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Statistics on dental training
Following is a question by Dr the Hon Conrad Lam and a written reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Michael Leung, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Will the Administration inform this Council of the following statistics concerning the dental profession:
(a)
the current admission rate of the territory's Dental School;
(b)
the admission rate of the specialist training positions in the Dental School in the past 3 years; and
(c)
the wastage rate of dental officers in the civil service due to retirement or emigration in the past 3 years?
Reply:
Mr President,
(a)
(b)
The actual intake of students on the Bachelor degree programme in Dental Surgery at Hong Kong University in 1994-95 was 50. The planned intake for 1995-96 is also 50.
Specialist training in dentistry at HKU takes the form of post-graduate training. HKU at present offers two taught postgraduate programmes in dental surgery. The student enrolments for the two programmes in the 1992-95 triennium are as follows -
92-93
93-94
94-95
(fte*)
(fte)
(fte)
Postgraduate Diploma in
10
10
11
Dental Surgery
Master in Dental Surgery
19
19
24
* full time equivalent