Course Leader
Dr Wong Chung-Kwong, JP

MB BS MD FRCPsych FHKCPsych FHKAM (Psychiatry)
Chairman, Whole Person Education Foundation
Chairman, Board of Honorary Advisors of Whole Person Development Institute

Dr Wong graduated from the University of Hong Kong with the degrees MB BS in 1977. After graduation, he received specialist training in general psychiatry and also child and adolescent psychiatry. He was awarded the Commonwealth Medical Fellowship by the Association of Commonwealth Universities in 1983. He is Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (1983), Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (1992), Foundation Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists (1993) and Foundation Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (1993). He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1990. He was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Dr Wong innovated the scientific and value based practical psychology model “ICAN”, based on the salient principles of psychotherapy, motivational psychology and developmental psychology.

Dr Wong has extensive experiences of working with public and private corporations. His expertise and service are often sought by corporations and government departments to provide consultancy and training in the areas of stress and crisis management, mental health enhancement, leadership, team building and communication skills.

Outside the Medical Faculty, Dr Wong has delivered over 3,000 lectures, seminars, and workshops to professionals and the general public. He has taken part in the production of 600 TV programmes on topics of mental health, personal growth, corporate functioning and parenting skills. He has published over 60 scientific articles in psychiatric journals and books. He is the author of several series of books on topics of mental health and parenting skills. Based on the ICAN model, Dr Wong developed mental health enhancement curricula for adults and for the full age range of secondary, primary and kindergarten students.

Dr Wong serves as a member to several government committees and an honorary adviser to several voluntary agencies. He has acted as an expert psychiatric witness in over 800 civil and criminal cases in the High Court of Hong Kong.