FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1977
171 PASS PART I OF LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS
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THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG MEDICAL COUNCIL TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT 171 CANDIDATES HAVE PASSED PART OF THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS.
A TOTAL OF 1,129 CANDIDATES SAT FOR THE MULTIPLE-CHOICE- QUESTION PAPER ON PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE ON MARCH 15,
CANDIDATES WHO FAILED WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RE-SIT THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION NEXT YEAR.
COMMENTING ON THE RESULTS, THE SECRETARY TO THE COMMITTEE, MR. IAN YOUNG SAID THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED
IN THE RESULTS AS A MUCH HIGHER PASS RATE HAD BEEN HOPED FOR AND HAD BEEN PREPARED FOR.
HE STRESSED THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION OF THE EXAMINATION BEING DESIGNED TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES FOR EXTERNSHIPS AND THE GRANT OF THE LMCHK (LICENCE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG).
MR. YOUNG EXPLAINED THAT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AN OVERALL PASS CANDIDATES HAD TO ACHIEVE A PASS MARK IN EACH OF THE FIVE SECTIONS OF THE PAPER WHICH DEALT WITH PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICINE, PAEDIATRICS, SURGERY, ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY, AND OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY.
COMMENTING ON CRITICISMS BY SOME CANDIDATES CONCERNING CERTAIN TRANSLATION ERRORS IN THE PAPER, MR. YOUNG SAID THE MAJORITY OF QUERIES RAISED BY CANDIDATES DURING THE EXAMINATION WERE, IN FACT, OPINIONS ON THE CHINESE TRANSLATION.
THE QUERIES HAD ARISEN BECAUSE THE PAPER WAS BILINGUAL AND THE CANDIDATES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF COMPARING BOTH VERSIONS, HE SAID.
MR. YOUNG POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE ONLY THREE TRANSLATION ERRORS IN THE PAPER, AND THESE WERE CORRECTED DURING THE EXAMINATION.
+CANDIDATES WERE GIVEN ADDITIONAL TIME AT EVERY EXAMINATION CENTRE TO MAKE UP FOR TIME LOST IN DEALING WITH QUERIES AND THIS
IN NO WAY AFFECTED THE RESULTS,+ HE SAID.
+THE EXAMINATION HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR CANDIDATES TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD OF PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN THEIR OWN INTEREST AND THAT OF THE COMMUNITY, HE ADDED.
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