1. Inter-Professional Training Joseph Sung

2. Facts Separate teaching for medical, nursing, public health and pharmacy student By tradition, very little interactions in our practice Shortage of manpower

3. Medicine Nursing Public Health Pharmacy Very little interaction Not a standard practice Nurses and doctors seldom do round together

4. Medicine Nursing Public Health Pharmacy Better patient care Reduce workload of doctors Improve professionalism of nurses

5. Medicine Nursing Public Health Pharmacy Control of infectious disease outbreak Disease prevention and Health protection Improve image of public health

6. Medicine Nursing Public Health Pharmacy Logical prescription Less mishap Pharmacist are no longer dispensors

7. What are the obstacles? Gaps between knowledge between these groups Hospital work are too busy Participation of pharmacy in prescription is small Public health is seen as less challenging

8. Gaps in knowledge Modify curriculum of nursing, public health and pharmacy? Combine lectures Open up Grand round, symposium and workshops?

9. Hospital work too busy Complicated issue which involves resources and politics

10. Participation of pharmacist Need to change the system

11. Public health is less challenging Since SARS (and the recruitment of SG), things are changing

12. Should we consider? Combined lecture to let people mingle? Joint Grand Rounds? Joint projects (SSM) between Schools?