Application: Here

We are now inviting application for admission to the intake of Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases (PDipID) Programme, organised by the Department of Microbiology and the Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Faculty of Medicine, HKU.

The PDipID programme aims to provide understanding of, and practical experience in, infectious diseases management for physicians, surgeons, clinical microbiologists, other clinicians and health care workers who are actively involved in the daily management of patients suffering from infectious diseases. Special emphasis is put on infections that are major health problems locally or globally.

The PDipID programme covers the following components over a period of two year:

• Six two-days Infectious Disease Courses
• Clinical Attachment (3 Friday Infectious Diseases Rounds, Two Bedside Infectious Diseases Consultations and One Clinical Microbiology Laboratory Round & project presentation)
• A clinical and/or laboratory surveillance project
• One Literature Reviews of important topics in Infectious Diseases

To learn more about the PDipID programme, please visit: http://www.aal.hku.hk/tpg/programme/postgraduate-diploma-infectious-diseases

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 

Course Fees: HK$28,000

Enquiries: The Course Secretariat (Tel: 2255 2581; Email: pdipid@hku.hk)

Those who do not intend to pursue the PDipID qualification may opt to take Certificate in Infectious Diseases Course or the Individual Infectious Diseases two-day courses.

Personal Information Collection Statement: Click Here

Offered in April, July, and November each year.

Forthcoming course: Course 6

(Application Deadline for IDC 6: 10 July 2024)

Medium of instruction: English.

Fees: HK$1,200 (non-refundable)

Timetable of IDC 6: [HERE]

Registration and Payment:

1. Please complete the registration [HERE]
2. After complete the registration, please settle the payment [HERE]

CME Accreditation:

Participants are required to attend the Zoom Meeting on 20 July 2024 (1^st Day Lecture), attend the Face-to-Face Course and complete the quiz on 21 July 2024 (2^nd Day Lecture and Quiz).

Call for applications: rolling basis, April, July, or November each year.

Mode of attendance: part-time (2 years).

Entrance Requirements

All medical or nursing graduates, healthcare/science workers, pharmacists, laboratory technicians, medical doctors, and healthcare workers of the HKU-Shenzhen Hospital.

Method of Instruction

Six two-day weekend courses.

There will be a quiz after completion of each course.

Performance of these quizzes will constitute the basis for assessment.

Medium of instruction: English.

Fees: HK$5,400 (non-refundable)

(Application Deadline for IDC 6: 10 July 2024)

Registration and Payment:

1. Please complete the registration  [HERE]
2. (After complete the registration, please settle the payment  [HERE]

Tel: 2255 2581

Timetable of IDC 6: [HERE]

Personal Information Collection Statement: [HERE]

Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits have been applied from the respective colleges: (PDipID/CertID only)

1. Quotable Qualification by Hong Kong Medical Council
2. CME points by