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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1990
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* A TWO-YEAR ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAMME LEADING TO FELLOWSHIP OF THE HKCGP;
IN FAMILY MEDICINE
A COURSE OF ADVANCED WOULD ENHANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF AND
EDUCATION
IN FAMILY MEDICINE
SERVING
WHICH DOCTORS;
A CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN FAMILY MEDICINE.
DR FABB SAID THESE PROGRAMMES WERE TAILORED TO SUIT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS OF DOCTORS.
HE ALSO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF INVOLVEMENT HAD A PART TO PLAY.
THE NEEDS
OF PEOPLE WHO
COST "IT IS WIDELY RECOGNISED THAT THE MOST CARE SYSTEM IS ONE WHERE ALL SECTORS CONTRIBUTE OPTIMALLY,
EFFECTIVE HEALTH
HE SAID.
"WEAKNESS IN ONE
BETWEEN THE
SECTOR, OR SECTORS,
ADVERSELY
AFFECTS
OR POOR COMMUNICATION
THE WHOLE
COLLABORATION SYSTEM."
THE
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE SEMINAR, THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE'S
TO ALL STEPHEN FOO,
FULL SUPPORT RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN THE CONSULTANCY REPORT.
DR
GAVE
HE SAID
THE
COLLEGE
WAS
OF
HKCGP,
THE
THE
THE
PARTICULARLY SUPPORTIVE PROPOSED CREATION OF A POST OF DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION WHO WOULD BE
IN THE PUBLIC OVERLORD IN MEDICAL EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING SECTOR.
DR FOO
PROGRAMMES, EDUCATIONAL REFERRING TO THE RECOMMENDED
AND EFFICIENT FOR THE HKCGP SAID IT COULD BE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE
TO PROVIDE THE WHICH HAD THE REQUIRED EXPERTISE AND HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICE ON A CONTRACT BASIS.
OF
IF
THE IT
THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND FAMILY MEDICINE THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, PROFESSOR DAVID WATSON, SAID
HAVE TO INCREASE RESOURCES FOR GOVERNMENT WOULD DESIRED TO IMPROVE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE.
TEACHING
HE SAID VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMMES WERE AND MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARD IN PRIMARY CARE.
ESSENTIAL ΤΟ SET
THE
ΤΟ CAREFULLY
MEET BE UNDERTAKEN BY ACADEMICS FROM THE
THE
THE
TWO
BE DESIGNED "SUCH PROGRAMMES SHOULD NEEDS
AND
WORK SHOULD IN HONG KONG DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, FAMILY PHYSICIANS AND UNIVERSITIES," HE SAID.
A
"IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE ESCALATING HOSPITAL COSTS, THERE IS
OF HEALTH RETURN TO AMBULATORY HEALTH CARE WORLDWIDE AND THIS TYPE
BY HOSPITALS, CARE PROVES A LOT MORE COST-EFFECTIVE THAN THAT GIVEN PROF WATSON ADDED.
OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SERIES OF PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY
THE SENIOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH
A CITED HEALTH, DR C.S. KWOK, DOCTORS AT GOVERNMENT GOP DEPARTMENTS.
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