191. 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
192. No training in dentistry is available in Hong Kong but Government annually awards scholarships for the study of dentistry overseas. Three such scholarships were awarded during the year, while 3 scholars returned to the Colony after qualification, bringing the total of returned graduates to 62 out of a total of 81 scholarships so far awarded.
193. 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 five Government dental technicians passed the Final Certificate of the City and Guilds of London Institute in Dental Technology and another five passed the Intermediate Certificate. In- service training of selected dental surgery assistants in the fields of dental radiography and orthodontics is also carried on.
194. One Dental Surgery Assistant was under training in Penang, Malaysia, under a World Health Organization scholarships scheme for training in dental nursing. One Dental Officer underwent 9 months' training in Dental Health in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore, under a World Health Organization Fellowship with a view to training Dental Nurses when a Dental Nurses Training School is established in Hong Kong. A Dental Nurse is now on a 12-month Dental Nurse Tutor course in New Zealand under a World Health Organization Fellowship, to assist, on her completion of the course, in the training of Dental Nurses in Hong Kong.
Nurses
NORSING STAFF
195. 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
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of Hospitals, the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital and the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, where instruction is in Cantonese. Examinations are held 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
196. Two types of course are held for nursing auxiliaries. The general course is of two years' duration. It is undertaken at Kowloon Hospital and consists of theoretical and practical training in basic and routine nursing care of general hospital patients. The psychiatric course, also of two years' duration, is held at Castle Peak Hospital, and consists of theoretical and practical training in the performance of routine nursing duties for, and in the maintenance of custodial care of. psychiatric patients.
Post-graduate nurses
197. Nine qualified nurses who had been sent overseas for further study returned to the Colony having successfully gained post-graduate certificates in nursing education, (general nursing and health nursing), dietetics, open heart surgery and paediatric nursing. A further 11 aurses proceeded overseas to study nursing administration, nursing education, dietetics, neuro-surgical nursing and occupational therapy.
Midwifery
198. For registered general nurses a one-year course in midwifery is held 3 times a year. Usually it commences immediately after general registration with the Nursing Board. For student midwives who are not registered ourses a two-year course of training at the Tsan Yuk Hospital, and to a limited extent at other approved training schools, is accepted by the Midwives Board for entry to its examinations.
199. Due to the limited scope of domiciliary midwifery in Hong Kong adequate practical training in this aspect of midwifery cannot be given, and full reciprocity of recognition of midwifery qualifications with the Central Midwives Board of England and Wales is not possible.
Health Visitors
200. A nine-month Health Visitors' Course is scheduled to take place yearly for Registered Nurses who also hold a Midwifery Certificate. 10 trained nurses successfully completed this course, which ended in January 1970.
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