Safe Cities list 2019 released by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The 2019 Safe Cities Index ranks 60 cities across 57 indicators covering digital security, health security, infrastructure security and personal security. It is the third time Tokyo was on the top since the biennial ranking started in 2015. To know more, please visit the blog article of the HKJCDPRI:
Link:
http://www.hkjcdpri.org.hk/new-indicators-resilience-added-safe-cities-index-2019-tokyo-singapore-and-osaka-ranked-top-3

HKJC ILCM has organised training activities of different elements over the past 6 years, training up significant numbers of healthcare professionals and facilitating professional development to enhance patient safety. HKJC ILCM will continue to organise various signature courses and develop new initiatives.

To stay connected with all stakeholders such as committee members, alumni and working partners, HKJC ILCM has recently launched a Facebook page to provide access to the latest news about various courses and facilitate communication.

Please simply visit the following link leading to our Facebook page to chat with us and give us likes.
https://www.facebook.com/HKJCILCM/

HKJC ILCM has collaborated with the Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists (HKCA) to develop the PSSC to facilitate medical professionals to meet the requirement for the HKAM Procedural Sedation Guideline published on 1 April 2019. The first course was organised on 20 October 2019 with participation of Fellows from different specialty Colleges.

During the one-day course, participants experienced the high fidelity of simulated scenarios related to procedural sedation practice and took part in an interactive problem-based learning. They had better understanding of the monitoring during procedure and recovery; and were able to identify and manage sedation-related complications.

IMS Advanced Debriefing Course (ADC), 9-12 January 2020
With an emphasis on debriefing skills, this course is designed to enhance and extend instructional techniques learned in the IMS Simulation Instructor Course. Using high-leverage methods from experiential learning and organisational psychology, this immersive 4-day course focuses on improving debriefing skills will be taught by senior faculties from Institute for Medical Simulation (IMS) / Harvard Medical School. The extensive feedback practice would help participants become more reflective about their instructional practice.

The course is targeted at graduates of HKJC ILCM’s IMS Simulation Instructor Course or Comprehensive Simulation Educator Course (CSEC). Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted through a selection process.

For further details about the above courses and registration, please visit HKJC ILCM website at www.hkjcilcm.hk.

Enquiries:
Tel: (852) 2871 8718
Email: [email protected]

The Academy and Medical Alumni Golf Tournament 2019 was completed successfully and smoothly at Hong Kong Golf Club (Fanling) on 9 October 2019. All 43 golfers had great fun and had a good game with beautiful weather. Congratulations to Dr. Hilary Tsang for winning the President’s Cup of the Academy.

President Prof. C.S. Lau and Vice-President (Education and Examinations) Prof. Gilberto Leung presented at the conference in Seoul, introducing the Academy’s statutory roles, CME / CPD system, on-going efforts in developing credentailling guidelines as well as initiatives to promote medical professionalism and ethics, etc. Further collaboration opportunities were explored in relations to knowledge exchange, strategic partnership alliances, journal publication and sharing of good practices and standards. Issues about doctors’ well-being were deliberated.

Officers attended the ceremonies as a platform guest and shared the happiness with the newly admitted College Fellows whose outstanding achievements were recognised.

Fellowship/Membership Conferment Ceremony of Hong Kong College of Physicians attended by President Prof. C.S. Lau on 19 October 2019 

Fellowship Conferment Ceremony of Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine attended by Vice-President (General Affairs) Dr. C.C. Lau on 26 October 2019

Social Subcommittee formed to connect Fellows

The blood donation activity is co-organised by the Academy and the Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service. Details are listed as follows.

Let’s help save lives and maintain sustainable blood supplies by donating blood! No pre-registration is required.

• Blood donation eligibility

For details about various discounts being offered, please refer to the eblasts on membership services included under Fellows’ section of the Academy’s website.

A wide range of well-designed, quality Academy gifts and accessories are available at the Academy Lounge. You may also place an order by completing and returning an order form to the Secretariat.

The Academy offers a wide range of venues suitable for meetings, conferences and your special occasions of different scales. Onsite logistical and technical support, event planning as well as catering services are also available.

Anniversary, Reunion and Birthday Offers
Celebrate your special moment or make your special gathering unforgettable by hosting a lunch or dinner at the Academy.  Fellows can now get a free celebratory item when dining at our venues for such occasions. Terms and conditions apply.

Make a booking enquiry online now.
Link: https://online.hkam.org.hk/form/BookingEnquiry

The Academy Lounge is a nicely decorated place with cosy atmosphere ideal for social occasions. The Lounge offers a menu of gourmet appetisers and drinks.

The Royal College of Radiologists and Hong Kong College of Radiologists will jointly organise the 8th Joint Scientific Meeting of The Royal College of Radiologists & Hong Kong College of Radiologists and 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of HKCR on 16-17 November 2019 at Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building.

Highlights
Artificial Intelligence
Genitourinary Malignancies
Paediatric Radiology
Multidisciplinary Symposium: Carcinoma of Rectum

• ASM Information & Registration

Please visit HKCR website for updated meeting programme and information: https://www.hkcr.org/news.php/events_list/cid,0/nid,146

A new issue has been published and can be viewed at
http://www.hkcpath.org/article/recent-advance-acute-lymphoblastic-leukaemia

The Private Healthcare Facilities Ordinance (“the Ordinance”), passed in November 2018, provides for a new regulatory regime for private healthcare facilities.

Under the Ordinance, all premises where registered medical practitioners and/or dentists practise are required to have either a licence or a letter of exemption from the Department of Health (DH).

DH is organising a series of briefing sessions on the Ordinance with interactive discussions, starting from August 2019. Seats are limited. Please register early.

Click here for details on the briefings and regulatory regime.

For enquiry and registration, please contact DH at (852) 3107 2939.

The Academy of Experts (AoE) will run several Expert Witness training courses in Hong Kong in November 2019. The Academy is a supporting organisation for the courses. Fellows can enjoy special rates. All the registrations should be sent directly to the organiser. Please click here for further details.

The annual practising certificates of doctors for the year 2019 will expire on 31 December 2019. Fellows are reminded to make timely application to the Medical Council of Hong Kong for renewal of their annual practising certificates for the year 2020 if they will be practising beyond the said expiry date.

The eHealth News is published to help people understand better the latest eHR development. The most recent issue of eHealth News has been published and is available at the Electronic Health Record (eHR) Office website:

• eHealth News (English | Chinese)

Please note the following announcement from the Drug Office of Department of Health:

• Nivolumab (Opdivo): reports of cytomegalovirus (CMV) gastrointestinal infection or reactivation