Joint Nursing Exchange Academic Symposium

President Van Iat Kio concluded in closing ceremony that one of the key topics in contemporary education is to put equal emphasis on humanism and competency, covering such aspects as creative training, cross-subject education, international vision, leadership cultivation and community care, etc. Nurses, especially under influence of traditional thinking that the majority of practitioners is female, should go the way of independent thinking and constantly strive to become stronger. The roles they should play well and the missions to fulfill are caregiver, educator, researcher and administrator. Only when they successfully promote researches and originality, provide quality services and care to the society, they could find real development and satisfaction to act as a true nurse. She gave special thanks to the attending experts’ advice and instruction in response to many clinical nursing issues put forward by speakers. They proposed some thinking styles for better problem solving which could enlighten clinical nurses’ mind in scientific research. Finally she appealed more resources and manpower should be considered for cross-over or cross-organization researches while an ethical committee should be established to stipulate relevant rules in this aspect.

The first KWNC & KWH joint academic symposium came to a successful end which facilitated the enhancement of quality for the clinical caregivers as well as teachers and students from both units and to create a mutual cooperation platform for further exchange.

Joint Nursing Exchange Academic Symposium held by KWNC & KWHND
In order to prompt academic exchanges within Macau’s nursing circle and to carry out a strategic policy of balanced trinity development in respect of medical service, education and scientific research, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau and Kiang Wu Hospital Nursing Department jointly held a “Kiang Wu Nursing Exchange Academic Symposium 2010” in the afternoon June 5 at the 14/F lecture theatre of Dr. Henry Fok Specialist Medical Center, KWH. Under the key subject of “Clinical Nursing”, teachers and students from KWNC and nursing staff from KWH presented their academic reports by two sessions including theme presentation and nursing experience sharing, to discuss on different nursing issues commonly seen in clinical situation, the improvement of plans and nursing professional development, etc. The attending honored guests included KWHCA Secretary-General Ng Pui Kun, KWH Assistant to Director Fok Vai Lan, KWNC President Van Iat Kio, Assistant to President Xing Zhi Hong, etc. Also present were the honored guests giving instructive comments including KWH Acting Director Liu Xiao Lin, Dr. Lei Vai Peng, KWNC Nursing Consultant Shen Ning and Associate Prof. Luk Leung. Director Liu Xiao Lin in his opening address indicated that “Patient-centered” service is the objective for healthcare workers. Therefore enhancement of professional quality among medical and nursing staff is significant for the entire development of medical technology in the hospital, also an important way to improve services, satisfy residents’ health-related demands and effectively reduce medical disputes. Through this conference, nurses share mutual clinical nursing experiences and problem-solving in practice, learn from each other how to raise the vocational level as well as to enhance the quality of service for people’s wellbeing. He encouraged nurses to value this academic exchange platform, make further achievements by virtue of it, so as to give full play to Kiang Wu people’s intelligence and power for medical and nursing development.

KWH Director Liu Xiao Lin addressed the conference	Assistant to Director Fok Vai Lan gave opening address

Instructive comments by honored guests	Group photo
Assistant to President Fok Vai Lan showed currently more than 80% of nurses in Kiang Wu Hospital are bachelor degree holders. They are pushing forward the academic development in nursing field. The KWH Nursing Department also set up a Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) Points System to encourage nurses to play active roles in academic activities at home and abroad as well as to contribute articles. The organizing of this event is for the purpose of inspiring the academic research enthusiasm among nursing colleagues and promoting clinical expertise through sharing and exchange of their own experiences and research results, so as to cope with the hospital’s development of medical technology.

1st session: Theme presentation	2nd session: Nursing experience

Conclusive speech by President Van at the closing ceremony
President Van Iat Kio concluded in closing ceremony that one of the key topics in contemporary education is to put equal emphasis on humanism and competency, covering such aspects as creative training, cross-subject education, international vision, leadership cultivation and community care, etc. Nurses, especially under influence of traditional thinking that the majority of practitioners is female, should go the way of independent thinking and constantly strive to become stronger. The roles they should play well and the missions to fulfill are caregiver, educator, researcher and administrator. Only when they successfully promote researches and originality, provide quality services and care to the society, they could find real development and satisfaction to act as a true nurse. She gave special thanks to the attending experts’ advice and instruction in response to many clinical nursing issues put forward by speakers. They proposed some thinking styles for better problem solving which could enlighten clinical nurses’ mind in scientific research. Finally she appealed more resources and manpower should be considered for cross-over or cross-organization researches while an ethical committee should be established to stipulate relevant rules in this aspect. The first KWNC & KWH joint academic symposium came to a successful end which facilitated the enhancement of quality for the clinical caregivers as well as teachers and students from both units and to create a mutual cooperation platform for further exchange.