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Subject
18. Dental School
CONFIDENTIAL
at the Univer- sity of
Hong Kong
Para-medical Training
Purpose
To establish a dental school at the University of Hong Kong.
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Progress made and present position
A further meeting of the Project Steering Committee was held on 24th August 1978.
It was satisfied that the project was progressing well and that the final target date would be met. It also decided that the project should be called the Hong Kong Dental Teaching Hospital, in order to reflect its dual function. Action has been initiated to determine the foes pavable by patients attending the hospital.
To provide training facilities (a) A mecting was held on 12th October 1978 to in certain of the para-medical
fiolds covered by the
Supplementery Medical
Professions Bill now being finalised; expanded facilities arc also
required to meet
the rehabilitation programme and now projects endorsed by the Medical Development Advisory Committee.
To control opticians by
20. Optician
Legislation and legislation and to provide Training
training courses for them at the Hong Kong Polytechnic.
機密
monitor progress. It noted that courses for physiotherapists, occupational therapists, rediographers and medical laboratory technicians were started at the Hong Kong Polytechnic on 2nd October 1978 as planned.
and
(b) The Supplementary Medical Professions Bill
has been deferred pending the University Polytechnic Grants Committee's advice on para-medical studios in general. This advice is expected to be forwarded to Government early in November 1978.
The problem of the optician profession was re-appraised by the parties concerned at a meeting on 4th October 1978. It was agreed that:
(a) ophthalmic opticians should be subject to
legislative control, but not dispensing opticians as envisaged previously; the former would be made responsible for the latter through a Code of Practice;
(b) full-time courses would be introduced at the
Hong Kong Polytechnic for both groups;
(c) the present part-time course to qualify
existing 'dispensing opticians' would continue, though this should be, run down gradually as more and more people become fully trained; and
Next quarter targets
To hold further meetings of the Steering Committee to review
progress on all matters relating to the completion of the project.
To submit the Bill to the Executive Council as soon as possible.
To prepare drafting instructions.