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The programme aims to fulfill the VTC mission of providing a valued choice to school leavers to acquire values, professional knowledge and skills of rehabilitation services for lifelong learning as well as valued supports to industries for their manpower development.
The programme equips students with the technical and professional knowledge and skills, together with the necessary language, IT, interpersonal and other generic skills, initially at a paraprofessional level, via the blending of theoretical knowledge and practical application, to enable them to pursue a career in the healthcare and rehabilitation services sector. Graduates may be employed as rehabilitation therapy assistants in public and private hospitals, medical group practices, rehabilitation centers, community clinics and healthcare institutions; medical representatives in healthcare companies; health service education and promotion personnel and so on.
The programme is designed with an emphasis on generic and language training, whole-person development and workplace experience to better prepare students for further studies and employment after graduation.
Please refer to General Entrance Requirement
Graduates may be employed as healthcare personnel or supervisors in public and private hospitals, medical group practices, rehabilitation centers, community clinics and healthcare companies. Graduates may also work in health service, education and promotion.
Application for mapping for articulation pathways to other local and overseas universities will be sought.
The programme is an approved ‘Combined Health Worker Training Course’, eligible graduates may apply for registration as Health Worker with the Social Welfare Department.
Graduate may apply for the membership of Associate of the Hong Kong College of Health Service Executives (HKCHSE).
1. Students may be required to attend classes on other VTC campuses. VTC reserves the right to cancel any programme, revise programme title, content or change the offering institute(s) / campus(es) / class venue(s) if circumstances so warrant.
2. This new programme with Chinese (Cantonese) as the medium of instruction (including some modules taught entirely in English) will be offered in the 2025/26 academic year. The accreditation of programme by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications will be conducted in 2025.
3. The revalidation of the programme will be conducted in 2025. The curriculum will be updated if circumstances so warrant.
4. Certain modules within the curriculum are delivered in Chinese. A higher level of Chinese proficiency is required.
"Semester 1:
Occupation Safety and First Aid Practice
Common Rehabilitation Conditions
Functional Movement Science
Principles and Practices of Occupational Therapy
Human Physiology and Functional Anatomy for Rehabilitation Services
Essential Workplace Communication: Effective Oral Interaction+
Essential Workplace Communication: Digital Written Correspondence+
Whole Person Development - MindShift: Achieving Personal Growth & Effectiveness+
IT Essentials - Health and Life Sciences+
Semester 2:
Human Physiology and Functional Anatomy for Rehabilitation Services
Principles and Practices of Physiotherapy
Rehabilitation for Special Populations
Rehabilitation Exercise Techniques
Vocational Chinese Communication: Putonghua Conversation and Reports
Professional Workplace Communication: Storytelling and Job Search+
Whole Person Development - Collaboration, Teamwork & Social Engagement+
Enrichment Module B
Semester 3:
Integrated Healthcare Professional in Rehabilitation Services
Introduction to Health Research Methods
Chinese Rehabilitation Therapy
Professional Workplace Communication: Proposal and Report Writing+
Whole Person Development - Enhancing Competencies in the 21st Century Workplace+
Enrichment Module A
Semester 4:
Principles and Practices of Prosthetics and Orthotics
Fitness and Nutrition for Health Management
Health Education in Community Rehabilitation
Health Counseling in Rehabilitation Services
Applied Nursing Practice
Project
Vocational Chinese Communication: Putonghua Presentations, Administrative and Technical Text Writing
Professional Workplace Communication: Pitching and Persuasive Presentation+
Semester 5:
Client Relationship Management in Health Services
Health Education in Community Rehabilitation
Professional Practices in Rehabilitation Services
Project
Industrial Attachment
Remark:
+ Modules to be delivered in English