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IRDR ICoE-CCOUC Invites Participants to Public Forum on Field-Based Training for Health Professional Students in HEDRM

14 September 2026

The Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC)—the host institute for IRDR ICoE-CCOUC—in partnership with the Centre for Global Health (CGH) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the GX Foundation, will host a public forum on Friday, 18 September 2026, titled "Field-Based Training for Health Professional Students in Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (HEDRM): Learning, Practice and Reflection".

Field-based training plays a vital role in preparing health professional students for the complex realities of disaster risk management and humanitarian medicine. For students from developed regions, gaining firsthand exposure to healthcare systems in resource-deficit communities is essential to nurturing a new generation of public health professionals with a global vision.

Beyond a general introduction to field-based and service-learning models, this hybrid forum will showcase fresh insights from the CCOUC humanitarian field-based training programme in Cambodia (July 2026), highlighting key operational challenges in dengue and flooding risk management. Attendees will also have the opportunity to engage directly in discussion with the programme's trainers and student participants.

Registration for this event closes on Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

Event Details

Title: "Field-Based Training for Health Professional Students in Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (HEDRM): Learning, Practice and Reflection"
Date: Friday, 18 September 2026
Time: 3:30 p.m. (UTC+8)
Format: Hybrid (in-person & via Zoom)
Venue: Seminar Room 1, 2/F, Lui Che Woo Clinical Sciences Building (LCWCSB), Prince of Wales Hospital
Language: English
Registration: https://cuhk.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3W30XEiPeYhRe6i
Registration deadline: 11:00 a.m., Thursday, 17 September 2026

The forum's flyer with more information on the agenda, can be read here or click on the image to enlarge.

All interested parties are welcome to join.

For enquiries, please contact Dr. Chunlan Guo, CCOUC's Assistant Director, at chunlanguo@cuhk.edu.hk.

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