HKUMed UG Prospectus 2020

13 MBBS Introduction to the Art and Science of Medicine (13 weeks) Most people think of medicine as a science when it should be more correctly understood as an art based on science, where care is delivered in an evidence-based and compassionate manner. This module under the Biomedical Sciences Curriculum will familiarise you with the methods and philosophy of modern medical practice. It will be one of the first things you study at HKUMed and is organiaed under the following modules: ࠮ Molecules of Medicine ࠮ Cells, Tissues Systems ࠮ Infections and Host Defence ࠮ Drugs in Action System-Based Blocks (47 weeks) The complexity of human health is reÅected in our system-based blocks, where you will acquire an understanding about the workings of the human body during the second semester of Year 1 and the entire Year . The six system-based blocks cover! Cardiopulmonary and Renal Systems" .astrointestinal System" Musculoskeletal System" Head, 5eck and 5ervous System" Haematology and Immunology System" and Endocrine and Reproductive Systems.