{"id":534,"date":"2026-10-07T15:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/?p=534"},"modified":"2026-10-08T15:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:40:46","slug":"walking-in-the-shoes-of-patients-mr-tim-pang-inspires-health-communication-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/walking-in-the-shoes-of-patients-mr-tim-pang-inspires-health-communication-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking in the Shoes of Patients: Mr. Tim Pang Inspires Health Communication Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>On 16 September, the Health Communication course in MSC had the privilege of hosting Mr. Tim Pang, a renowned patients\u2019 rights advocate with the Society for Community Organisation (SoCO), as a guest speaker for its final-year undergraduate class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/1-1.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/1-1-552x414.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Pang shared his valuable experience in handling medical complaints, including many real cases that illustrated the challenges patients may face when navigating healthcare services. He highlighted the importance of effective communication between patients and healthcare service providers, as well as the role of advocacy in protecting and promoting patients\u2019 rights. Drawing from years spent listening to patients\u2019 stories and fielding medical complaints, Mr. Pang painted a vivid picture of what it really means to be a patient caught in a complex system. He described the frustrations of waiting for hours, the anxiety of misunderstood symptoms, and the relief when someone finally listens. Each example highlighted both the hurdles and the hope\u2014reminding students that behind every complaint is a human being seeking understanding and care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"624\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/2.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/10\/2-552x414.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Students were highly engaged throughout the session, participating actively in the discussion and raising questions that connected course concepts to real-world issues. Mr. Pang\u2019s stories and insights helped deepen the class\u2019s comprehension of topics such as patient-provider relationships, complaint resolution, and the socio-cultural factors influencing health communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A heartfelt thank you to Mr. Tim Pang for his generous sharing and for inspiring our students to bring compassion and advocacy into the heart of health communication.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">On 16 September, the Health Communication course in MSC had the privilege of hosting Mr. Tim Pang, a renowned patients\u2019...<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[184],"tags":[185,186],"cs":[130],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":541,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534"},{"taxonomy":"cs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/u-posts\/bmc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cs?post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}