The School of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong enrolled the first batch of medical bachelor students on 198 1, contributing to the society by providing quality medical education, improving clinical services and popularizing health sciences. The college has more than 20 departments, offering four bachelor's degrees and some postgraduate courses, and students can receive comprehensive medical science training. In order to meet the needs of the development of 2 1 century and cultivate doctors with both medical skills and medical ethics, comprehensive medical courses based on human body system have been adopted since 200 1, emphasizing early clinical experience and group teaching. The college also provides clinical teaching for students of medical college, nursing college and pharmacy college in the form of internship in its teaching hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin.