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Professor Chen, Julie Yun 陳芸

Title:
Principal Lecturer
Assistant Dean (Learner Wellbeing)
Associate Professor of Teaching

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Professor Chen, Julie Yun 陳芸

Title:
Principal Lecturer
Assistant Dean (Learner Wellbeing)
Associate Professor of Teaching

Research Interests:(click to check for cognate researchers)

Also Cited As:
Chen, J
Chen, JY

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
1989Dalhousie UniversityBSc (Bachelor of Science)
1993Dalhousie UniversityMD (Doctor of Medicine)
1995The College of Family Physicians of CanadaCCFP (Certificant of the College of Family Physicians of Canada)
2009The College of Family Physicians of CanadaFCFP (Fellow of the College of Family Physicians of Canada)
Biography

Julie Chen completed a Bachelor’s degree in chemistry and earned her medical and family medicine qualifications in Canada, following which she worked in private practice in Toronto.  After re-locating to Hong Kong she joined the University of Hong Kong as an honorary Family Medicine teacher and became a full time staff member in 2007.  With a joint appointment in the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care and the Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education, she is actively involved in teaching medical students across all years of study, overseeing the FM curriculum as Chief of Undergraduate Education, and co-coordinating the MBBS Year 3 curriculum. She has been recognized for her work in family medicine and medical education with a Faculty Teaching Medal in 2012 and the University Outstanding Teaching Award (Team) in 2013 for her contributions to the MBBS medical humanities programme.

 

 

Her research interests are in the areas of medical education (particularly development, assessment and evaluation of curricula related to family medicine, medical humanities and professionalism), and doctors’ health and wellbeing, with a focus on qualitative methodologies.

 

 

 

In medical education, “Pen, Brush and Camera: an outcomes-based approach to medical humanities” discussed an innovative approach to structuring a medical humanities programme, based on the educational pedagogy of an outcomes-based approach to student learning. It directly addressed one of the main concerns debated in the literature about the lack of rigour in medical humanities curricula. This project was further recognized with an innovation in medical education award by a panel of international medical education experts.  “Art-mediated peer-to-peer learning of empathy” demonstrated a practical application of a medical humanities programme to undergraduate medical studies and illustrated the value of peer emotional disclosure in facilitating consideration of empathy. This work was recognized for its potential impact beyond the university and was awarded a Knowledge Exchange Grant to pursue this.

 

 

 

Peer physical examination (PPE) is widely recognized as a valuable tool for the learning of clinical skills and though many studies have documented student willingness to participate, “Does medical student willingness to practise peer physical examination translate into action?” is the first study to demonstrate that willingness to examine one’s peer does not necessarily translate into action. As the first study to examine a homogeneous Chinese population, socio-cultural factors were raised as possible explanation of results. These findings are significant in the understanding of how to optimize student learning through PPE and triggered a letter to the editor.

 

 

 

In the area of doctors’ health, her paper on “Doctors' personal health care choices: a cross-sectional survey in a mixed public/private setting” was the first study of doctors’ illness behaviour to include all doctors listed on the medical register of a population and the first such study in Asia. It detailed the potentially worrisome mind-set and practice of self-treatment among doctors, consistent with international findings, which has implications on the health of health care providers and by extension, their patients.

 

 

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2012-05-01Teaching Exchange Fellowship: The University of Hong Kong
Teaching Accomplishment
2013-12-01Outstanding Teaching Award (Team): The University of Hong Kong
Teaching Accomplishment
2012-12-01Faculty Teaching Medal: Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Teaching Accomplishment
Liu, SNK
Yeung, CHN
2021-07-01Outstanding Poster Award for "Relationship between parental stress, health-related quality of life and physiological dysregulation among Hong Kong parents from low-income families": Hong Kong College of Family Physicians
Research Achievement
Chan, MMK
Chan, KY
Fok, CT
2020-11-01Best Free Paper Presentation Award: Frontiers of Medical and Health Sciences Education Conference
Research Achievement
LIU, Sze Nga
Bedford, LE
Yeung, MHY
2021-07-01Outstanding Poster Presentation Award: Family barriers and facilitators to promote healthy eating among adolescents – A systematic review of qualitative studies.: Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2021
Research Achievement
2017-01-01E-Poster Presentation Merit Award: 14th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference
Research Achievement
Chan, KH
2017-12-01Merit Award: Asian Medical Education Association (AMEA)
Research Achievement
Chan, NK
Tsui, KYJ
Chau, TW
Tsang, JPY
2013-12-01Award of Merit (Best Poster): Frontiers in Medical and Health Sciences Education, IMHSE, LKS Faculty of Medicine
Research Achievement
Tsang, JPY
2021-04-01Best Presentation - Poster: International Conference on Medical Education, Universitas Islam Indonesia
Research Achievement
Tsoi, HS
Tsang, JPY
2020-01-01Best Oral Presenter: 17th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference 2020 (National University of Singapore)
Research Achievement
Tsang, JPY
2017-12-01Free Paper Presentation - Poster Audience Award: Asian Medical Education Association
Research Achievement
Lam, MPS
Poon, PWR
Chan, WLP
2012-11-02Interprofessional online learning for dementia (IPOLD): Teaching Development Grants (TDG) awards
Teaching Accomplishment
Chau, TW
2013-12-01Merit award for best poster: Institute for Medical and Health Sciences Education, University of Hong King
Research Achievement
2010-03-01Ron Harden Innovation in Medical Education Award (RHIME): International Medical Education Conference (IMEC)
Research Achievement
Tsang, JPY
2014-05-01Oral Merit Award: WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference
Research Achievement
2015-02-01Finalist Best Poster Presentation: Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference
Research Achievement
2015-02-01Finalist for Best Free Communication: Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference
Research Achievement
2012-01-01Finalist Best Oral Presentation: Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference
Research Achievement
Potash, JS
Tsang, JPY
2016-01-01Best Oral Presenter Award: 13th Asia-Pacific Medical Education Conference, National University of Singapore
Research Achievement
2016-01-01HKU Teaching Exchange Fellowship: The University of Hong Kong
Teaching Accomplishment
2016-11-01HKU Outstanding Teaching Award: The University of Hong Kong
Teaching Accomplishment
2019-12-01Teaching Innovation Award (Team): The University of Hong Kong
Teaching Accomplishment
Li, Q
Chan, WLP
Chu, KPJ
Ho, CC
2016-12-01Bronze in Discipline Award (Life Sciences), in Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Reimagine Education competition: Interprofessional Team-Based Learning for Health Professional Students: QS Wharton Reimagine Education Awards
Teaching Accomplishment
Chung, WSE
2017-06-01Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards 2017, "Publishing Award” in the category of "Life and Science”, for the book “Dissecting the Meaning of Life – An Anthology of Essays on Body Donation” (大體大得——遺體捐贈感思文集): Hong Kong Publishing Professionals’s Society
Teaching Accomplishment
Ray, NL
Kerzin, BM
Wright, A
2018-12-01Award of Merit - Free Paper Presentation (Poster): Frontiers of Medical and Health Sciences Education
Research Achievement
Chan, HYE
Chan, HYV
2021-04-01First Prize Poster Showcase: Teaching and Learning Festival, CETL, HKU
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
1995 - presentmemberCollege of Family Physicians of Canada
2002 - presentoverseas memberHong Kong College of Family Physicians
1993 - presentmemberAlpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
1993 - presentmemberOntario Medical Association/ Canadian Medical Association
1993 - presentmemberCollege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
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