Dr Julie Yun CHEN
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Assistant Dean (LKS Faculty of Medicine)
Chief, Undergraduate Education, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Assistant Dean (LKS Faculty of Medicine)
Chief, Undergraduate Education, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care
- BSc, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Key Research Areas
- Medical education (particularly development, assessment and evaluation of curricula related to family medicine, medical humanities and professionalism)
- Health and wellbeing of doctors and students
- Evaluation of quality of care and health-related quality of life
Key Publications
Journal Articles
- Chen, J.Y., Chin, W.Y, Tsang, J.P.Y. How Clinician Examiners Compare with Simulated Patients in Assessing Medical Student Empathy in a Clinical Exam Setting. Med Teach. 2019; Sep 26:1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2019.1665635
- Wong, C. K., Chen, J. Y., Fung, S. K., Lo, W. K., Lui, S. L., Chan, T. M., Cheng, Y. L., Kong, I. , Wan, E. Y. and Lam, C. L. Health‐related quality of life and health utility of Chinese patients undergoing nocturnal home haemodialysis in comparison with other modes of dialysis. Nephrology. 2019; 24: 630-637. https://doi.org/10.1111/nep.13429
- Henning, M. A., Chen, J. Y., Krägeloh, C. U., Hill, E. M., Booth, R., & Webster, C. A comparative, multi-national analysis of the quality of life and learning factors of medical and non-medical undergraduate students. Medical Science Educator 2019; 29: 475. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-019-00716-2
- Wu H, Chen J, Conundrum between internationalisation and interdisciplinarity: reflection on the development of medical humanities in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China, MedEdPublish, 7 (3), 46, https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2018.0000184.1
- Chen JY; Wan EYF; Choi EPH; Chan AKC; Chan KHY; Tsang JPY; Lam CLK. The health-related quality of life of Chinese patients on haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis Patient (2017) 10:799–808https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-017-0256-6 .
- Chen JY; Wan EYF; Chan KHY; Chan AKC; Chan FWK; Lam CLK. Evaluation of the quality of care of a haemodialysis public-private partnership programme for patients with end-stage renal disease. BMC Nephrology 2016 http://bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12882-016-0284-9
- Chen JY, Wan EYF, Choi EPY, Wong CKH, Chan AKC, Chan KHY, Li PKT, Lam CLK. Clinical and patient-reported outcomes of Chinese patients undergoing haemodialysis in hospital or in the community: A 1-year longitudinal study. Nephrology 2016; 21:617-623. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nep.12686/epdf
- Potash JS, Chen JY, Tsang JPY. Medical Student Mandala Making for Holistic Well-Being. Med Humanities 2016;42:17-25 http://doi:10.1136/medhum-2015-010717
- Wan YF, Chen JY, Choi EPY, Wong CKH, Chan AKC, Chan KHY, Lam CLK. Patterns of health-related quality of life and associated factors in Chinese patients undergoing haemodialysis. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2015, 13:108doi:10.1186/s12955-015-0308-3
- Chen JY, Chin WY, Fung CSC, Wong CKH, Tsang JPY. Assessing medical student empathy in a family medicine clinical test: validity of the CARE Measure. Medical Education Online [S.l.], v. 20 Jul. 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/meo.v20.27346
- Potash JS, Chen JY, Chau V, Lam CLK. Art-making in a family medicine clerkship: how does it affect medical student empathy? BMC Medical Education 2014; 14:247. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/14/247
- Chen JY.Why peer evaluation by students should be part of the medical school learning environment. Medical Teacher, 2012; 34 (8): 603-606 https://doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2012.689031
- Chen JY, Salter DJ, Chan LC. Pen, brush and camera: outcomes-based medical humanities.Medical Education 2010; 44:1139.
Book Chapters
- Chen JY, Wu HW. Medical Humanities. In: Dent J et al (ed) A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers 6th Edition. London: Elsevier (in press)
- Chen JY, Ho J. A medical humanities curriculum in medical school: unexpected partnerships and unintended consequences. In: Cook-Sather A and Wilson C (Eds.) Pedagogical Partnerships. Lexington Books (in press)
- Chen JY, Leung GKK. Relationship with colleagues. In: Chiu JSP, Lee A, Tong KW (eds) Practical Law and Ethics in Healthcare (under review)
- Wong V, Chen JY, Chan LC. Chapter 8. Meditation and Mindful Practice. In: Henning M et al (eds) Well-being in higher education. Routledge March 2018
- Chen JY, Wu HW. Medical Humanities. In: Dent J et al (ed) A Practical Guide for Medical Teachers. London: Elsevier; 2017
- Kwan J, Chen JY. Medical Professionalism. In: Tan K (ed) Problem-based Medical Case Management, 2nd edition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press; 2017
- Chen JY, Yau L, Loo N, Wong A, Chan LC. Fostering Reflection-in-Action through a Performance Arts Workshop In: Peterkin A and Brett-MacLean P (eds) Keeping Reflection Fresh: A Practical Guide for Clinical Educators. Kent University Press 2016.
- Chan LK, Chen JY, Chung E (eds) Dissecting the Meaning of Life: An Anthology of Essays on Body Donation. Hong Kong: Wheatear Publishing; 2015.
- Doherty I, Chen JY. Mental Health and Perceived Self-Efficacy of Medical Students: Research Findings and Implications for eLearning Support. In: Henning M (ed) Student Motivation and Quality of Life in Higher Education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge; 2015. p 158-166.
- Chen JY, Chin WY. Using student feedback to enhance teaching and learning in an undergraduate medical curriculum: The University of Hong Kong experience. In: Nair CS and Mertova P (eds) Enhancing Learning and Teaching through Student Feedback in Medical and Health Sciences Oxford: Elsevier/Chandos; 2014. p 21-41.
Research Funding
Principal Investigator
2019-2021 | HKCFP Foundation Fund Commissioned Study ($400,000) HKCFP-HKU Primary Care Morbidity Survey in Hong Kong (co P.I. Prof Cindy Lam/ Dr Julie Chen) |
2018-2019 | Teaching Development Grant ($264,532). Student in Medical Education |
2017-2020 | UGC Funding Scheme for Teaching and Learning Related Proposals (5,699,225). Beyond the e-portfolio: connectivity and communities of learning in a virtual environment |
2015-2016 | Teaching Development Grant ($187,784). Assessing student support needs to inform the teaching and learning of undergraduate medicine and health sciences |
2015-2016 | Development Fund for Medical Humanities ($96,900). Towards altruism and social responsibility in Hong Kong: piloting and exploring the feasibility of a service learning programme |
2013-2015 | Teaching Development Grant ($185,306). Evaluating the impact and feasibility of a cross-disciplinary, library-based mindful practice programme for healthcare and human service students |
2012-2014 | Teaching Development Grant ($173,296) Development, Implementation and Preliminary Evaluation of a Longitudinal Programme for Early Student Experiential Learning of Professionalism |
Co-Investigator
2019-2024 | Health and Health Services Research Fund Commissioned Research to Support Local Cohorts and Follow-up Studies (CFS-HKU4, HK$5,999,020). Cohort study to investigate the outcomes of patients with hypertension and/or diabetes mellitus and the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of structured multi-disciplinary intervention programmes. (P.I. Prof Cindy Lam, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care) |
2019-2020 | Teaching Development Grant ($100,000). Identifying and articulating the student learning experience in the MBBS 130 curriculum Enrichment Year (P.I. Dr Eric Wan, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, HKU) |
2017-2018 | Teaching Development Grant ($250,000). Scaling Up Learning Experience in Medical Humanities Using E-Platform (P.I. Dr Harry Wu, Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit, HKU) |
2017-2018 | Teaching Development Grant ($250,000). Enhancement of the quality of experiential learning in community health settings through a structured evaluation and training programme for community-based teachers (P.I. Dr Weng Chin, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, HKU) |
2016-2018 | Health and Medical Research Fund ($526,952). Cost and cost-effectiveness analysis of renal replacement therapy modalities for patients with end-stage renal disease in Hong Kong: comparison between peritoneal dialysis and haemodialysis strategies (P.I. Dr Carlos Wong, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care) |
2014-2017 | UGC Special Funding for Teaching and Learning ($5,069,256). Interprofessional team-based learning for health professional students (P.I. Dr Lap Ki Chan, School of Biomedical Sciences, HKU) |
2012-2014 | AIDS Trust Fund ($344,478). Identifying sexual health behaviours and HIV risk amongst African refugees and asylum seekers in Hong Kong (P.I. Dr William Wong, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, HKU) |
2011-2016 | Health and Health Services Research Fund Commissioned Study on Enhanced Primary Care, EPC-HKU-2 (HK$5,685,000). Extended evaluation of quality of care of chronic disease management and public-private partnership programmes of the Hospital Authority (P.I. Prof Cindy Lam, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, HKU) |
Professional Services
2018-present | Member, Faculty Development Special Interest Group: Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) |
2017-present | Editorial Board Member (Medical Education): Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences |
2017-present | Editorial Board Member: Korean Journal of Medical Education |
2016-present | Associate Editor: BMC Family Practice |
2014-present | Frontiers in Medicine and Public Health: Family Medicine and Primary Care |
2016-present | Member, Working Party on Education: World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) Standards for Basic Medical Education (medical school) |
2010-present | Member, Working Party on Ethics: World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) |
2015-present | Member, HKU/HA HKWC Institutional Review Board |
2018-present | Member, Gleneagles Hospital, Clinical Ethics Review Board |
Other Information
Academic service
2019- present |
Director: BIMHSE Research and Scholarship Programme |
2017- present |
Coordinator: Faculty Enrichment Year Service and Humanitarian Work sub-group |
2009- present |
Chair/ Deputy Chair: Faculty Medical Humanities Planning Group |
2014- present |
Co-Director: Faculty MBBS Year IV Programme Coordinating sub-committee |
2014- present |
Co-Chair: Faculty Medical Ethics, Law and Humanities sub-committee |
2013- present |
Leader:HKU Humanities AoI Working Group (Common Core Curriculum) |