Abeyagunawardene Lakshman
Bataramulla, Sri Lanka
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2015 Jan;27(1):15-8. doi: 10.1177/1010539514558060. Epub 2014 Nov 17.
Professor Walter Patrick entered the Colombo Medical Faculty in Sri Lanka in 1957 and completed MBBS in 1962. In 1975, Walter obtained his MPH from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was posted to the Health Education Bureau (HEB) in Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health where he was placed in charge of the Education and Training Subunit. Walter Patrick's achievements as the head of the Education and Training Subunit are discussed under various sections of this article. It was mainly the achievements and untiring efforts of Walter Patrick that made HEB Director Dr Munasinghe's stupendous task in building up the HEB and the discipline of health education that much easier. In his personal life, Walter was married to Viji, herself a doctor. Apart from Walter's professional talents, he was a fine human being.
沃尔特·帕特里克教授于1957年进入斯里兰卡科伦坡医学院，并于1962年完成医学学士课程。1975年，沃尔特在安阿伯的密歇根大学获得公共卫生硕士学位，并被派往斯里兰卡卫生部的健康教育局（HEB），负责教育培训子部门。本文各部分将讨论沃尔特·帕特里克作为教育培训子部门负责人所取得的成就。正是沃尔特·帕特里克的成就和不懈努力，使健康教育局局长穆纳辛赫博士在建立健康教育局和健康教育学科方面的艰巨任务变得轻松许多。在他的个人生活中，沃尔特娶了同为医生的维吉。除了专业才能，沃尔特还是一个非常优秀的人。
