Life & Health Sciences Pharmaceutical Studies

A course provides an opportunity for pharmacists to develop a clinical knowledge base, expertise and skills in evidence-based practice, specialist therapeutic areas and clinical research.

This programme is a top-up honours degree programme suitable for students who wish to develop knowledge and understanding of modern pharmaceutical sciences, principles and processes of medicine design, manufacturing, quality control, and clinical evaluation.

Through learning the basic principles of Expressive Arts and the experiential activities of art-making process, this programme equips students with a better understanding of Expressive Arts. It promotes multileveled awareness of the self/higher self. The art-making activities build more connection with the self & the others and from the self to the others (vice versa). The whole process of this programme helps the cultivation of self-care, interpersonal congruence and life balance.

近年來，化妝品與美容藥物產業蓬勃發展，醫學美容技術日新月異。從事美容業人士極需具備美容藥物、藥妝保養品及其藥理基礎的專業知識，從而正確地使用美容產品，並令消費者受益。本課程內容包括基本美容藥物與藥妝保養品成分與功能的簡介，涵蓋最普遍的醫學美容技術，並由資深藥劑師及醫療美容專業人士授課。

The rapidly aging society in Hong Kong and the pharma landscape connectivity among Hong Kong, Taiwan and China have created significant business opportunities for pharmaceutical products and medical devices. To help marketing and sales executives of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries capture the growing business and face the fierce competition in the market, HKU SPACE has introduced the Professional Diploma in Marketing for Pharmaceutical Industries to equip them with a solid foundation of knowledge and skills for success in the field.

藥物是治療疾病的主要媒介，正確使用藥物與注意其安全性，不但可增進藥物預定的效力，更可避免因使用不當而引起的意外。本課程的設計以兼顧藥品零售員、診所接待員和院舍護理的各種需要為前提，旨在提供基礎配藥操作的系統學習和正確使用藥物的機會使學員能學以致用，令個人、家人和服務對象受益。

藥理學是一門主要的基礎醫學學科，學員若在認識藥物的正確使用基礎上學習藥理學，就可加深對各種藥物的瞭解，更能體現學習藥物知識的整體性。藥事管理學是研究有關藥物行政和管理的綜合性學科，它針對藥劑管理的制度化和風險管理等一系列問題，提供指導及改善建議。學習藥事管理學明顯對診所藥物管理起有積極的作用。

The programme intends to develop frontline health professionals’ clinical competency on understanding and management of health and drug issues in children.  The programme content aims to enhance the understanding of the management of the health issues, the interpretation of the health status, and the behavioural issues in children.  The programme will also introduce the behavioural therapy and the knowledge in drug supplements and drug-drug interactions.

Regenerative medicine is about the repair or replacement of damaged cells, tissues, and organs in relation to more than one of the following fields: cell and molecular biology, material science and engineering, immunology and genetics, physiology and pharmacology and even surgery and transplantation. Due to the recent rapid  development of regenerative medicine technology, there are many business opportunities of regenerative medicine in medical areas available to people.

“Hospital intelligence” is about making use of a variety of digital technologies, i.e. Big Data (BD). Business Intelligence (BI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) to connecting up the points of care electronically and to help healthcare professionals to deliver safer, better quality healthcare to patients.  Currently, hospital healthcare professionals also facing many challenges varying from patients, colleagues, Government and other public sectors, and also political and legal framework which require them to have an accurate response or decision within a short period of time. Therefore, a well-established digital healthcare intelligence system is needed in the hospital sector.