Dr Carol CHAN, Associate Dean (Education and Quality) of the S.K. Yee School of Health Sciences, Saint Francis University (SFU), Ms Rossetti WONG, Programme Leader of Diploma in Health Sciences programme (DipHS) cum Senior Lecturer, and two graduates of the DipHS
, Leah KWOK, and Bosco PANG, were interviewed by HK01 recently to share the their programme features and their learning experiences.Leah KWOK is one of the first batch graduates of the DipHS. She studied Arts in secondary school, but after DSE, she decided to study the DipHS because she wanted to pursue a career in healthcare. She articulated to the
Higher Diploma in Pharmaceutical Dispensing (HDPD) according to her interest. She said that the content of the DipHS includes anatomy, pharmacology and public health knowledge, which helps to overcome her weakness of having no science background, while the HDPD programme has a clear pathway to join the dispensing industry immediately after graduation, and the content of the programme is pragmatic and relevant to the future career.
Bosco PANG is also a graduate of the DipHS and will start studying the
Higher Diploma in Health Care in the coming September. He hopes that he can articulate to the
Bachelor of Nursing (Honors) (Applied Degree Places) programme and become a nurse. He said that the DipHS programme includes a subject on "Basic Health Care Skills", such as measuring vital signs, feeding, and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in case of emergency, let him know more about nursing practices.
Ms
Rossetti WONG said that one of the advantages of the DipHS was that students could learn about dispensing and nursing knowledge in laboratories, thus preparing them for further studies in the future.
Dr Carol CHAN said that the DipHS is targeted at students who did not score well in English in the DSE but have a passion for healthcare, and they will learn basic nursing and rehabilitation knowledge to prepare for the Higher Diploma. She added that Higher Diploma graduates will be eligible for admission to the 3.5-year Bachelor of Nursing (Honors) (Applied Degree Places), and will be able to become Registered Nurses upon graduation.
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