From Protocol to Achievement
Students of the Postgraduate Programme in Epidemiology and Biostatistics developed protocols that addressed various health topics including tuberculosis, Herpes Zoster, intrapartum ultrasomography and renovascular disease, ischaemic stroke, and childhood obesity over the last year. They presented the fruits of their labour on 25th June 2002 at the Prince of Wales Hospital.
The Best Presentation Award went to Tse Pak Yiu's 'To
Evaluate the Usefulness of Clinical History and Physical Findings in Predicting
the Presence and the Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apena in Chinese Patients',
while the Outstanding Presentation Awards went to Ng Man Fai's 'Urinary
Incontinence in Elderly Women: Evaluation on the Accuracy of Clinical
Diagnosis and Comparison of Treatment Outcomes of Pseudoephedrine and
Pelvic Floor Exercise in an Incontinence Clinic' and Law Kwok Ming's 'Effect
of Routine Intrapartum Ultrasonography on Pregnancy Outcome
A
Randomized Controlled Trial'.