Abstract
In alignment with the theme of engaging students as partners in teaching and teacher development, the project aims at:
- cultivating the pedagogical competence of the postgraduate students and forging identity transformation (from passive learning to active ownership of learning);
- broadening the horizon and professional networking of the postgraduate students; and
- establishing a solid foundation to equip students with the knowledge to work collaboratively in response to the real-life case with the complexities of the medical practice and increasing patient-autonomy and Apology Ordinance.
In disseminating the project deliverables, the project shall comprise a number of aspects:
- with the guidance of the full-time teaching staff, the postgraduate students shall design and deliver lectures to students and practitioners from the legal and medical disciplines, which will serve as a pioneer of a future credit-bearing “Medical Law and Ethics” course for both law and medical students;
- student-initiated scenario-based video-making;
- a website/blog comprising (1) schedule and information of lectures to be offered; (2) video clips;
- a symposium will be organized for critical reflection by practitioners and scholars in medical law and humanity; and
- the supervisors shall produce at least one scholarly work/journal article during the project period, reflecting on their research of medical law and ethics in Hong Kong.
Brief write-up
Project objectives
The project engages postgraduate students as partners in teaching development through designing micro-modules, video-making, interacting with medico-legal students and practitioners, and public outreach.
Activities, process and outcomes
The project team collaborated on the project website with articles written by JD, LLB and Psychology students, a promotional video, and other administrative and marketing materials. They were invited by Metro Finance Radio to share the importance of medical law with the general public. They will also be the speakers for the upcoming conference entitled “Directions in Legal Education 2022”.
Deliverables and evaluation
The project website with short articles published for the purposes of public outreach has been actively managed. The student-initiated video-taking, micro-modules and cross-faculty articles enables the postgraduate students, co-production of short articles, meetings with practitioners including ONC Lawyers, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine and the Hong Kong Bar Association, radio interviews at Metro Finance to hone their project management and presentation skills.
Such invaluable opportunities have enabled the postgraduate students to connect with medical-legal practitioners and the general public.
Dissemination, diffusion, impact and sharing of good practices
The postgraduate students have leveraged different platforms (e.g. webinars, social media pages of legal and medical organizations) to formulate publication topics. The cross-faculty collaboration on articles is healthy to the growth of the medical law community.
Impact on teaching and learning
This project encourages curriculum design based on the needs of the target audience. It emphasizes feedback from stakeholders to ensure the materials are value-adding. It highlights the need to adopt different languages to explain legal terms across different channels.
