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Professor Chan, Linda 陳美珍

Title:
Clinical Assistant Professor

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
2000University of NottinghamBMBS
University of NottinghamBMedSci
2017University of DundeeMMEd
2006American Board of Family MedicineDABFM
2019Academy of Medical Educators (UK)MAcadMEd
2020American Academy of Family PhysiciansFAAFP
Biography

Linda received both her Bachelor of Medical Sciences and medical degrees from the University of Nottingham, UK. She then completed her Family Medicine training at In His Image Family Medicine Residency Program in the USA, and was certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine in 2006. She earned a Master’s in Medical Education from the University of Dundee (UK) in 2017, was accepted for Membership of the Academy of Medical Educators (UK) in 2019, and became a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2020.

Concurrent with her family medicine practice, she was involved in teaching, medical education consulting, and disaster and humanitarian medical relief trips to Afghanistan, Cambodia, China, Ghana, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines. Since 2020 she has been Clinical Assistant Professor, jointly appointed under the Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, and the Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education. Her research interests lie in medical education, and centre on the wellbeing of healthcare learners and professionals. Reflecting this, she was awarded the Highly Commended MedEdPublish Article 2018 – 2019 at the 2019 Association for Medical Education in Europe Conference held in Vienna, Austria (Chan L, Dennis A. Resilience: a nationwide study of medical educators. MedEdPublish 2019;8(1):20).

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2023-06-21Teaching and Learning Strategy of the Year Winner (Team award), THE (Times Higher Education) Awards Asia 2023
Teaching Accomplishment
2019-08-01Highly Commended MedEdPublish Article 2018 - 2019: Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
Research Achievement
2020-04-01PBL Training Programme for New Tutor Certification: Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education
Teaching Accomplishment
2020-05-01HKU Professional Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning
Teaching Accomplishment
2024-03-06Teaching Innovation Award (Team Award), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Teaching Accomplishment
2024-03-06Early Career Teaching Award, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Teaching Accomplishment
2023-07-14Early Academic Career Development Mentorship Scheme 2022-2023
Others
2023-05-09Stanford WellMD & WellPhD Physician Well-being Director Course
Others
2020-12-012021 Family Physician of the Year: American Academy of Family Physicians, USA
Others
2022-04-01Trained PBL Educator: PBL Educator Programme, Bau Institute of Medical and Health Sciences Education
Teaching Accomplishment
Lam, MPS
Poon, PWR
2021-12-01QS Reimagine Education Gold Award (Hybrid Learning, Team award), “Breaking disciplinary Silos with Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (IPECP): An e-Mart approach”: Wharton-QS Reimagine Education
Teaching Accomplishment
2022-03-01Fellow of Advance HE (Higher Education Academy; FHEA): Advance HE UK
Teaching Accomplishment
Roed, J
Yang, J
2024-06-03Teaching Innovation Award, Team Award, The University of Hong Kong. “Reinventing Near-Peer Teaching: The START to STaR” Programme at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine (Team: George L Tipoe, Fraide A Ganotice, Linda Chan, Jannie Roed, Jian Yang)
Teaching Accomplishment
2024-07-07HKCFP Best Research Award 2023: The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians’ 37th Fellowship Conferment Ceremony (07/07/2024-07/07/2024, Hong Kong)
Research Achievement
2024-11-08Best Poster Award of HKUMed Primary Healthcare Summit 2024: Improving Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Detection in Primary Care – Effectiveness of Active Opportunistic Screening Using Point-of-Care Capillary HbA1c: Primary Healthcare Summit 2024. LKS Faculty of Medicine. (08/11/2024-09/11/2024, Hong Kong)
Others
2024-11-08Best Poster Award of HKUMed Primary Healthcare Summit 2024: Primary Healthcare Summit 2024. LKS Faculty of Medicine. (08/11/2024-09/11/2024, Hong Kong)
Others
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
2021 - presentMemberSociety of Teachers of Family Medicine, USA
2021 - 2022MemberAmerican Educational Research Association
2021 - presentAssociate MemberThe Hong Kong College of Family Physicians
2020 - presentMemberWONCA (World Organization of Family Doctors) Working Party on Education
2021 - presentScholarAsia-Pacific Academic Primary Care Group
2003 - presentMemberAmerican Academy of Family Physicians
2003 - presentMemberChristian Medical and Dental Association
2019 - presentMemberAssociation for Medical Education in Europe
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