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of the ratio of clinical training instructors to students in each of the courses mentioned above; and
whether the University Grants Committee or the Hospital Authority is responsible for setting aside funds for paying the remunerations of clinical training instructors of the above mentioned courses?
Reply:
Mr President.
(a)
In 1980, the then Hong Kong Polytechnic (HKP) and the Medical and Health Department (MHD) agreed that clinical supervision of HKP's courses in Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Radiotherapy and Medical Laboratory Science would be provided by the MHD through the creation of clinical supervisor posts. Following the establishment of the Hospital Authority in 1990, however, provision of clinical supervision for these courses in hospitals is arranged between the individual hospitals concerned and the PolyU. Different hospitals and courses may, therefore, have different arrangements.
The overall ratio of clinical supervisors to students for the courses in Medical Laboratory Science, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy offered by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) ranges from 1:4 to 1:10 per placement. Details of the respective ratios are as follows:
Higher Diploma in Medical Laboratory Science
average 1:8 per placement
Bachelor of Science in
average 1:6 per placement
Occupational Therapy
average 1:6 per placement
Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy
As regards the ratio of clinical supervisors to students for the Bachelor of Science programme in Radiography, it ranges from 1:4 to 1:7 per placement.