Prof CHAN Wai Yee Carol

Basic Information

Name	Prof CHAN Wai Yee Carol
Post	Associate Dean (Education and Quality) Professor of Practice
Email	cchan@sfu.edu.hk
School	S.K. Yee School of Health Sciences

Biography

Prof. Carol Chan has been with the University for over 10 years and has served as the Associate Dean (Education and Quality) cum Professor of Practice at the School since 2026. She has been devoted to nurturing qualified healthcare professionals for more than 20 years. Her areas of expertise are general nursing, spiritual health as well as health economics and policy.

Education 

• Doctor of Health Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• MN (Advanced Practice), The University of Newcastle
• Graduate Diploma in Adult Education and Training, HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education
• BN (Post Registration), Monash University

Professional Qualifications / Memberships

Registered Nurses (General) (HK)
Member of Education Committee, Nursing Council of Hong Kong

Teaching

Prof. Carol Chan currently teaches Community and Primary Healthcare under the Master in Nursing and Allied Health Programme. She has also supervised Bachelor of Nursing Programme students in completing their honours projects.

Research

Currently, Carol's research interests are spiritual health and health economics and policy.

Selected Publications

• Chan, C.W.Y., Fung, I., Lai, T.T.K., & Chee, N.H. (2024, May 16-18). Development and Validation of the Spiritual Needs and Nurse Spiritual Therapeutics Tool for Patients with Cancer at Different Stages [Poster Presentation]. 9^th European Conference on Religion, Spirituality and Health, Salzburg, Austria.
• LAU, T; CHEUNG, M.L; PIRES, G & Chan, W.Y. (2019). Customer satisfaction with Sommelier services: An empirical study in upscale Chinese restaurants in Hong Kong. International Journal of Wine Business Research, 31 (4), 532- 554.
• Li, K.K, Li, M.K., Li, Y.P., Ling, W.H., Tai, H.Y., & Chan, W.Y. (2018). Tap Water as Alternative Dressing Solution. 2^nd International Meeting on Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice, Singapore, 19-20 March 2018.
• Chan, W.Y., Fung, I. M., & Chan, E. (2017). Universal Health Coverage through Community Nursing Services: China vs. Hong Kong. Revista LatinoAmericana de Enfermagem 25, e2838.
• Pau, M.M.L., Chan, E.L.S., Low, L.P.L., Chan, W.Y. & Yu, R.C.M. (2017). Health status and health seeking behaviour of the middle- and old-age population in TKO. Hong Kong College of Gerontology Nursing Newsletter, Issue 26, 5-6.

Community Participation and Achievement / Public Service  

Carol has been actively promoting healthy eating for diabetic patients at the Community Health Centre in SFU.