VII. TRAINING PROGRAMME (See tables TI-73)
175. The University of Hong Kong confers the degrees of M.B., B.S., which have been registrable with the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom since 1911. Posts in the major hospitals are recognized for post-graduate training by the majority of the examining bodies in Britain,
176. Mention has been made in recent reports of the shortage of qualified medical personnel and, with the completion of the new University pre-clinical buildings at Sassoon Road, the University's intake of medical students was increased to 120 students in 1965. The extensions to Queen Mary Hospital, to which reference has already been made, have been substantively completed in time to allow the large number of students to have their clinical training. While there will therefore be a considerable increase in the output of medical graduates from the University of Hong Kong as from 1970, the Colony will remain relatively short of qualified medical personnel for some years to come.
177. The programme for the training of doctors for post-graduate qualifications was kept under review by the Panel on Post-Graduate Medical Education. A shortage of experienced personnel has been encountered in various specialties but it is hoped that most of these deficiencies will be remedied within the next few years,
DENTAL STAFF
178. No training in dentistry is available in Hong Kong but Government annually awards scholarships for the study of dentistry overseas. Two such scholarships were awarded during the year while 7 scholars returned to the Colony after qualification, bringing the total of returned graduates to 59 out of a total of 78 scholarships so far awarded.
179. In-service training in dental technology continues for Govern- ment student dental technicians, while evening classes for dental technicians in private employment are held at the Hong Kong Technical College. During the year one Government dental technician passed the Intermediate Certificate of the City and Guilds of London Institute in Dental Technology. In-service training of selected dental surgery assistants in the fields of dental radiography and orthodontics is also carried on.
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180. One Dental Surgery Assistant is under training in Penang. Malaysia, under World Health Organization scholarships for training in dental nursing.
Nurses
NURSING STAFF
181. There are three Government hospital schools of nursing. Those at the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary Hospitals are general schools while that at the Castle Peak Hospital is a psychiatric nursing school. Training at Government schools and at the Caritas Medical Centre is in English. There are also approved schools at the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital and the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital where instruction is in Cantonese, Examinations are beld by the Nursing Board of Hong Kong and there is full reciprocity of registration between the Board and the General Nursing Council of England and Wales.
Nursing Auxiliaries
182. Two types of course are held for oursing auxiliaries. The general course is of two years' duration. It is undertaken at Kowloon Hospital and consists of practical training in the routine nursing care of general hospital patients. The psychiatric course, also of two years" duration. is held at Castle Peak Hospital and consists of practical training in the performance of routine nursing duties for, and in the maintenance of custodial care of, mental patients.
Post-graduate nurses
183. Eight qualified nurses who had been sent overseas for further study returned to the Colony having successfully gained post-graduate certificates in nursing administration, nursing education, dietetics, open heart surgery and paediatric nursing. A further & trained nurses proceeded overseas to study these same subjects. In addition, one was sent overseas to study for a Health Visitor's Teaching Diploma and two to study Occupational Therapy.
Midwifery
184. For registered general nurses, a one-year course in midwifery continued to be held. Usually it commences immediately after general registration with the Nursing Board. For student midwives who are
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