New Drug Interaction Checker in DynaMed

The DynaMed has introduced a new Drug Interaction Checker. With this Drug Interaction Checker you can quickly check for potentially harmful drug interactions:

• Check a patient’s entire medication list at the same time
• Understand the severity of the interaction using the 5-point severity rating and supporting evidence
• View results by severity, documentation and type of drug interaction
• Search by brand and generic names of drugs
• Interpret quality and type of interaction evidence with a four-level documentation rating system

Free Online Courses on Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response

As part of the knowledge transfer endeavour of the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), 10 free online courses supported by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute (HKJCDPRI) at Hong Kong Academy of Medicine are now open for registration until 31 March 2021 and registered students are allowed to study the courses until 30 April 2021. A certificate of completion will be issued for participants who have successfully completed each course.

Please visit the relevant links below to find out more about the courses:

•  Climate Change and Health (http://ccouc.org/climate-change-and-health)

• Research Methodology for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (http://ccouc.org/online-course-research-methodology-for-disaster-and-medical-humanitarian-response)

• Global Health Challenge for Human Security (http://ccouc.org/global-health-challenge-for-human-security)

• Core Public Health Concepts for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (http://ccouc.org/core-public-health-concepts-for-hedrm)

• Health System Approach in Managing Disaster (http://ccouc.org/health-system-approach-in-managing-disaster)

• Principles of Occupational Health and Challenges of Industrial Disasters (http://ccouc.org/principles-of-occupational-health-and-challenges-of-industrial-disasters)

• Foundations of Food Security (http://ccouc.org/foundations-of-food-security)

• International Humanitarian Law (http://ccouc.org/international-humanitarian-law)

• Basic Sign Language for First Responders and the Public in Health Emergencies and Disasters (http://ccouc.org/basic-sign-language-for-first-responders-and-the-public-in-health-emergencies-and-disasters)

• Crisis and Risk Communication in Emergencies and Disasters (http://ccouc.org/crisis-and-risk-communication-in-emergencies-and-disasters)

For enquiry, please email ccouc@cuhk.edu.hk

Limited library services starting 17 February 2020

To minimize the risk of spreading the Novel Coronavirus, CUHK libraries are closed except:

•  Li Ping Medical Library (24/7 unstaffed) 
• Part of the University Library's Learning Garden is open for CUHK students and staff (unstaffed, 8:30am-5pm, Mon-Fri & 10am-4pm, Sat, except public holidays). Please bring your own devices when visiting the Learning Garden.

Please refer to our update news for details of special arrangements of Library services.

Library Guide on Novel Coronavirus

The Library has published an online guide on Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), it provides update news and research information for health professionals and public.

Special Libary Arrangment from 29 January to 9 February 2020

The Li Ping Medical Library will open unstaffed 24/7 from 29 January to 16 February 2020 while all other CUHK libraries will be closed.  All fines incurred from 29 January to 9 March 2020 will be waived.  For details, please check the Library news.

Library Opening Hours for the Lunar New Year

The Medical Library will open 24/7 during the Lunar New Year holidays while the book stacks and staffed service hours are as follows:

24 January 2020          9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

25-28 January 2020    No services

29-30 January 2020    9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

For details, please visit the Library webpage.

New Study Carrels & Desk Bike

To facilitate student learning, 16 new study carrels with lighting and power point are now added at the study zone of the Medical Library.  

 A Desk Bike is also installed in the leisure reading room. You can relax, do some fitness exercise and burn more calories with the Desk Bike while working on a computer, reading or writing.