Medicine Year 1 Orientation

2 September 2024

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 Dr Isabel HWANG
Year 1 Coordinator
Senior Lecturer
Assistant Dean (Student Support)
Student Wellness Team
Preclinical Coordinator (New Asia College)
Course Coordinator of Health Sciences II
(MEDF1012B)
Academic advisor of Neuro Ocamp group

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Medicine year 1 Timetable
Term 1 Dec Term 2 Apr – May May – Aug
(Sep – Dec 2024) 2024 (Jan – Apr 2025) 2025 2025
Faculty Package Course Term 1 Faculty Package Course Term 2 Summer
- Health Sciences I (3 units) assessment - Health Sciences II (3 units) assessment research
- Public Health (2 units) internship /
- Interprofessional Healthcare (1 unit) Medicine Course community
- Cells and Tissues (2 units) services
Medicine Course
- Systemic Anatomy (2 units) University Core Requirements
- Bioethics I - Chinese Languages
- Foundation GE,
University Core Requirements - University GE – Area A (UGEA1881)
- English and Chinese Languages - PE
- Foundation GE - Digital Literacy and Computational
- College GE Thinking
(Term 1 and/or 2, depending on college affiliation) - Understanding China / HK in the
- PE Wider Constitutional Order
- Understanding China / HK in the Wider
Constitutional Order
Medicine Courses
- Perspectives of Medicine in Real Life (1 unit)
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 How to plan for your successful academic
study in med 1

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 1 Know your course coordinators

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 2 Read the course outlines and know the assessment
criteria (highly course specific!)

Most course learning

outcomes aim to assess
levels 1-4

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 MEDU1110 Systemic Anatomy (2 Units)
Topics Contents Learning Outcomes
e-Lecture: - Introduction to - Describe, with proper anatomical terms, the Task nature
Description Marking Scheme
Terminology on Positions anatomical terminology spatial orientations, spatial relations, and planes (%)
and Planes of Sectioning of the section of body structures. Continuous Six online assessments with no limit of Marks will be awarded for correct answers
Lecture: - Nasal cavity, larynx, - State how the respiratory tract is structurally attempts are required to be completed on and no marks will be deducted for incorrect
Respiratory System – tracheobronchial tree, and functionally subdivided. Assessment Blackboard. answers.
Lung and Breathing lungs and pleura - Describe the basic compositions of the
- Muscular control of respiratory tract and how the structures are
(0%)
breathing related to the functions. Format: The overall marks will NOT be counted into
- Structures involved in - State how the respiratory tract is adapted for • Multiple-choice question (MCQ) the final mark.
the abnormal situation – filtering and warming air, as well as gas Mid-term A mid-term assessment of student’s The examination should be completed in 40
obstruction and exchange. knowledge on the first five topics. Lecture, mins.
restriction - Outline the structures of the two lungs and their Test (20%) e-lecture, flipped classroom, and practical
association with the pleural membrane and
pleural cavity. are all covered. • MCQ – marks will be awarded to correct
- Identify the major muscles involved in answers and no marks will be deducted for
producing respiratory movements. Topic included: incorrect answers.
Lecture: - Heart and great blood - Describe the functional roles of the - Terminology on positions and planes of • SAQ – self marks the answer. NO mark
Cardiovascular System – vessels cardiovascular system. sectioning will be carried to the final mark.
Heart and Circulation - Pulmonary and systemic - Describe the structures of the heart, and how - Respiratory system
circulations blood leaves and returns to the heart.
- Blood vessel types and - Recognize the importance of dual circulation.
- Cardiovascular system
abnormalities Identify principal arterial and venous blood - Lymphatic system
vessels in each circulation. - Musculoskeletal system
- Describe the coronary circulation.
- Compare arteries, capillaries and veins with Format:
respect to their structures and functions.
• Multiple-choice question (MCQ)
- Identify the types of circulatory routes and their
respective significance. - answer all 25 questions
e-Lecture & Flipped - Lymph - Describe the formation of lymph from • Short answer question (SAQ)
Classroom - Lymphatic capillaries, circulating blood. - answer 1 question
Lymphatic System – vessels, and ducts - Explain why lymph flow is unidirectional. End-of-Term A final assessment of students’ knowledge The examination should be completed in 2
Body defence - Lymphatic circulation - Describe the association of lymph flow to the on all topics covered in lecture, e-lecture, hours.
- Lacteals cardiovascular system. Examination flipped classroom, and practical.
Micromodules: - Lymph nodes - Describe the location, function, and division of
- Formation and - Lymphatic nodules labour of the two lymphatic ducts. (80%) • MCQ – marks will be awarded to correct
circulation of lymph - Spleen - Describe the structure, location, and function of Format: answers and no marks will be deducted for
- Lymphatic organs and - Tonsils the lymphatic organs and tissues. • Multiple-choice question (MCQ) incorrect answers.
tissues - answer all 60 questions • SAQ – marks will be awarded to accurate
Practical: Guided examination of the - Identify heart chambers and valves. • Short answer question (SAQ) answers, understanding of the topic as well
Respiratory and heart, blood vessels, lung, - Identify the major blood vessels and their as good organization in the writing.
Cardiovascular Systems respiratory tract, and courses. - answer 4 questions
larynx - Differentiate the external features of the larynx,
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Lecture: - The skeleton - Describe the basic features of bones, joints, and
 Exam blueprint (Health Sciences II, MEDF1012B)

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 3 Visit Blackboard regularly
• Lecture slides, tutorial questions,
group essay groupings, continuous
assessments
• Additional e-learning videos/
animations/ games

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4 Know the course attendance requirement
clearly
Term I: MEDU1110 Term I: MEDF1010

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 5 Mandatory online training micro-modules to prevent
sexual harassment (since 2021)
• A non-credit bearing, non course-
based training
• To be completed on Blackboard
• To empower and educate medical
students to understand what
constitutes sexual harassment in
different scenarios that are relevant
to your future profession

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 Mingpao news and South China Morning Post (1st Sep 2023)

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 Pick one language to complete the micro-modules

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 A total of 9 micro-modules covering different scenarios
that are highly relevant to real cases

Snapshots of videos?

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Check if each section is completed successfully

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Deadline to complete all micro-modules before 5pm of
15th November 2024 (Friday)

• Click the “Submit & Complete”

button which is on the last
page of micro‐module 9.
• This button will not show up if
you have not gone through
every page of each
micro‐module including the
self‐checked scenario quizzes.

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 Pre-training survey on medical students’
awareness towards anti-sexual harassment

To be completed by today

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