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Curriculum Aims
To nurture students as reflective, responsible
and caring citizens who will be able to:
 lead and promote a healthy lifestyle for the well-being of
the communities and society
 analyze and evaluate actions /
strategies of health and social care
issues from different perspectives
 work out constructive
solutions for health and
social care issues
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Rationale
WORLD
Biological
NATION
Social
SOCIETY
COMMUNITY
Family
Psychological
Peer
Spiritual
Institution
Ecological
Cultural
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Curriculum Framework
Health Management and Social Care
Compulsory Part
Elective Part
Select any 2 out of
the 3 modules
Personal Development, Social Care
and Health Across the Lifespan
Health and Social Care in the Local
and the Global Contexts
Extended Study on Health
Promotion and Health
Maintenance Services
Responding to the Needs in the Areas
of Health (Care, Promotion and
Maintenance) and Social Care
Extended Study on
Community and Social Care
Services
Promotion and Maintenance of
Health and Social Care in the
Community
Current Issues of
Health and Social Care
Health Promotion / Maintenance and
Social Care in Action
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Compulsory Part
Topic 1 –
Personal Development, Social Care
and Health Across the Lifespan
e.g. different perspectives of health,
factors affecting health and well-being
Topic 2 –
Health and Social Care in the Local
and the Global Contexts
e.g. issues related to health and social
care, development of the health and
care industries
Topic 3 –
Responding to the Needs in the Areas
of Health (Care, Promotion and
Maintenance) and Social Care
e.g. health promotion, health and social
care policies
Topic 4 –
Promotion and Maintenance of
Health and Social Care in the
Community
e.g. healthy settings, risk assessment
Topic 5 –
Health Promotion and Maintenance
and Social Care in Action
e.g. health and social service agencies,
mental health
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Elective Part
Elective Module 1
Elective Module 2
Extended Study on Health Promotion
and Health Maintenance Services
Extended Study on Health Promotion
and Health Maintenance Services
e.g. examination of some current
practices and approaches in the
management of health and health care
e.g. investigation of an area of social
service delivery, either based on a
certain group of people in need, or on a
particular form of service delivery
Elective Module 3
Current Issues of Health and Social Care
e.g. with reference to the key topics in the
compulsory part, students select a specific
theme related to a current issue for detailed
study at a wide range of levels
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Learning and Teaching
Experiential Learning
integrate and apply theories
and skills through field learning
observe, explore, and study
health and social care services
in community context
reflect, design and carry out
related projects to solve related
problems
Problem-based learning
in health and social care
context to develop students’
critical thinking and problem
solving skills
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University Entrance Requirements
Under the New 334 Academic Structure
University
CUHK
Faculty / School Discipline
Requirements
Medicine
HMSC as one of the programme
specific subjects
Arts, Business Administration,
Education, Social Science , Law
Any elective subject (s)
(Including HMSC)
CityU
Business, Humanities& Social Sciences, An elective from a defined list
Creative Media, Law
chosen from Key Learning Areas
HKBU
Social Sciences, Business,
Communication, Arts
HKPolyU
Applied Social Studies, Business,
Communication
HKUST
Business Management
HKU
Social Sciences, Arts, Business, Law,
Medicine, Nursing
Lingnan
HKIEd
Any elective subject (s)
(Including HMSC)
One specified subject and one
unspecified (Including HMSC)
No specific subject requirements of specific study programmes
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Articulation
Further Studies
Career Development
Related Local and Overseas Degree
Programmes
Health Care Sector
Medicine
e.g. Medical Practitioner, Nurse,
Healthcare Assistant
e.g. Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of
Surgery
Nursing
e.g. Bachelor of Nursing
Social Work
e.g. Bachelor of Social Work
Psychology
e.g. Bachelor of Social Science in
Psychology
Sociology
Social Services Sector
e.g. Social Worker, Welfare Worker,
Counselor
Education Sector
e.g. Teacher, Lecturer
Business Sector
e.g. Executive, Manager
Public Administration
e.g. Administrative Officer
e.g. Bachelor of Social Science in Sociology
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Prospect of Studying HMSC
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Correspondence
Technology Education (TE )Section of CDI : teched@edb.gov.hk
NSS TE Elective Subjects
Contact Persons
Phone
Business, Accounting
and Financial Studies
(BAFS)
Ms LEUNG Wing-shan, Tammy
3698 3125
Design and Applied
Technology (DAT)
Mr. LEUNG Cheuk-fai
3698 3145
Health Management and
Social Care (HMSC)
Ms WU Man-wai, Josephine
36983138
Information and
Communication Technology Mr. WU Man-wai, David
(ICT)
3698 3129
Technology and Living (TL)
3698 3142
Ms POON Suk-mei, Cindy
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