FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1974
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PATHOLOGISTS' HOLDS FIRST EXAMINATION
IN HONG KONG
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TWO OF BRITAIN'S LEADING PATHOLOGISTS HAVE JUST COMPLETED PART I EXAMINATIONS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PATHOLOGISTS IN HONG KONG THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS BEEN HELD HERE.
PART II OF THE EXAMINATIONS, WHICH LEAD TO THE QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PATHOLOGISTS, WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN IN BRITAIN.
THE PATHOLOGISTS ARE PROFESSOR R.A. SHOOTER, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PATHOLOGISTS, PROFESSOR OF MICROBIOLOGY AND DEAN OF THE MEDICAL FACULTY OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL- AND PROFESSOR N.F.C. GOWING, PROFESSOR OF HISTOPATHOLOGY, ROYAL MARSDON HOSPITAL.
BOTH WERE APPOINTED EXAMINERS BY THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PATHOLOGISTS, SPENDING THE WHOLE MONTH OF OCTOBER CARRYING OUT THEIR ASSIGNMENT IN THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY.
SEVEN CANDIDATES SAT THE EXAMINATION FOUR FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, ONE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, ONE FROM MALAYSIA, AND ONE FROM SINGAPORE.
THE PROFESSORS CAME TO HONG KONG ON THE INVITATION OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
THE OPPORTUNITY WAS TAKEN DURING THEIR STAY FOR THEM TO VISIT THE DEPARTMENT'S INSTITUTIONS, AND TO ADVISE ON THE TRAINING OF PATHOLOGISTS.
+THIS BRANCH OF MEDICINE IS NOT POPULAR WITH YOUNG DOCTORS, PERHAPS BECAUSE IT INVOLVES WORK AWAY FROM PATIENTS. AS A RESULT. THE DEPARTMENT IS HAVING DIFFICULTY RECRUITING YOUNG DOCTORS INTO ITS PATHOLOGY SERVICE,+ A SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY. +THERE ARE 19 PATHOLOGISTS ON THE STAFF IN AN ESTABLISHMENT OF 21.+
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE HOLDING OF THE PART I EXAMINATION LOCALLY HAD BEEN ARRANGED TO ENCOURAGE THOSE INTERESTED TO UNDERGO SYSTEMATIC TRAINING SO THAT THEY COULD PROCEED FURTHER TO BECOME FULLY-TRAINED AND QUALIFIED PATHOLOGISTS IN THE FUTURE.
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