Professor David Ka Ki WONG
Honorary Associate Consultant, Department of Family Medicine and Primary Healthcare, Queen Mary Hospital;
Assistant Chair of Department, Department of Family Medicine, The University of Hong Kong – Shenzhen Hospital
- MBChB (CUHK), MSc Healthcare Informatics (University of Bath), FAIDH, FRACGP, FHKCFP, FHKAM (Family Medicine), Specialist in Family Medicine
David graduated with MBChB from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2002, and MSc Healthcare Informatics from University of Bath in 2006. He was admitted as Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians in 2011. He has been a Fellow of The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine and a Specialist in Family Medicine since 2018. He has diverse clinical experience in different primary care and acute care settings, in both public and private sectors in Hong Kong.
David has been an honorary teacher of the Department since 2009, where he was involved in undergraduate teaching of family medicine, communication and interpersonal skills, professionalism and ethics, as well as conducting research on teaching and learning. Before joining the Department as full-time academic in 2024, he was physician in University Health Service of HKU, providing comprehensive and holistic primary care to the multicultural university community.
Besides clinical practice, David is a champion in medical informatics and digital health initiatives. He was a core member of the Information Technology Committee of The Hong Kong Medical Association from 2007 to 2020, and was pivotal to the development and success of the first open-source electronic patient record system (EPR) in Hong Kong, which led to wider adoption of EPR locally. He is also an invited domain expert for the development of information standards in the HKSAR Government Electronic Health Record Sharing System. For his expertise and contributions in medical informatics, he was elected a Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Informatics (now Australasian Institute of Digital Health) in 2014.
Key Publications
Journal Publications
- Choi BYO, Wong KKD, Cheung MK. Barriers to exercise participation among older Chinese adults attending a primary care clinic in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Practitioner. 2021; 43(1):21-32
- Wong KKD, Cheung MK. Online health information seeking and ehealth literacy among patients attending a primary care clinic in Hong Kong: a cross-sectional survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2019;21(3):e10831
- Lee KYP, Kwong BLM, Chan SLD, Wong KKD, Lam TP. Attitudes and confidence towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of the automated external defibrillator among family physicians in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Practitioner. 2015; 37(3):84-91
Conference
| June 16, 2013 | Chin WY, Chen J, Wong KKD, Chau V. Engaging family doctors to participate in curriculum development of undergraduate community-based learning. Hong Kong Primary Care Conference |
| June 10-13, 2013 | Chin WY, Chen J, Wong KKD, Chau V. Exploration of community teachers’ perceptions regarding community-based teaching and learning. 7th Asian Medical Education Associations Conference, University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
Research Funding
Co-investigator
| 2014 | HKCFP Research Seed Fund, (HK$10,000), “A survey on the self-perceived attitudes and confidence of family doctors towards cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator in Hong Kong” |
| 2011 | HKU Teaching Development Grants, (HK$100,000), “Exploration of Teachers' Views and Perceptions regarding the Structure, Curriculum Content and Assessment of Community-based Learning in Undergraduate Family Medicine” |
Professional Services
Professional Committees
| 2024 – present | Honorary Clinical Supervisor in Family Medicine, The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians |
| 2014 – 2019 | Member, Board of Education, The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians |
| 2013 – present | Member, HL7 Hong Kong |
| 2012 – present | Member, Coordinating Group on eHR Content & Information Standards, eHealth Record Office, Health Bureau, The Government of HKSAR |
| 2012 – present | Member, Domain Group on Terminology for Problem & Procedure, eHealth Record Office, Health Bureau, The Government of HKSAR |
| 2010 – present | Member, Web and Computer Committee, The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians |
| 2009 – 2011 | Member, Kowloon East Community Network, The Hong Kong Medical Association |
| 2007 – 2020 | Member, Information Technology Committee, The Hong Kong Medical Association |
