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Health

The Hospital Authority trains specialist doctors, offering appointments to nearly all the medical graduates of the two universities each year for on-the-job specialist training. In 2016-17, about 360 doctors were recruited for specialist training. Around 260 doctors were awarded specialist qualifications by the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in 2017.

Dentists

HKU offers degree courses in dentistry, admitting 73 students to its bachelor's degree programme in 2017. Twenty-three candidates who completed their dental training outside Hong Kong passed licensing examinations conducted by the Dental Council of Hong Kong.

Chinese Medicine Practitioners

CUHK, HKU and Hong Kong Baptist University offer full-time undergraduate degree courses in Chinese medicine. In 2017, 74 full-time local bachelor's degree graduates who passed the licensing examination were registered as Chinese medicine practitioners.

The 18 Chinese Medicine Centres for Training and Research employ fresh graduates as Chinese medicine practitioner trainees for three years. As at end-2017, these centres provided 216 training places, including 72 places for their first year of training.

Allied Health Professionals

Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Tung Wah College offer degree programmes for allied health professionals. In 2017, PolyU admitted 134, 103, 101, 55 and 45 students to its publicly funded degree programmes in physiotherapy, radiography, occupational therapy, medical laboratory science and optometry respectively. Tung Wah College admitted 31, 17 and 45 students to its self-financing degree programmes in medical laboratory science, radiation therapy and occupational therapy respectively. The professional accreditation process has been completed for all three Tung Wah degree programmes. In the 2017-18 academic year, the government started subsidising 20 and 12 Tung Wah College students to pursue accredited degree programmes in medical laboratory science and radiation therapy respectively.

The Hospital Authority's Institute of Advanced Allied Health Studies devises structured long- term training plans for allied health staff members and runs courses on specialist and multidisciplinary training, and clinical and personal development. These include three years of in-service training for new recruits of allied health grades. In 2017, the institute offered 58 training courses and 59 overseas scholarships.

Nurses

HKU, CUHK, PolyU, the Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK), Tung Wah College and the Caritas Institute of Higher Education provide pre-registration nursing training. They recruited 1,621 students into their nursing degree programmes in 2017. PolyU and CUHK enrolled another 117 students in their Master's Degree of Nursing programmes.

Hong Kong Baptist Hospital, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, St Teresa's Hospital, Union Hospital, HKU Space Community College and Tung Wah College provide pre-enrolment nursing training. They recruited 384 pupil nurses into their two-year Higher Diploma in Enrolled Nurse

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