Group photo of Professor Lin Huiqing (right fifth), President Liu Liang (middle) and other guests
Professor Lin Huiqing, the Director of the Health Professions Committee of the Ministry of Education and the former deputy director of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, visited Macau University of Science and Technology (M.U.S.T.) on the morning of 10th September, 2019, and was warmly received by M.U.S.T. management board members including President Liu Liang and Vice President Lin Zhijun.
President Liu Liang presents a briefing
At the meeting, President Liu Liang addressed the development of M.U.S.T. in recent years and pointed out that the University has developed into the largest comprehensive university in Macao with more than 12,000 current students. The University owns a Faculty of Medicine and is the only university in Macao that delivers the courses in Chinese and Western medicine. M.U.S.T. commits itself to cultivating patriotic, auspicious and innovative talents, and furthers itself with concepts of ‘quality’ and ‘innovation’. Attentive to ‘Macao needs’, the University aims to establish a new highland of innovative technology with local characteristics to form local specialists. The University attaches to the motherland, positions itself in the Greater Bay Area, and opens to the world. It strives to educate and develop talents for the country and the Macao S.A.R. and the successors of the ‘One Country, Two Systems’, to facilitate the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and to contribute to the country’s development and construction.
Vice President Lin Zhijun delivers a speech
Vice President Lin Zhijun indicated that M.U.S.T. gives great importance to the teaching staff and the quality of the teaching, and is committed to provide the best education for students. As well as teaching, the faculty staff also takes up tutoring and mentoring roles to provide mental health consultation for the students. This combination of classroom learning and student life caring supports the educational purpose of whole-person development.
Dean Manson Fok delivers a speech
Dean Manson Fok of the Faculty of Medicine stated that the Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) program course is designed and aligned with the same curriculum structure, and content, as the UK and other countries. This competency-oriented program consists of five years of formal course followed by one year of internship. The course begins with a foundation module and proceeds to various basic sciences and clinical clerkships. M.U.S.T. has signed MOUs with Peking University People’s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon and Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, from Portugal, to cooperate and provide more academic and clinical exchanges in promoting medical advancement for Macao.
Professor Lin Huiqing delivers a speech
Professor Lin Huiqing expressed that Macau University of Science and Technology (M.U.S.T.) has been established for 19 years only but developed rapidly. Its first Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) program in Macao marks that Macao is eligible to cultivate medical talents and contribute to the development of the national medical education system. M.U.S.T. positions itself appropriately, develops rapidly, and is distinctively featured. The University implements the valuable concepts of ‘quality’ and ‘innovation’ for its development, and accommodates advanced teaching equipment, philosophy and methods, and delivers excellent scientific research achievements. All these have enabled the University to develop as a leading role in the international setting, with evident all-round top-level advantages of comprehensive strength, academic level, innovation ability, and cultural influence. Professor Lin then wished M.U.S.T. a flourishing future.
Deputy Director Wang Weimin delivers a speech
Wang Weimin, Deputy Director of the Peking University Health Science Center and Executive Deputy Director of the National Center for Health Professions Education Development, stated that the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine embodies that M.U.S.T. is the largest comprehensive university in Macao. He hoped that Peking University Health Science Center and M.U.S.T. will conduct more cooperation to promote exchanges and communications in the medical field between the Mainland and Macao and facilitate the country’s development and construction.
Professor Lin Huiqing interacts with medical students
Director Billy Chan introduces the Center for Continuing Medical and Health Education and Center of Excellence for Professional Medical Development (left)
President Liu Liang introduces the State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine (right)
After the meeting, President Liu Liang accompanied the guests to meet the students of Faculty of Medicine in the classroom, and visited the Center for Continuing Medical and Health Education (CCMHE), the Center of Excellence for Professional Medical Development and the State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine.
Meeting setting
The participating guests included the Deputy Director of the Education Department of Peking University Health Science Center and Assistant of the Director of the National Center for Health Professions Education Development Xie Ana, and Deputy Director of the Research and Evaluation Department of China Higher Education Student Information and Career Center of the Ministry of Education Qiu Jiana. The other attended M.U.S.T. representatives included the Head of Secretariat of the Rector Office Chu Oi Mei, Director of the School of Pharmacy Zhu Yi Zhun, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Lam Wai Kei, Head of Academic Registry Iek Wai Seong, Administrative Director of the University Hospital Chang Chi Wai, Director of Center for Education in Medical Simulation Billy Chan, Professor of State Key Laboratory of Quality in Chinese Medicine Xiao Ying, Associate Professor of Faculty of Chinese Medicine Xu Youhua, Assistant Director of State Key Laboratory of Quality in Chinese Medicines Wang Jingrong, Program Director of School of Pharmacy Xie Ying, and Administrative Officer of the School of Graduate Studies Feng Junguo.
