Ms. Lynn W. Wong
R.N.C. (U.S., UK., H.K.), A.N.P. (U.S.), B.S. (Nursing), M.Phil (Medical Sciences)
Professional Diploma in Diabetes Management and Education (CUHK)
Senior Nurse Specialist
Ms Lynn W Wong was educated on the East Coast of the United States, earning her bachelors degree in Nursing from the Northeastern Universtiy and her accreditation as a nurse practitioner from the Harvard Medical School. She also earned a Master of Philosophy in Medical Sciences from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Ms Wong began her professional career in Boston working as a Nurse Practitioner and Nurse-in-charge at the South Cove Community Health Center until her return to Hong Kong 1982. Since then she has worked in different capacities at Our Lady of Marykoll Hospital, Chinese University, the Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care and now as the Senior Professional Diabetes Educator at the Qualigenics Diabetes Center. Ms Wong has done extensive research on diabetes related areas and published a number of important titles.
"The role of diabetes educator is essential in a chronic disease where the primary care provider is the patient himself.." - Lynn
The key aim of diabetes education is to empower the patients with "self-management". Diabetes education is a continuous process by which patients are taught to look for patterns in their lives and make adjustments to their habits. A diabetes educator can help to increase the patient's understanding of disease entity; to caution them of the associated complications; to provide them skills in treatment management; and most of all, to direct them to an optimal metabolic control without losing their quality of life.
