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Other approved nurse training schools are attached to the following government- assisted or private hospitals; the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, and the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital-where in- struction is given in Chinese-and the Caritas Medical Centre where instruction is given in English. Final registration examinations are conducted by the Hong Kong Nursing Board, with full reciprocity of registration between the board and the General Nursing Council for England and Wales.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and all the above-mentioned government-assisted and private hospitals also run one-year courses in obstetric nursing for registered nurses. On completion of their training, the students are qualified to sit for the reg- istration examination conducted by the Hong Kong Midwives Board. These courses, held in Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Caritas Medical Centre, are conducted in the medium of the English language, and are recognised as equivalent to Part 1 mid- wifery training by the Central Midwives Board in England. Due to the limited scope of domiciliary midwifery, adequate practical training in this aspect cannot be given and full reciprocity of registration with the Central Midwives Board in England is not possible at present.
The Tsan Yuk Hospital, which is the only government maternity hospital, offers a two-year obstetric course in the medium of the Chinese language for students who are not registered nurses. On completion of this two-year training, they are eligible to sit for the registration examination conducted by the Hong Kong Midwives Board.
The Government Hospital Schools of Nursing also offer two-year courses in general nurse training and psychiatric nurse training at the Kowloon Hospital and Castle Peak Hospital respectively. Five other approved schools for this type of course in general nursing are attached to the government-assisted and private hospitals. They are the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, the Haven of Hope Sanatorium, the Grantham Hospital, the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals and the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. As from July 1972, pupil nurses who have completed these courses and have passed the examination conducted by the Hong Kong Nursing Board become Enrolled Nurses.
A nine-month course for Health Visitors is held at the Tang Shiu Kin Hospital, which prepares entrants to sit for the examination of the Royal Society for the Pro- motion of Health. Health Auxiliaries, who supplement the Health Visitor service, continue to have a two-year training course in health education and basic public health nursing at the same hospital.
The government conducts a continuous post-graduate overseas training programme for graduate nurses. Subjects studied during 1972 were nursing admin- istration, nursing education, dietetics, orthopaedic nursing, intensive-care therapy, operating theatre service and ophthalmic nursing.
The Hong Kong Examination Board of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health conducts examinations for the Diploma for Local Public Health Inspectors, the Diploma in Public Health Inspection for General Overseas Appointments, the Diploma in Tropical Hygiene for Public Health Inspectors and the Certificate for