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THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1993

THURSDAY

25 PASS MEDICAL LICENTIATE EXAM

THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT 25 CANDIDATES HAD PASSED THE FINAL PART OF THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS HELD EARLIER THIS MONTH.

FORTY-SEVEN CANDIDATES HAD FAILED THE EXAMINATION.

THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION WAS AN ORAL TEST TO TRY OUT THE CANDIDATES' ABILITY то APPLY PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO CLINICAL PROBLEMS.

CANDIDATES WERE EXAMINED BY TWO PANELS OF EXAMINERS IN EACH THE THREE DISCIPLINES: MEDICINE. SURGERY AND OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY.

OF

THE SUCCESSFUL

CANDIDATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO 18 MONTHS OF ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING IN HOSPITALS APPROVED BY THE MEDICAL COUNCIL STARTING IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.

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262 YOUNG HEALTH LEADERS TRAINED

TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO FORM 3 STUDENTS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THIS YEAR'S YOUNG HEALTH LEADERS TRAINING PROJECT JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THIS BRINGS TO 2,352 THE TOTAL NUMBFR OF STUDENTS TRAINED UNDER THE PROJECT SINCE IT STARTED 10 YEARS AGO.

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO TRAIN SELECTED STUDENTS ON HEALTH EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION SKILL AND LEADERSHIP SO THAT THEY CAN HELP SEND PROPER HEALTH MESSAGES AMONG THEIR SCHOOLMATES, FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBOURS, AND DRIVE THEM TO TURN TO HEALTHY LIFE STYLE.

"THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SPECIALLY INVITED MORE PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS TO GIVE TALKS TO THE TRAINEES," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

AFTER THE TRAINING, THE YOUNG HEALTH LEADERS WILL TO CARRY OUT HEALTH EDUCATION PROJECTS IN THEIR SCHOOLS GIVEN HELP AND GUIDANCE BY THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HE ADDED.

AN INTAKE OF 273 STUDENTS WERE SELECTED THIS ABOUT TWO WEEKS OF FULL-DAY TRAINING UNDER THE PROJECT.

BE REQUIRED AND WILL BE UNIT OF THE

YEAR

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