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Despite my unsatisfactory DSE result, I am glad that I have chosen to study at HPSHCC. I was impressed by the facilities and learning atmosphere here. Lecturers were passionate in nurturing students and answering questions from students. They offered help in our studies. I remember reading the student sharing page last year and I am happy to have the opportunity to share my thought here.Failure is not fatal. What matter most is to pick ourselves up from where we have fallen and to have faith in our own abilities. Do our best and leave no regrets!

The Higher Diploma in Medical and Health Products Management programme equipped me with essential knowledge of basic medical and pharmaceutical sciences such as microbiology and pharmaceutics. You may not be aware that oil can really mix with water into a continuous phase. I recalled that we had a laboratory practical for hand cream preparation through mixing aqueous and oily components well together using pharmaceutical techniques. Health products are becoming increasingly popular in the market and dispensing skills are vital and useful in our daily lives as well. I started to see the success in my future career by incorporating these two main elements in our community.

Before I studied at this College, I was not a highly motivated person. I have changed a lot in these two years, because the lecturers showed their care for me and helped me with my problems. Moreover, the programme has provided many opportunities to prepare me for Hong Kong’s medical and healthcare industry, such as internships and visits to laboratories and pharmaceutical factories. In addition, the learning content is similar to that of a university course, which has helped me lay a good foundation and make the transition easier.

The Higher Diploma in Medical and Health Products Management is a very unique programme. With the broad basic knowledge of medical and pharmaceutical sciences provided by the programme, students are provided with multiple articulation pathways, which we are eligible to apply for admission to different sciences or health-related programmes in the university. Moreover, the professional lecturers, well-designed curriculum and excellent learning environment have equipped me with a solid foundation for further study.

I have acquired various professional knowledge of medical sciences, such as Anatomy and Physiology, Pharmacology and Medical Equipment and Healthcare Products, through the past 2-year study. Moreover, different projects and presentations provided me with valuable opportunities to improve my writing and presentation skills.

Because of the supportive classmates and lecturers, studying at the College has been very fruitful and memorable. This programme has offered me an alternative path towards university and the opportunity to reconsider my goals. Through theoretical and practical teaching, I am provided with a solid foundation for future study and work, especially in the area of medical science.

Automated pharmacy definitely can reduce medical incidents. In the past years, I worked as a dispenser in different contexts, such as community pharmacy, nursing home and private clinic. Although the job duties of a dispenser in different areas vary, all of them require good skills, so as to avoid any human errors due to the heavy workloads. The application of advance technology in dispensing can reduce the workload of a dispenser as well as to minimise human errors. I am now working as a system analyst in a renowned medical company, which develops the automatic dispensing system. Since I have learnt different knowledge in the areas of medical and pharmaceutical sciences when studying the Higher Diploma and the university degree programmes, I am able to serve customers by providing them with accurate information on various medical products.

The Higher Diploma in Medical and Health Products Management programme equipped me with the basic knowledge of medical and health sciences. The learning experience at this College helped strengthen my belief that a future career in medical laboratory science would be suitable to me. As I am now working in a medical science laboratory, I will be able to register as a medical laboratory technologist upon completion of the part-time studies in medical laboratory science offered by HKU SPACE.

Finally, I got an offer from HKUST! All subjects of the Medical and Health Products Management programme laid a solid foundation for my future studies and careers, especially in the area of chemical engineering. Moreover, this programme does provide students who have different goals and interests with multiple articulation pathways.

The unexpected always happens, my public examination results were not satisfactory but I did not give up. I still worked hard in my study of Higher Diploma programme in Medical and Health Products Management,from which I have learned different medical knowledge such as human physiology, medical equipment, drugs and their usages. Activities such as the hospital visit, Admission Seminarfrom different universities and recruitment talk were also organized, which is important to strengthen my knowledge and information in my further study. I would also like to thank the lecturerswho are enthusiastic and well-prepared about their work.

During the past three years studying in the College, I really want to thank all the lecturers for their great support. Not only limited to their useful advices provided, they strengthened my knowledge in medical-related subjects, such as pharmacology, physiology and pathophysiology. Moreover, studying at this College, students are not only limited to studying. There are many opportunities for us to improve our communication and interpersonal skills. I participated different activities organised by the College, such as student ambassador and student helper. These activities helped broaden my horizons and further enhance my interpersonal skills.

A two-year school life in the College was inspiring and meaningful. Apart from learning pharmacology and pathophysiology, I learnt professional skills in dispensing and patient counselling, putting theory into practice. Interacting with lecturers and group mates, lectures became fun and interesting. Besides, admission talks and student counselling held by SDRC provided a lot of information about future studies and careers. These enabled me to have a clear direction about my future.