about the maximum which can be taught on the number of maternity beds available at present for training in midwifery. Nurses who have trained in other approved training schools can also take a similar course, conducted in Chinese, in the maternity wards of their respective hospitals.
458. For student midwives who are not registered nurses, there is a two-year training course conducted in Chinese by the Government staff at the Tsan Yuk Hospital.
HEALTH VISITORS
459. As in previous years, a course of training was held at the Harcourt Health Centre for ten student Health Visitors. Each entrant to this course has previously obtained qualifications both in general nursing and in midwifery. After one year's tuition and study, the students take the examination for the Health Visitor's Certificate, which is conducted by the Hong Kong Examination Board of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health.
RADIOGRAPHERS
460. The training of radiographers at the Queen Mary Huspital in radiodiagnosis is recognized by the Society of Radiographers in the United Kingdom. Examinations for both Parts I and II of the Member- ship of the Society of Radiographers (Diagnostic) are held annually in the Colony.
LABORATORY TECHNICIANS
461. The Government Institute of Pathology is recognized by the Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology in the United Kingdom as a teaching laboratory from which entrance can be gained directly to the Intermediate Examination of the Institute. Approval has now been received for this Intermediate Examination to be held in Hong Kong.
462 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.
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PHYSIOTHERAPY
463. A Physiotherapy Training School, which was established in September, 1960, provides a full-time course of training in Physio- therapy. 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 of Hong Kong Island, where it will remain until the completion of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kowloon.
OTHER FORMS OF DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING
464. In-service courses of training are held for Dispensers, Tuber- culosis Workers. Social Hygiene Visitors. Dental Technicians and Orthopaedic Appliance Technicians. These do not all lead to recognized qualifications but prepare those concerned for appointment to permanent posts on the Establishment after they have passed departmental examinations.
465. A preliminary training period of three months including lectures, 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.
466. Table 44 sets out the various categories of training undertaken departmentally during the year.
TABLE 44
DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING 1962
Appointment
Resignation
Strength
Pagged
at 313.60
Student Assistanı Physiotherapist
7
t
15
Student Assistant Radiographier
90m year)
6(2nd year)
6(3rd year)
Student Dispenser
EO
3
26
Student Laboratory Assistant Student Medical Laboratory
3
Technician
19
1
46
177
20
384
71
20
t
60
3
EOS
Student Nurse
Student Mule Nurse
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