Knowledge Exchange

Organization of conferences/workshops for healthcare practitioners

  • Academic faculty mentor, Student Knowledge Exchange Project Grant: “Development of information resources for clients with genetic conditions and professionals”
  • Chair, Organizing committee. 2nd Winter School on Health Communication. The University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong. 8-9 December 2012
  • Workshop for genetics and genetic counselling professionals. Communication in Genetic Counselling: Telephone Mode of Communication. 20 August 2012. (with Prof. S. Sarangi)
  • Chair, Organizing committee. 1st Winter School on Health Communication. Center for the Humanities and Medicine, the University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong. 17-18 December, 2011. (Invited speaker: Prof. S. Sarangi)
  • Workshop for genetics and genetic counselling professionals. Discourse Analysis of Healthcare Communication. Clinical Genetic Services of Hong Kong. 23 December 2011. (with Prof. S. Sarangi)
  • Chair, Organizing committee. International workshop: Communicating with Patients in Genetic Counselling Setting in Hong Kong. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 24-25 July 2011. (invited speakers: Prof. S. Sarangi, Prof. A. Clarke (Cardiff University, UK), Prof. A. Pilnick (Nottingham University, UK)
  • Organizer. Workshop: Medical Discourse in Hong Kong: An investigation of Doctor/Nurse – Patient Interaction in Prenatal Consultations. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 11 – 15 December 2006. (invited speaker: Prof. P. Drew (University of York, UK))
  • Organizer. Workshop: English as a Lingua Franca in Hong Kong: A Sociolinguistic Study of Prenatal Genetic Counselling. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 10-14 December 2007. (invited speaker: Prof. P. Drew (University of York, UK)) Series of regular small-scale workshops for healthcare professionals involved in the provision of genetic counselling services