At the end of the module, participants shall be able to describe and apply the Donabedian Model in family services.

Grading:

A certificate of completion will be given for participants who have completed the quiz with an overall score of 50% or above. Participants can redo the course anytime.

Professor TH Lam is Chair Professor of Community Medicine since 2000 and Sir Robert Kotewall Professorship in Public Health, The University of Hong Kong (HKU) since 2007.  He graduated from Faculty of Medicine, HKU with the MBBS degree in 1975.  He got an MSc degree in medical sociology and an MSc degree in occupational medicine in 1980 and 81 respectively from The University of London.  He obtained his MD degree by research from HKU in 1988.  He was Head of the Department of Community Medicine and Director of the School of Public Health and Director of Public Health Research Centre, HKU, in 2000-2012, 2009-2013 and 2004-2013 respectively.

Professor Lam’s research interests are on epidemiology and control of noncommunicable diseases with a major focus on tobacco and other lifestyle related diseases. He is/was principal investigator of several major epidemiological studies, including the Hong Kong Lifestyle and Mortality Study (40,000 subjects), Guangzhou Occupational Cohort Study (160,000 subjects), Hong Kong 1997 Birth Cohort Study (8,300 subjects), Hong Kong Elderly Health Services Cohort Study (60,000 subjects), Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (30,000 subjects) and FAMILY project (A Jockey Club Initiative for a Harmonious Society; donation HK$250 million).