Celebrating Our CEDARS' Awards Victory: CEDARS' 27th Recognition Ceremony

In the spirit of celebration and achievement, we are thrilled to congratulate our exceptional students for their well-deserved victories at CEDARS' 27th Recognition Ceremony. Their exceptional accomplishments and dedicated contributions have been officially recognised by the Centre of Development and Resources for Students (CEDARS).

We congratulate the 4 candidates nominated by HKUMed for winning Category A – Achievement Award for Co-curricular Excellence Award by HKU CEDARS:

• HO Tsi Lok (Robert)

• HUNG Yuet Yi (Charmaine)

• LAM Hin Lai Ivan

• NG Sheung Chit (Chris)

Additionally, we extend our warmest congratulations to the remarkable recipients of the Category B Award – Distinguished Service to the Community [Group Achievements] by HKU CEDARS for their project entitled “Students as Co-Designers – Formalising Student-Educator Partnerships in Curriculum and Pedagogy Co-Creation”:

• CHAN Hei Man Winson

• NG Ka Yu Justin

• FOK Jing Chen

• HO Ka Chun Clement

• LEE Ka Ching Monica

• WONG Kar Yiu Odelle

Each year, CEDARS hosts a Recognition Ceremony to honour and celebrate students who have excelled in co-curricular achievements and endeavours, as well as those who have made sustained contributions in co-creating a vibrant and impactful student life with CEDARS. This ceremony serves as a tribute to the outstanding achievements and exemplary attitude of our finest students, inspiring the entire university community to learn from their dedication.

Click in the link below to learn more about CEDARS from their website:

https://wp2.cedars.hku.hk/prize/

Overwhelming success at HKU Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony 2023

The HKU Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony for 2023 was held on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at the Rayson Huang Theatre at 5:00 p.m. The ceremony celebrated the outstanding achievements of the University's faculty members in teaching, research, and knowledge exchange.

We would like to congratulate the following faculty members.

Teaching Excellence Awards

The Teaching Excellence Awards recognized faculty members who have demonstrated exceptional dedication, creativity, and innovation in their teaching practices. The awardees were:

- Outstanding Teaching Award: Dr. John T.C. Fung from the School of Nursing, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine

Early Career Teaching Award

- Dr. Enoch Chan from the School of Clinical Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine

Teaching Innovation Awards

The Teaching Innovation Awards recognized faculty members who have developed innovative teaching practices that enhance the learning experience of students. The awardees were:

Team Award

- Dr. John T.C. Fung from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine (Leader), Dr. Siu Ling Chan (Medicine), Dr. Vichy W.C. Ho (Arts), Mr. Chun Kit Chan (Medicine), and Dr. Alice H.Y. Yau (Arts) for their project titled "A Cross-Disciplinary Transmutable Application of Interactive, Immersive 360 Virtual Reality Videos on a Learning Management System (LMS) Combined with Facilitated Structured 3D Debriefing- an Innovative Experiential Learning Pedagogy in Enhancing Student Learning Engagement"

- Dr. Mei Li Khong from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine (Leader), Professor Julian A. Tanner (Medicine), Dr. Fat Man Lau (Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre), and Professor Gary K.K. Lau (Medicine) for their project titled "Students as Co-Designers – Formalizing Student-Educator Partnerships in Curriculum and Pedagogy Co-Creation"

- Dr. George L. Tipoe from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine (Leader), Professor Fraide J.A. Ganotice (Medicine), Dr. Jannie Roed (Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre), Professor Linda Chan (Medicine), and Dr. Jian Yang (Medicine) for their project titled "Reinventing Near-Peer Teaching: The 'START to STaR' Programme at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine"

The HKU Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony 2023 was a celebration of the outstanding achievements of the University's faculty members in teaching, research, and knowledge exchange. The Teaching Excellence Awards and Teaching Innovation Awards recognized exceptional faculty members who have made significant contributions to teaching and learning. Their dedication, creativity, and innovation have made a positive impact on the learning experience of students.

Click here to read more about the ceremony and awardees.

NowTV Interview 潮玩科技 on GenAI and Medical Education

Professor Gary Lau and MBBS 2nd year students Jason Chan and Calvin Cheung were recently interviewed by NowTV to discuss how AI can play a role in medical education and also their journey in becoming entrepreneurs with PDF2Anki.

The video discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) is used to assist learning. Users can upload notes or textbook files and the program creates flashcards based on the relevant content and generates a question bank to aid in studying. The Jason and Calvin hope to improve the overall learning ecosystem through the program, while Professor Gary Lau, who helped develop the program, hopes that AI technology can alleviate the huge amount of knowledge that medical students face and introduce more technology to help students grow in the future.

Click here to watch the video:

Click here to learn more about PDF2Anki.