COC(Pathology) Commissioned Training Programme 2004/05
Pathology Service at Both Ends:
Core Laboratory Service & Molecular Diagnostics
Date : 29 November to 1 December 2004
Time : 08:45 – 16:45
Venue: Lecture Theatre, M/F, HA Building, 147B Argyle Street, Kowloon
Limited places for HKIMLS members : 13
If you would like to register and attend the Programme, please
email the following information to 6clmc@hkimls.org or fax to 2819 6204
on or before 12 November 2004.
Name
Membership Number
Contact Address
The Institute will sponsor your registration fee (HK$400). However, if you are absent from the Programme, you are required to refund the sponsorship.
29 November 2004 (Monday)
08:45-09:00 Registration 09:00-09:05 Welcome Speech Ms Cordelia Leong 09:05-09:20 Opening Speech Mr Jimmy Wu 09:20-09:30 Souvenir Presentation to Speakers 09:30-10:00 Experience Sharing: Dr Raymond Chu 10:00-10:30 Tea Break 10:30-12:15 Commentary & Presentation: Mr Franz Bathur 12:15-12:30 Q & A Forum 12:30-14:00 Lunch Break 14:00-15:10 Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostics: Dr Paul Wallace 15:10-15:30 Tea Break 15:30-16:30 Identification of Molecular Markers for Dr ST Cheung 16:30-16:45 Q & A Forum
Organizing Committee Chairperson
Executive Manager (Allied Health), HA
Establishment of CoreLab –
Challenges and Opportunities
Consultant Pathologist
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital HA
Will you change the future or will the future
change you?
Operation Manager
Concord Hospital, Australia
Ms Dixie McFadden
Former Administrative Director
Laboratories Kaiser Permanente –
Northwest Division, USA
A general overview
General Manager
Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostic
West of Scotland Science Park, UK
Diagnosis and Prognosis of Liver Cancer by
Microarray Technology:
Principle and Application
Research Assistant Professor
Dept of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital
The University of Hong Kong
30 November 2004 (Tuesday)
08:45-09:00 Registration 09:00-09:10 Welcome Speech Ms Cordelia Leong 09:10-10:00 Experience Sharing: Mr Raymond Tsang 10:00-10:30 Tea Break 10:30-12:15 Commentary & Presentation: Mr Franz Bathur 12:15-12:30 Q & A Forum 12:30-14:00 Lunch Break 14:00-15:10 Molecular Quality Controls & Standards:
Potential obstacles to improved diagnosis? Dr Paul Wallace 15:10-15:30 Tea Break 15:30-16:30 Confronting SARS and avian flu: Professor M. Peiris 16:30-16:45 Q & A Forum
Organizing Committee Chairperson
Training to become Multi-skilled
Laboratory in-charge
HK Sanatorium & Hospital Ltd., Hong Kong
Ms Kristi Lai
Microbiology Supervisor
HK Sanatorium & Hospital Ltd., Hong Kong
Dr P.H. Yu
Pathologist
Tseung Kwan O Hospital, HA
Friend or Foe,
Consultation and Communication
Operation Manager
Concord Hospital, Australia
Ms Dixie McFadden
Former Administrative Director
Laboratories Kaiser Permanente –
Northwest Division, USA
General Manager
Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostic
West of Scotland Science Park, UK
The role of molecular diagnosis
Professor
Dept of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital
The University of Hong Kong
1 December 2004 (Wednesday)
08:45-09:10 Registration 09:10-09:15 Welcome Speech Ms Cordelia Leong 09:15-10:00 Experience Sharing: Ms Marianne Leung 10:00-10:30 Tea Break 10:30-12:15 Commentary & Presentation: Mr Franz Bathur 12:15-12:30 Q & A Forum 12:30-14:00 Lunch Break 14:00-15:10 External Proficiency Testing: Dr Paul Wallace 15:10-15:30 Tea Break 15:30-16:30 Molecular Diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Dr W.C. Yam 16:30-16:45 Q & A Forum 16:45-16:55 Closing Speech Ms Cordelia Leong
Organizing Committee Chairperson
How the elephant can dance
Laboratory Managing Director
PathLab Medical Laboratory Ltd., Hong Kong
Ms Angela Kwan
Laboratory in-charge
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, HA
Friend or Foe,
The Fear of Change
Operation Manager
Concord Hospital, Australia
Ms Dixie McFadden
Former Administrative Director
Laboratories Kaiser Permanente –
Northwest Division, USA
Improving molecular diagnostics through
International Quality Control Programs and Laboratory Accreditation
General Manager
Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostic
West of Scotland Science Park, UK
Available technologies, limitations and
possibilities
Clinical Bacteriologist
Dept of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital
The University of Hong Kong
Organizing Committee Chairperson