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material for the course are adequate and teaching will be improved later if further interchange with other University teaching staff is secured. The question of a Diploma in
Concentration
Fublic Health should be one for consideration. should be meantime on the two existing medical courses.
In addition, there should be established a Dental School of moderate capacity. Dentistry has not been sufficiently encouraged by the Government in the past and there is great scope for a dental service amongst the large school child population.. A Dental School was well established at the Singapore College of Medicine.some years before the outbreak of war and its output of graduates was of increasing
I have already benefit to the Colony and the Malay States. suggested the appointment of a Dental Surgeon fully qualified
He might also be to organize a School dental service. lecturer on dental surgery at the University and, with the assistance he would require, could organize a teaching course for local dental students.
With regard to recruitment of teaching staff, while it would be desirable to approach the U.K. authorities about possibilities of exchange or loan of staff, especially for pre-clinical teaching, a permanent staff will always be necessary. Recruitment of teaching staff should be thrown much more open, and any persons with the requisite teaching experience and ability, including Covernment staff both in Hong Kong and valaya, should have the chance of being con- sidered for these posts. This should apply equally in the reverse direction. In addition, there should be frequent exchange of staff between the University and Chinese Universities, and the College of Medicine at Singapore, and indeed, with the staff of any other Colonial Medical Teaching schools.
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Reciprocity of titles is confined at present to the .P., B.S. (Hong Kong); holders of this title are included in the Colonial List of the British Medical Register. It will be a matter for consideration whether the Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene can be given a corresponding status to that of similar diplomas granted at other Eritish teaching schools.
Training of Nurses and Midwives. Training of both these groups in Tong Kong is on an up-to-date basis and the course for nurses, with its qualifications, is recognized by the Councils in the United Kingdom for registration there. Similarly, the training of midwives is up-to-date. The course of study for locally appointed nurses is indicated in the Wellington Review on pages 33. and 34. The training of both these groups should now be brought into line with any recommendations made by, the Rushcliffe Committee which considered appropriate training of nurses and midwives for the Colonies.
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