香港中文大學

Overview

At the vanguard of public health education, the JC School of Public Health and Primary Care of the Faculty of Medicine has designed the first public health undergraduate programme in Hong Kong, Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSc in Public Health). It provides students who have an interest in public health with valuable insight into population health issues. Concepts students can expect to grasp include the social determinants of health, environmental impact on health, healthy lifestyles, public health law and ethics, biostatistics and epidemiology fundamentals, emergency preparedness and disaster response, infectious diseases, and health services reform. This programme is benchmarked against world-class universities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Programme Characteristics

Experiential Learning

• Induction Programme - Students will participate in site visits that cover government sectors, private sectors and non-governmental organisations to explore the students’ perspective on professional public health practices.
• Research and Practice Based Project - Students are requested to complete 100 hours of field work and a research project based on the chosen field of interest with the guidance of a supervisor. It is an essential experience which develops student’s understanding, analytical and researching skills as well as critical thinking in a particular subject.

Career

Examples of Job offers for BSc in Public Health graduates:

Government

• Executive Assistant
• Executive Officer

Private industry

• Administrative Assistant in health care center
• Graduate Trainee in pharmaceutical company
• Regulatory Affairs Associate in pharmaceutical company

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Non-Governmental Organisations & Academics

• Assistant Prevention Officer
• Management Trainee
• Project Assistant
• Research Assistant

Some career paths that you may choose in public health include:

• Health finance, administration, and management in hospitals, clinics, and other health care settings;
• Health regulation and law enforcement in government agencies and departments;
• Health education and advocacy in a variety of non-governmental organisations (NGO’s), non-profits, and international aide agencies;
• Policy development and project leadership in government departments, international think tanks, international organisations, etc.;
• Research and development of new ideas and findings in areas such as environmental health, infectious disease, or occupational health at academic institutions and other high-profile research organisations;
• Teaching at secondary schools, universities, and other academic institutions;
• Leading community outreach and volunteer activities that promote healths;
• Others