Date: 21 Mar 2023 (Tuesday) & 31 Mar 2023 (Friday)
Time: 9:30am – 11:30am (HK time)
Online: Conducted via ZOOM
Speakers: Dr. Mei Li Khong, Senior E-learning Instructor, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, HKU

Problem-based learning in medical education is a unique, student-driven approach in which students learn by collectively working with peers to solve open-ended, complex and real clinical presentations (while the teacher guides the learning process). Multidisciplinary aspects of a clinical case will be explored in-depth. Students will come to understand the preclinical science, pathology and microbiology as well as management of these diseases. The socio-physiological impact of such diseases on the patient, the family and community will also be discussed. This course will enable students to be exposed to an overview of the structure and function in health and diseases of three closely related systems of the body: the respiratory system, cardiovascular system, and urinary system.

21 Mar 2023 (Tuesday)
This will be the second session of a 3-session case. Students will lead peer collaboration and discussion on analysing the clinical test results and patient presentation using their conceptual knowledge. The teacher will guide and moderate the learning process. It will begin with students presenting take-home research of past session’s learning outcomes. Students will proceed with discussions of the current session’s vignettes. Finally, students will wrap up with identifying take-home research for the current session’s learning outcomes.

31 Mar 2023 (Friday)
This will be the second session of a 3-session case. Students will lead peer collaboration, discussion, and role-play on doctor-patient communication. The teacher will guide and moderate the learning process. It will begin with students presenting take-home research of past session’s learning outcomes. Students will proceed with discussions of the current session’s vignettes. Finally, students will wrap up with identifying take-home research for the current session’s learning outcomes.

Dr Mei Li Khong (FHEA) is the Senior E-learning Instructor of LKS Faculty of Medicine at HKU. She specialises in teaching molecular biology, genetics, experimental and medical biotechnology in Regenerative Medicine and Biotechnology programmes. Her involvement at HKU has since broadened to medical education more generally, ranging from transdisciplinary projects to incorporating blended learning into the medical curriculum through modified flipped classrooms, redesigned online learning environments, and optimised educational technology.

Dr Khong is involved in multiple teaching development grant projects and received the Early Career Teaching Award (2022). She is especially passionate about exploring the possibilities of student-educator partnership in teaching and learning, where students and faculty collaborate to co-design curriculum and pedagogy. She advocates using the transformative potential of student-educator partnership in shifting learning perspectives and bringing about student-centred improvements to a curriculum.