The Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), successfully held a public engagement event titled “Global Health in a Changing World” on October 16, 2026 (Friday) at the Block R foyer.
The event opened with a welcome address delivered by two MBBS students (Han Yue & Gan Yulong), who welcomed participants and introduced the central message of the event: global health challenges are increasingly interconnected and affect individuals, communities and societies worldwide. Participants were invited to explore the displays, interact with students and consider how informed choices and collective action can contribute to healthier and more resilient communities.
Year 2 MBBS students Han Yue and Gan Yulong led the opening of the event.
The event was organized as part of the Language and Communications (L&C) course, a longitudinal component of the MBBS curriculum that aims to systematically strengthen the communication skills of our future doctors. The Faculty believes that effective communication is not merely complementary to medical knowledge, but an essential professional attribute. Doctors must be able to translate scientific and medical information into language that patients and the wider public can understand, while also listening, responding with empathy and adapting their messages to different audiences. The MBBS L&C course is led by Assistant Professor Olivia Monteiro, Associate Professor Daniel Baptista-Hon and Professor Niv Patil.
Group photo with visitors, Faculty members and students.
During the event, Year 2 MBBS students presented educational posters and interactive displays covering a broad range of contemporary global health issues, including zoonoses, vector-borne diseases, antibiotic resistance, food safety, air pollution, mental health, ultra-processed foods and artificial intelligence-assisted pandemic prediction.
Students introduced global health topics through educational posters and interactive discussions.
Through these topics, students demonstrated that global health extends beyond infectious disease. Health is shaped by interactions among people, animals, food systems, environmental conditions, technology and society. The displays encouraged participants to consider how local behaviours and decisions can have wider consequences, and how different health challenges may be connected across communities and national borders.
The students also produced short Instagram-style reels to communicate their key messages through digital media. The reels combined concise explanations with creative visual approaches, extending the event’s public health messages beyond the poster displays and demonstrating how future medical professionals can use different communication platforms to reach wider audiences.
Students created short-form videos to communicate global health messages through digital media.
The event highlighted both the students’ scientific understanding and their developing ability to communicate with clarity, confidence and compassion. By moving beyond the classroom and engaging directly with the community, students experienced how effective communication can improve health awareness, encourage informed decision-making and strengthen trust between medical professionals and the public.
