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康復治療科學系支持葵青地區康健中心開幕典禮

康復治療科學系支持葵青地區康健中心開幕典禮 鄺美雲社會心理健康教授、康復治療科學講座教授及系主任曾永康教授以食物及衛生局基層醫療健康發展督導委員會成員身份帶領康復治療科學系教職員及學生出席葵青地區康健中心開幕典禮。 葵青地區康健中心是香港首間地區康健中心，中心於九月二十五日正式營運。該中心將以全新的方式向區內市民提供健康推廣，健康評估，慢性疾病管理及社區復康等服務。 在開幕典禮上，共有20名就讀物理治療的三年級學生及就讀職業治療的四年級學生擔任典禮義工以協助儀式的進行及提供支援工作。 詳情請參閱香港特別行政區的新聞公報。

理大校長滕錦光教授及行政副校長盧麗華博士與康復治療科學系學生會面

理大校長滕錦光教授及行政副校長盧麗華博士與康復治療科學系學生會面 2019至2020年度翱翔師友計劃午宴於2019年9月13日舉行。我們十分榮幸，得到理大校長滕錦光教授，行政副校長盧麗華博士及楊曾永儀曾永馨腦神經心理學教授、神經心理學講座教授、醫療及社會科學院院長岑浩强教授撥冗出席，與超過三十名來自康復治療科學系的教職員及優秀的一年級學生共晉午餐。 滕錦光教授在致歡迎辭時代表理大歡迎所有新生的加入及就讀康復治療科學系，並恭賀他們在剛過去的香港中學文憑試、國際文憑試或體育方面所得到的傑出成績。滕教授更鼓勵學生培養自學能力，並運用在康復治療科學系所學的專業知識服務社區。 鄺美雲社會心理健康教授、康復治療科學講座教授及系主任曾永康教授表示翱翔師友計劃旨在為優秀的一年級學生提供一個與精英校友交流的平台，學生可從一眾在物理治療或職業治療方面有傑出成就的精英校友身上，獲得有關學習和未來就業方面的建議，以加強他們的歸屬感，並以修讀物理治療和職業治療為榮。 六名學生代表亦分享了他們選擇修讀物理治療或職業治療的原因及他們對學習的願景。在學生代表分享後，自助午餐正式開始。席間，各出席人士就不同議題進行交流，特別是有關理大在大灣區的未來發展。他們都十分投入地進行交流並期待於將來的活動中再次見面。  

曾永康教授參觀葵青地區康健中心

曾永康教授參觀葵青地區康健中心 鄺美雲社會心理健康教授、康復治療科學講座教授及系主任曾永康教授以食物及衛生局基層醫療健康發展督導委員會成員身份，到訪葵青地區康健中心，視察籌備情況。 葵青地區康健中心是香港首間地區康健中心，中心將於9月底正式營運。該中心將以全新的方式向區內市民提供健康推廣，健康評估，慢性疾病管理及社區復康等服務。 通過參觀中心各項設施，由食物及衛生局，衛生署，基層醫療健康發展督導委員會及葵青地區康健中心管治委員會所組成的代表團成員們能更了解葵青地區康健中心在正式營運前的準備情況及所提供的服務。 參觀結束前，食物及衞生局局長陳肇始教授向基層醫療健康發展督導委員會成員們簡介了地區康健中心的最新發展情況。 有關訪問詳情，請參閱陳肇始教授的面書專頁。

Visit to the Hong Kong Sports Institute

Prof. Hector Tsang (Cally Kwong Mei Wan Professor in Psychosocial Health, Chair Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Head, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (RS)) and Dr Amy Fu (Associate Professor and Associate Head of RS) conducted a visit to the Hong Kong Sports Institute ("HKSI") yesterday (2 September) to better understand the latest development of HKSI on the training of elite athletes. During the lunch meeting with Dr Trisha Leahy (Chief Executive of HKSI), Mr Tony Choi (Deputy Chief Executive of HKSI), and Dr Raymond So (Technical Director of HKSI), Prof. Tsang and Dr Fu took the opportunity to exchange views on the provision of support to the elite athletes and the possible collaborations between RS and HKSI. Followed by a tour visit to the sports medicine and sports sciences departments, as well as the training venues of table tennis and fencing teams, Prof. Tsang and Dr Fu were able to gain a better understanding of the development of HKSI on various aspects including sports physiotherapy, sports recovery, sports nutrition and monitoring, sports psychology and monitoring, sport training and monitoring sections.

Congratulations to Dr Bolton Chau for winning "RS Best Paper Award 2019"

 The Department of Rehabilitation Sciences is pleased to announce that that the RS BEST PAPER AWARD 2019 goes to Dr Bolton Chau (Assistant Professor, RS) for his following publication:   Output Ref. 2018000160 Output Description "The macaque anterior cingulate cortex translates counterfactual choice value into actual behavioral change". Nature Neuroscience, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp.797-808 (May 2019) ISSN 1097-6256(print), 1546-1726(electronic) (http://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-019-0375-6) Authors Fouragnan, Elsa F.* Chau, Bolton K H Folloni, Davide Kolling, Nils Verhagen, Lennart Klein-Flügge, Miriam Tankelevitch, Lev Papageorgiou, Georgios K. Aubry, Jean-Francois Sallet, Jerome Rushworth, Matthew F. S. Name of Journal Nature Neuroscience Impact factor 2018 21.126 SCI/SSCI, non-index SCI Subject Category NEUROSCIENCES - SCIE Total Journals in Category 267 Journal Rank in Category 2 % 0.75%   The selection panel (Prof. David Shum, Prof. David Man, Head of RS) has concluded the result based on the following criteria. • Dr Bolton Chau (listed as 2nd author) has declared equal contribution to the paper. • The journal is highly prestigious in the field and has very high impact factor which far surpassed the other competing papers in this reporting year. • The paper is translational in nature having potential for application in rehabilitation. This award will continue in the coming four years during headship of Prof. Hector Tsang until 2023, hoping to encourage more staff members to produce high impact journal papers.  

Congratulations to Prof. Margaret Mak for winning "RS Best Paper Award 2018"

The Department of Rehabilitation Sciences is pleased to announce that that the RS BEST PAPER AWARD 2018 goes to Prof. Margaret Mak (Professor of Physiotherapy Shun Hing Education and Charity Fund Fellow in Rehabilitation Sciences, Associate Dean of Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Professor of RS) for her following publication: Output Description "Long-term effects of exercise and physical therapy in people with Parkinson disease". Nature Reviews Neurology, Vol. 13, No. 11, pp.689-703 (Oct 2017) ISSN 1759-4758(print), 1759-4766(electronic) (http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/nrneurol.2017.128) Authors MAK, MKY* YU, WONG Sin Kwan Irene Shen, Xia CHUNG, Lau Ha Name of Journal Nature Reviews Neurology Impact factor 2017 19.819 Grade A/B/C (Grade A: IF = 2.2; Grade B: 2.2IF=1.4; Grade C: IF   A SCI/SSCI, non-index SCI Subject Category CLINICAL NEUROLOGY - SCIE Total Journals in Category 197 Journal Rank in Category 2   This award will continue in the coming four years during headship of Prof. Hector Tsang until 2023, hoping to encourage more staff members to produce high impact journal papers.

RS Inauguration Ceremony 2019/20

The Inauguration Ceremony 2019-2020 of Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (RS) was held on the morning of 28th August 2019, marking the beginning of a new academic life for a new cohort of students. Over 200 guests, comprising the government officials, scolarship donors, clinical educators, RS academic staff and students, attended the Ceremony. Addressing the Ceremony, Prof. Hector Tsang (Cally Kwong Mei Wan Professor in Psychosocial Health, Chair Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Head of RS) began his speech by extending a warm welcome to all of the newly admitted physiotherapy and occupational therapy students. He was glad to share the incredible JUPAS admission figures of this year that remain marvelous and outstanding as always, with almost 40 freshmen scoring 36 of above in their best six subjects in HKDSE. Despite of the outstanding results, he hoped that the freshmen could stay humble and never be complacent of themselves. He also advised them to expose themselves to the opportunities of learning outside Hong Kong, given the fact that RS has established numerous prestigious partners with overseas and Chinese Mainland universities on clinical placement. Prof. Tsang then presented some updates on the completion of new teaching and research facilities in the near future, which include three new teaching and research laboratories, new campus in Homantin and a new Rehabilitation Clinic. On behalf of RS, he would like to express his sincere thanks to the support of PolyU management and the HKSAR government, especially the Food and Health Bureau. We were honoured to have the presence of Dr Chui Tak-yi (Under Secretary for Food and Health of Food and Health Bureau, HKSAR) as our officiating guest and to give us a speech. Dr Chui addressed the problem of a shortage of manpower in rehabilitation sector in Hong Kong and he was glad to see the admission of elite students who decide to serve the Hong Kong community as physiotherapists and occupational therapists in the coming years. He wished the freshmen a fruitful and enjoyable university life in RS. Followed by a series of prize presentations to both the awarded teaching staff and top students, Prof. Hector Tsang made a closing remark with warm congratulations to the recently promoted staff members and a vote of thanks to all the guests who attended the Ceremony.

「服務‧學習」昆明2019年"醫院-社區康復教育論壇"

「服務‧學習」昆明2019年"醫院-社區康復教育論壇" 2019年8月24日-25日，由香港理工大學康復治療科學系及雲南省康醫學會聯合舉辦的“醫院-社區康復教育論壇”在昆明舉行，是此論壇主題為「促進基層社區康復發展與人才培養」。鄺美雲社會心理健康教授、香港理工大學康復治療科學講座教授及系主任曾永康教授發表演說，介紹了香港社區康復的演變和近年發展，並分享他對在大灣區發展社區康復的看法。 由理大康復治療科學系李曾慧平教授、鄧健聰先生和黃家強先生率領的「理大康復治療科學系社區康復重建團隊」於會上分享在雲南省魯甸縣地震後提供的社區康復工作。此項災後康復項目由五間中國內地大學一齊合作，包括首都醫科大學、昆明醫科大學、福建中醫藥大學、四川大學華西醫院和上海中醫藥大學，目的為建立一個嶄新而又可持續發展的臨床護理培訓模式，不單為培育將來康復人材而奠定基礎，更訂立了一個為殘疾人士提供服務的準則。理大康復治療科學系「服務‧學習」團隊的職業治療學生於會上滙報了過去在雲南的社區康復工作，並分享了他們的學習體驗。他們更邀來一班受惠者分享康復工作為他們帶來的轉變，令現場聽眾無不動容。 自2018年汶川地震後，理大康復治療科學系的教學團隊和學生社區服務團隊一直致力為社區康復發展而作出努力。團隊希望利用自己的專業學識和技術推廣身心健康發展和幫助社會上的殘疾人士，近年來團隊正努力地嘗試與更多不同的本地或海外醫療機構乃至工程及設計團體合作，進一步將「服務‧學習」的理念傳播開去。

OTSA Elite Occupational Therapist Taster Programme (EOTTP) 2019

Members of Occupational Therapy Student Ambassador (OTSA) has been striving their best to organize various activities for Occupational Therapy (OT) students to broaden their horizons and for the general public to promote OT profession. With secondary school students being one of the major targets of promotion, they organised Elite Occupational Therapist Taster Programme (EOTTP). With the enormous support from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (RS), EOTTP was successfully held on 6 July 2019 at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Over 100 aspiring participants from more than 40 top secondary schools in Hong Kong have joined on this special occasion. After the opening speech given by Dr Andy Cheng (Associate Professor of RS), a kick-off ceremony was done to announce the commencement of the activity. In order to give the participants an overview of OT beforehand, we have invited Mr Tony Wong (Clinical Associate of RS) to have a brief sharing about OT and PolyU OT Programme. After the sharing, the participants were divided into small groups led by OT students and began their one-day experience as an Occupational Therapist. In order to provide a thorough view on the roles and expertise of Occupational Therapists, we have prepared laboratory tours and hands-on experience for the participants. By visiting the teaching classrooms, participants could develop basic understanding about home modification, remedial activities and some common musculoskeletal disorders. On the other hand, we have introduced several OT concepts and models, including 8 areas of occupation and Person-Environment-Occupation Model. With these concepts, participants were encouraged to think as an Occupational Therapist and work on some simple case analysis. It is hoped that the secondary school students could develop a clear picture of OT through this one-day programme. Although EOTTP is the last event organised by OTSA in the academic year 2018-2019, OTSA would continue to promote our profession through different activities in the future.

Physiotherapy Summer Programme 2019

PolyU Summer Programme 2019 – Physiotherapy (PT) was successfully held on 27 June 2019 with over 80 secondary five students from top local secondary schools. The programme aims to enhance the understanding of anatomy for physiotherapy practice. Dr Billy So, Assistant Professor (PT), welcomed the participants and introduced the content of the programme. In order to let the participants to warm up and get to know each other, current PT students from Physiotherapy Students’ Society (PSS) led the ice-breaking activities after the opening speech. After the ice-breaking activities, participants were divided into 4 groups to take turns to attend different mini-lecture sessions, which were: "Anatomy and Physiology of cardiorespiratory system" by Dr Alex Cheung (Research Assistant Professor, PT);  "Functional Anatomy in Lower Limb" by Dr Billy So (Assistant Professor, PT); "Human Anatomy: Facilities and Learning experience" by Dr Stanley Winser (Assistant Professor, PT); and "Fundamental neuroscience research using animal models" by Dr Sonata Yau (Assistant Professor, PT) respectively. The participants enjoyed the mini-lecture sessions since they can experience the mock class of PT programmge. At the end of the programme, Dr Billy So shared the information about admission requirements, course content and career perspective of PT programme.