Health Sciences

This course is to enhance the health care awareness of college students, to acquire certain health knowledge and first aid operation skills, to enhance the self-consciousness of maintaining their own health, to consciously choose healthy behavior and life style, and to improve the health of themselves and others and the ability to prevent diseases, so as to promote physical and mental health, improve health quality.

This course explores public health and social perspectives on health, illness, and medicine in another cultural context. It discusses global health topics in relation to issues of health and human rights, migration, and global health equity. This course examines the concept of the social determinant of health and how these impact the health of individuals and populations.

Evidence-based healthcare has taken root as one of the central pillars of modern medicine. Arguably, the delivery of healthcare based on scientific evidence has never been more important, as we grapple with unexplained variations in practice and spiraling healthcare costs. Despite its widespread importance for rational decision making, the ideal of truly evidence-based healthcare remains elusive. This course is highly engaging and interactive and supports students in developing the necessary skills to be effective and critical practitioners of evidence-based healthcare. Students learn to apply these principles in their studies and in their professional clinical careers. Students also have the opportunity to experience a research environment by meeting researchers in the field and completing a group project under supervision and presenting the results orally.

This course is a year 2 core course within the Bachelor of Nursing with Honours (Adult). It provides students with an understanding of individuals' experience of common mental health problems and the impact that this has on their ability to engage with everyday life. Underpinned by the biopsychosocial model of mental illness, and taking a recovery-oriented approach, this course equips students to engage with people who experience mental health problems as people who are contextually situated within their particular social context. The development of relational understanding and interpersonal skills is central to this course which provides students with the opportunity to practice their communication skills in a safe environment.

This course introduces the basic scientific knowledge about indoor and outdoor air pollution, as well as global and regional climate change, in relation to human health. It examines scientific research in this field and environment and health in international perspectives. Environment is of great significance to human health. Air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, is closely related with different health problems in different populations. Climate closely interacts with ambient air pollution and affects human health independently. Currently, global climate change has been observed and heat wave and cold wave has been reported to happen more frequently. In this course, the following questions are discussed: What air pollution is found in indoor and outdoor environments? What types of compounds form the pollution? Can they be measured? Do we know the level of different pollutants? How about the relationship between outdoor and indoor environments? Is it safer staying indoors if there high outdoor air pollution? Do we have any measures to prevent or lower the pollution level? What are the health effects of these pollutants? Do they affect our respiratory health, cardiovascular system or even our endocrine system? How about the current climate if compared with old times? Is there any change? How much it will affect our health? 

This course introduces the fundamental concepts of Chinese medicine including working principles, methods for health preservation, and disease healing. It discusses the five key areas in Chinese medicine including basic theories of Chinese medicine, methods of diagnosis and treatment, acupuncture and moxibustion, Chinese medicinal materials, and Chinese herbal formulary. The course also features a half-day visit to the Chinese Medicine Clinical Research and Services Centre, Kwong Wah Hospital–The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where students observe how Chinese medicine is practiced in a contemporary context. No textbook is required for the course. Assessment: three quizzes (30%), final exam (70%).

In this course, students analyze the content and quality of their own diet and make informed decisions concerning foods, nutrients, and supplements to optimize their daily nutrient intake and physical performance. Nutrition is important for physical growth and health throughout the human lifespan, during pregnancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and senior years. It is a crucial factor in sports performance and athletic endeavors, as food is used as fuel for physical activity. Diet and nutrition affect body composition, the day to day functioning of the human body, and brain and cognitive performance.