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University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer visits Wuhan University School of Medicine
On the afternoon of June 3, the University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer and his entourage visited the Vice President and Dean of the medical school Tang Qizhu along with Jonathan Lio from WUMER. Also present at the meeting were Vice Ministers of Medicine Yu Baoping, Xiong Wei, the head of the International Exchange Department, the Institute of Science and Technology Development, and teachers and student representatives from the Basic Medical College, the First Clinical College, and the Second Clinical College.
Tang Qizhu said that he hoped the two sides will further expand channels of communication between teachers and students and contribute to the causes of medical education and human health. The teachers and students who participated in the medical cooperation project spoke passionately about their personal experiences. Robert Zimmer said that cooperation between the two sides in the medical field for 11 years has laid a solid foundation for future collaboration.
Since 2008, Wuhan University School of Medicine has sent more than 100 faculty to the United States for 3-6 months of teaching and training activities. The faculty participating in education reform have a total of more than 100 approved teaching research topics, and published a total of 220 papers in medical journals at home and abroad, of which 2 won the first prize of 100 excellent papers in national medical education. Wuhan University and the University of Chicago jointly held the “International Medical Education Forum and Seminar” in 2012 and 2017 respectively, with more than 400 representatives from the United States, South Korea, Australia and domestic medical colleges.
Hong Kong Symposium “Palliative Care in the Community: Challenges, Experiences and Hopes”
WUMER worked with University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the UChicago Hong Kong campus for the second year to organize a symposium focused on palliative care entitled, “Palliative Care in the Community: Challenges, Experiences and Hopes,” which welcomed active discussion on the importance of community-based palliative care in different Chinese societies. The symposium on May 25th covered topics around healthcare and beyond, with scholars and experts examining how to best deliver and promote palliative care in the local healthcare system. Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor Bryan Li from the HKU, Assistant Professor of Medicine Jonathan Lio from the University of Chicago and Assistant Professor Harry Wu from the University of Hong Kong were on hand to open the conference. The symposium kicked off with Dr. Bryan Li’s sharing on the importance of collaboration between medical professionals and social welfare professions. For new niches in palliative care, Senior Lecturer Carmen Lee from Tung Wah College gave a live harp performance and introduced the application of music therapy in palliative care. Concluding the event was Assistant Professor of Medicine Sandy Tun from the University of Chicago, who examined the new challenges the “Silver Tsunami” would bring to the society, as well as Dr. Harry Wu, who explained how HKU’s Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Programme (MBBS) trains talents for the palliative industry.
https://www.uchicago.hk/events/palliative-care-in-the-community-challenges-experiences-and-hopes/
PUMCH – UC Exchange
From April 9th to the 13th of 2018, three third-year internal medicine residents and one fourth-year surgical direction student from the University of Chicago Medicine completed a week-long residency exchange at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH). As the third group of exchange residents in a row that started in 2015, UCM has sent around 20 residents and senior medical students to PUMCH for clinical observership in internal medicine, family medicine, and general surgery. Like the previous two programs, PUMCH made detailed arrangements for the residents to meet with different doctors, participate in the morning rounds, chat with their counterpart Chinese residents, and talk with nurses. In addition, upon the request of PUMCH, the UChicago residents made presentations on medical education and residency training in the U.S. The residents are all appreciative of their experience in Beijing and said they will definitely bring home positive feedback to their fellow residents in Chicago, advocating for more of them to join future programs. As an exchange program, four residents from PUMCH are scheduled to visit UChicago hospitals in early May. Dr. Renslow Sherer, faculty leader of the UChicago-PUMCH residency exchange program, wrote in one of his recent emails to the Beijing Center that, “[please let] PUMCH residents know how grateful we are for their gracious hospitality and their kind attentiveness to our residents, and how we look forward to seeing as many of them as is possible here in Chicago in future. For the UC residents, I would like them to know how proud we are that they chose to expand their training and experience with this visiting residency at the most advanced hospital in China, and to serve as global health ambassadors on behalf of the University of Chicago Hospitals in their daily experience in Beijing at PUMCH. Their work is strengthening their respective departments in Chicago, as well as the role of the University in Beijing and China, and for that, we are grateful.” (Source: https://www.uchicago.cn/news/uchicago-residents-completed-a-residency-exchange-at-the-pumch/ )
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