Professional Development Programmes (PDPs) for Secondary School Teachers

Enriching Knowledge cum Learning and Teaching Strategies Series:
Globlisation, Public Health, and Energy Technology & the Environment Modules

Programme Overview

Asia-Pacific Region suffers the highest number of disasters across the globe. As Hong Kong is a key member in the region, both its public health and education sectors should play pivotal roles in disaster preparedness and response. The Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute (HKJCDPRI) jointly organise relevant short courses for secondary school teachers to be complementary to the secondary school liberal studies curriculum. Divided into four independent topics, these courses are taught by Professor Emily Chan and Professor May Yeung, who have rich experience in frontline disaster response and professional teaching and will discuss with secondary school teachers recent issues related to global health and disaster, analyse the threats Hong Kong is exposed to and expound the role Hong Kong can play in international disaster risk reduction. The four topics include:

(1) Approaching the Relationship between Disaster and Public Health from Hong Kong

(2) Impact of Globalisation on Climate Change and Human Health

(3) Environmental Hazards and Public Health Responses in Hong Kong

(4) Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology: Why is the Threat of Infectious Diseases Growing?

Programme Objectives

To assist teachers to prepare the teaching of Globalisation, Public Health and Energy Technology and Environment modules with most up-to-date case studies;
To facilitate the teaching of Liberal Studies by providing new research findings and debates in the modules;
To illustrate the application of public health principles on disaster management using Hong Kong as a case;
To discuss the impacts of growing environmental hazards and analyse the effectiveness and limitations of international co-operations in alleviating the associated problems;
To analyse the changing global landscape of infectious diseases and how this change affects local circumstances; and
To explore the inter-relationship among environmental change, public health and globalisation and discuss the implementation of international policies.

Seminars	(1) Approaching the Relationship between Disaster and Public Health from Hong Kong	(2) Impact of Globalisation on Climate Change and Human Health
Date	21 April 2016 (Thursday)	10 May 2016 (Tuesday)
Time	2:00pm-5:30pm	2:00pm-5:00pm
Venue	West Block, EDB Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong (Kowloon Tong MTR Station Exit D	CUSCS, Room 308A, East Ocean Centre, 98 Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui (Hung Hom MTR Station Exit D1 / East Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station Exit P1
Speakers	Professor Emily Ying Yang CHAN Associate Director (External Affairs and Collaboration) & Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK; Director, Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) Professor May Pui Shan YEUNG Assistant Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK; Former Senior Medical Officer, Surveillance & Epidemiology Branch, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, HKSAR	Professor Emily Ying Yang CHAN Associate Director (External Affairs and Collaboration) & Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK; Director, Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC)
Quota	120	50
Enrollment	Please click and enroll in the Training Calendar of Education Bureau （Course ID：CDI020160653）	Please click and register in this online form
Deadline of Enrollment	18 April 2016 (Monday)	4 May 2016 (Wednesday)
Target Audience	Current secondary school principals and teachers
Format	Interactive seminar
Medium of Instruction	Cantonese
Fee	Fee of charge
Details
Certification	Attendees will be awarded a certificate jointly issued by the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute (HKJCDPRI)

Organiser
Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) has been established by the joint effort of Oxford University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong as a non-profit research centre to carry out research, training and community knowledge transfer in the area of disaster and medical humanitarian response in Greater China and the Asia-Pacific Region since April 2011. The current agreement of this collaboration will last until 2018.

CCOUC aims to minimise the negative health impact of disasters experienced by vulnerable populations in the region by serving as a platform for research, education, and community knowledge transfer in the areas of disaster and medical humanitarian crisis policy development, planning, and response. The goal of CCOUC is to be the leading research and academic training centre of the Asia-Pacific Region in these areas.

The Centre has participated in consultation meetings on disaster health risk management organised by the World Health Organization (WHO) and established international cooperation with leading institutions in the field, including the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) in Belgium, and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University.

Professional Development Programmes (PDPs) for Secondary School Teachers

Enriching Knowledge cum Learning and Teaching Strategies Series:Globlisation, Public Health, and Energy Technology & the Environment Modules

Enriching Knowledge cum Learning and Teaching Strategies Series:
Globlisation, Public Health, and Energy Technology & the Environment Modules