twenty-five candidates who entered for the examination only one failed to qualify. Two examiners came out from London for the examinations and the accordance of this facility by the Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology is gratefully acknowledged.
472. The Institute maintains an in-service course of training for Medical Laboratory Technicians which follows closely the curriculum of the Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology and which leads to a departmental examination necessary for advancement in the Service. The content of the course enables those suitably qualified to enter later for the examinations leading to the Associateship of the Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology.
PHYSIOTHERAPY
473. A Physiotherapy Training School which was established in September 1960, provides a full-time course of training in Physiotherapy. The course follows completely the syllabus laid down by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in the United Kingdom, and is conducted by qualified Physiotherapy tutors. Recognition of this course of training by the Chartered Society is now being sought. Meantime, the School is accommodated in converted premises in the old Pathology Institute on Hong Kong Island and it will remain there until the completion of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kowloon where there will be a properly designed and fully equipped School of Physiotherapy.
OTHER FORMS OF DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING
474. In-service courses of training are held for Dispensers, Tuber- culosis Workers. Social Hygiene Visitors, Dental Technicians and Orthopaedic Appliance Technicians. These do not lead to recognized qualifications but prepare those concerned for appolotment to permanent posts on the Establishment after they have passed departmental examina- tions.
475. A preliminary training period of three months including lec- tures, discussions, visits of observation and practical work followed by individual weekly tutorials throughout the ensuing 9 months is arranged for Almoners who enter the Department with the basic qualification of a University Degree in Social Studies.
476. Table 41 sets out the various categories of training undertaken departmentally during the year:
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Probationer Assistant
Physiotherapist Probatiomer Assistant
Radiographer
Student Dispenser
TABLE 41
DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING 1961
Student Laboratory Assistant Student Medical Laboratory
Technician
Student Nurse
Student Male Nurse *Student Nurse (Psychiatry) †Student Male Nurse
(Psychiatry)
Strength
Appolniment Resignation
Possed
# 31.3.62
7
3
9
1
TH YEA
Znal Peseur
3
34
7
L
I
14
109
14
373
36
12
59
15
9
3
14
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1992
34
Student Midwife
23
50
25
Student Midwife (Registered
Nurse)
68
6.5
53
10
10
LJ
2
Student Health Visitor Anti-Tuberculosis Worker Almont Class It
**N
* In addition, there are 3 Student Nurses (Psychútry) training in Boiled Kindom.
↑ In sodbion, there at Studenų Male Nurse (Psychbury) training in Vaked Kladom.
COURSES OF STUDY OVERSEAS
*
477. The following table sets out the courses of study outside Hong Kong attended by officers of the Medical and Health Department during 1961-62:
Appointment
| Principal Medical &
Health Officer
3 Medical & Health
Officers
3 Medical & Health
Officers
3 Medical & Health
Officers
·
| Medical & Health
Officer
U.K.
Government
Course of Study
Place uf Source of
Snedy
Funds
Medical Services Administration
U.K.
GovernmenL
Diploma in Medical
U.K.
Government
Radiodiagnosis
Diploma in Medical
Radiotherapy
Membership, Royal College
U.K.
GovernmenI
of Physicians
Diploma in Public Health
Singapore Government
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