Surgical treatment decision making: how Chinese women with breast cancer choose treatment

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Vision development in engineering education during financial crisis and natural disasters

Theme: Towards a safe, reliable, sustainable intelligent power systemPaper no. I9FP0473Risks are seeds of new opportunities. The year 2008 is heart-breaking to global nations. University undergraduates are ambitious, yet within a fortnight after their summer vacation, their sweet day dreams have turned into nightmares. Many youths may indeed become desperate. The University of Hong Kong realizes this impact to their engineering students. Making use of broadening education, the University utilizes recent case studies to make their engineering students observant and alert. The present economic downturn and non-ethical practices provide good lessons in building up maturity and morality in fresh engineers. In the business world, and history recalls, an end in a road is never a dead-end when there is a turn to another road. The one who finds this turn first shall master tomorrow. Hence we enhance students’ vision in exploring new business opportunities. We encourage the whole curriculum to make entry to entrepreneurship competition, and to enroll in visits to places devastated by natural disasters. Through critical thinking and “seeing is believing”, we develop algorithm and passion in these youths to serve the new society with a good heart either through entrepreneurship or engineering or their integration. Already we see maturity substantially in the batch.postprintThe 15th International Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE 2009), Shenyang, China, 5-9 July 2009

Evidence-based psychosocial clinical practice guidelines for women with breast cancer

Women diagnosed with breast cancer suffer significant emotional morbidity in addition to the medical aspects of the disease. Research shows that up to 45% of women suffer from anxiety or depressive disorders that can impact their own functioning, as well as that of their family. Therefore, the psychosocial needs for women diagnosed with breast cancer are an important consideration in providing medical care. Based on the best available evidence on the psychosocial aspects of breast cancer management, the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) National Breast Cancer Centre Psychosocial Working Group developed clinical practice guidelines for application by all members of the treatment team. This multi-disciplinary working group included oncologists, psychiatrists, surgeons, general practitioners (GP's), nurses and consumers. These guidelines are simple, patient specific and user friendly. The aim of this paper is to introduce these evidence-based psychosocial clinical guidelines to health professionals involved in the care of women with breast cancer. The ultimate goal of introducing these guidelines is to improve psychosocial and quality of life outcomes for these women and their families.published_or_final_versio

Surgical treatment decision making in breast cancer among Chinese women: participation and satisfaction

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IClass assessment: a pen-based assessment and feedback platform

In recent years, the demand of in-class interaction and assessment for learning is rising. There is more emphasis on using electronic tools for assessment for learning in order to facilitate teachers seeking to identify and diagnose student learning problems, and providing quality feedback for students on how to improve their work. This paper discusses the challenges of e-assessment and introduced a pen-based assessment and feedback platform developed in Hong Kong. The platform can provide an efficient and effective channel for providing feedback so as to monitor any learning difficulties and help teachers to diagnose students' prior skills and abilities, providing feedback for them to adjust the curriculum or provide additional assistance accordingly. © 2013 IEEE.published_or_final_versio

Real-time interactive learning through smart mobile devices

Smart phones and tablet PCs are very popular nowadays. Many schools use these new tools for teaching and learning. The e-Learning Technology Development Laboratory of the EEE Department had developed a mobile application called iClass. This tool can facilitate teachers to conduct interactive classes through different mobile devices. Students can share their ideas and express their views by drawing pictures or entering keywords. The students' works can be instantly sent to the lecture screen through the WiFi. Students can then learn from their peers through the peer review function. The iClass system also supports an editable e-book for assignment submission and 2D barcode to facilitate field trip or technical visit. Examples on how teachers can use iClass for in-class interactive teaching are carefully considered. Lastly, innovative pedagogy models are also being evolved to cope with many possible new changes.published_or_final_versio

Psychosocial and physical outcomes after surgery for breast cancer: a 5-to-6 year follow-up

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Physical and psychosocial adjustment of Chinese women and their significant others to the impact of breast cancer and treatments

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Surgical treatment decision making in breast cancer among Chinese women: predicting psychological morbidity

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Hong Kong Chinese parental attitudes towards vaccination and associated socio-demographic disparities

Background: Most previous studies on parental attitudes towards vaccination focused on a disease-specific vaccine. In this study we describe general attitudes towards vaccination in Chinese parents and associated socio-demographic disparities. Methods: Data were collected from a random sample of 1996 Hong Kong Chinese parents by telephone interviews (response rate 60%). Multiple linear regression analysis was performed. Results: Most parents believed vaccination to be effective (91.6%) and beneficial (78.7%), though many considered optional vaccines unimportant (39.5%) and unnecessary (62.1%). Demographic characteristics associated with parental negative attitudes to vaccination included being female, born in Hong Kong, married, having fewer children, and children ever experienced vaccination side effects. Lower personal income and religious affiliation were associated with more hesitant attitudes towards optional vaccines. Conclusion: Segments of the population hold significantly negative attitudes towards vaccination and optional vaccines, suggesting a need for targeted efforts on vaccination communication in these groups.postprin