The government intends to introduce non-local trained doctors to practice in Hong Kong without examination.
The Secretary for Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, met with members of the Faculty Committee of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine yesterday (3rd) evening to exchange views on amendments to the draft.
She said that the government respects professional autonomy. No matter whether the applicants for special registration are Hong Kong permanent residents or not, their specialist qualifications must be recognized by the medical college. The role of the medical college as the gatekeeper of the specialist qualifications has not changed fundamentally.
She also said that the government will continue to communicate with various stakeholders, including young doctors and medical students, and hope that members of the Legislative Council and all sectors of the community can support the amendment.
Members of the medical specialists put forward their opinions on the employment prospects of local medical graduates, the recognition of non-locally awarded specialist qualifications and related specialist training matters. Chen Zhaoshi emphasized that the purpose of the amendment is to ease the manpower of doctors in public medical institutions while ensuring the quality of doctors. The problem of insufficient.
She pointed out that the government understands that the public is concerned about the quality of non-locally trained doctors, so specially registered doctors will be subject to multiple supervisions in the future, including their specialist qualifications must be recognized or conferred by medical colleges.
Chen Zhaoshi said that the government has been actively investing a lot of resources to increase the number of medical training places in the two local medical schools, from 250 per year in the 2008/09 academic year to 530 per year now. He is actively considering the University Grants Committee for the next three years. During the planning period, the number of medical training places will be further increased.
The HA will provide internship positions for all qualified local medical graduates. It will also hire all local medical graduates who have passed internships and provide them with specialist training.
The HA will also use specific government funding to hire non-local trained doctors for non-staff positions so as not to affect the recruitment and promotion of local trained doctors.
She reiterated that the government respects professional autonomy. In the future, applicants for special registration, regardless of whether they are permanent residents of Hong Kong, their non-locally awarded specialist qualifications must be recognized by the medical college in accordance with the existing mechanism. Any fundamental changes.
Chen Zhaoshi emphasized that the purpose of the amendment is to alleviate the shortage of doctors in public medical institutions while ensuring the quality of doctors.
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The Food and Health Bureau also plans to set up a new platform to invite representatives of the Hospital Authority, the Department of Health and medical specialists to discuss specialist training matters including training places and necessary supporting facilities based on the results of specialist manpower projections to be announced later this year.
Chen Zhaoshi pointed out that the government will provide additional resources as needed to support specialist training.
The Government will discuss with the Hospital Authority a mechanism for the allocation of specialist training, as far as possible to give consideration to local and non-local doctors.
The government stated that it has held more than 30 consultation meetings and met with representatives of about 70 groups, including the Hong Kong Medical Council, the Medical College, the Hong Kong Medical Association, two local medical schools, patient organizations, education and parent organizations.
After listening to the opinions of various stakeholders, the government will continue to communicate with various stakeholders in the future, including young doctors and medical students. It is hoped that members of the Legislative Council and all sectors of the community can support the relevant amendments so that the draft will be passed by the Legislative Council as soon as possible.
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