(g) Under-graduate Instruction should continue to be in con 197
formity with the standards laid down by the General Medical Council, whose registration of the medical degree conferred by Hong Kong University has always added great prestige to the institution. It might be wise to adopt certain modifications in the form of the curriculum, chiefly by introducing the system of a whole-time clinical interne ship for the final year of the medical course. I understand that this has already been tried in certain medical schools at home, and it is the general procedure in Canada and the United States. If this system were adopted it would enable full use to be made of the abundant clinical material in Hong Kong, and it would also bring the College into conformity with the general practice of medical Colleges in China.
(h) Post-graduate Instruction.
As already mentioned, this
should form one of the main aims of the College. Short, well organised Post-graduate Courses on various subjects would be extremely popular both with former Hong Kong graduates and with doctors in China proper. Previous experience has shown that courses such as these attract a considerable enrolment, and would possibly do more than anything else to foster friendly relationships with medical institutions in China. Provision should also be made for the awarding of Post-graduate Fellowships in the various departments of the College for periods of 3, 6 or 12 months. In October, 1941 the University, also started a 6 months course for a special Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (H. K.). There was a full enrolment of both Chinese and European candidates, and the course held out great promise for the future, but it was unfortunately interrupted by the war.
Chungking,
5th September, 1944.
(signed) Gordon King
Gordon King, F.R.C.S.,F.R.C.O.G., Former Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.
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