Macau's cutting edge Sino-Luso International Medical Fourm hosted its 12th conference on March 16th and 17th.
Titled “New Horizon, Innovation and Challenges in Medical Education”, this two-day forum was chaired by the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST): Faculty of Health Sciences and organized by the Macau Healthcare Management and Promotion Association (MHMPA).
Prominent national and international medical educators from Australia, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Macau, and the Chinese Mainland presented the latest in groundbreaking medical sciences.
Top health educators and researchers in virtual reality simulation and our Macau health bureau officers came and shared their experiences in medical education across the learning continuum.
Dr. Manson Fok, Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences at the Macau University of Science and Technology stated, “The purpose of this important meeting is to highlight to allow our participants to benefit from the latest developments in medical education especially on ongoing skills training and to promote academic medicine by establishing this forum for medical educators and their many partners to meet and exchange ideas.”
This forum included two very specialized laparoscopic simulation workshops, keynote presentations and roundtable discussion session.
This forum also offered great opportunities for our public and stakeholders to participate and interact with delegates from our national and international health organizations.
Dr. Fok remarked, “We are honoured to have our top educators Prof, Chen Hong and Prof Jiang Guanchao from Peking University People’s Hospital here presenting in this forum.”
Our keynote presenter from Australia, Dr. Ross Horley, is an expert in virtual reality simulation. Says Dr. Horley, “One very important inspiration on the use of virtual reality training is about patient safety issue. Deploying simulators in surgical procedures can reduce some of the underlying causes of medical errors. We have been taken advantage of the increasing deployment of simulation to train our doctors with the appropriate skills required to safeguard patient safety.”
This meeting also brought together the finest educators, Dr. Long Ping from Guangzhou Medical College, and a surgical expert from Hong Kong, Dr. Edward Lai. They presented their papers describing the latest developments in Gastroenterological Endoscopy Training in this region.
Dr. Gregory Cheng (MUST, Macau) discussed the emerging challenges in medical education and explore issues in the effectiveness in providing suitable clinical experiences in medical curricula.
Our simulation expert from the Netherlands, Prof Joeri Post, remarked, “I am so happy to come back to Macau again. We will be running simulation workshops where psychomotor skill is applied in completing tasks in a virtual domain, junior trainees need to practice these tasks prior to some very difficult procedures. As simple as peg transferring from one to another position without dropping it and we will program the sequence to be repeated with their non-dominant hands. We also will maximize their time they spend on the simulators and to create some fun to the training course like they are entering into a game competition.”
This event was supported by the Ministry of Health, PRC as well as a list of outstanding healthcare organizations and Portuguese speaking associations in Macau. Scientific sessions were jointly chaired by the Faculty of Health Sciences, MUST, Dr. Chan Wai Sin, Vice Director of Macau Health Bureau and Dr. Mario Evora, Medical Director of Centro Hospital.
