The subcommittee of the Legislative Council completed its item-by-item deliberations today (7th) and added the third batch of overseas recognized medical qualification lists to the Doctors Registration Ordinance.
However, at the meeting, many members were still concerned that the courses of the 25 new colleges were still taught in English. Legislative Councilor Lin Lin of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of the Union questioned that the authorities were still obsessed with the requirement of teaching in English, and asked: "Will the language of instruction override the on top of other factors?"
Li Xiayin, deputy director of the Medical and Health Bureau, said that the epidemic has slowed down the procedures for universities to submit materials, slowing down the process of approving overseas recognized medical qualifications, and expects to complete the approval of about 100 college courses within this year.
She also revealed that 14 non-locally trained doctors have received applications for special registration to practice in Hong Kong.
Li Xiayin: The judging is not limited to English
Lin Lin said that although the third batch of overseas recognized medical qualification lists included two new medical courses from domestic universities, namely the five-year medical courses of Shanghai Jiaotong University and the six-year medical courses of Wuhan University, she checked the information of the two courses and found that , the two only recruit overseas students and teach in English, and according to the mainland admissions guide published by the Education Bureau, the medical courses provided by the above two universities to Hong Kong students are not taught in English, and are not included in the list Among them, it was questioned that the committee was too obsessed with the teaching language when reviewing and accrediting medical qualifications, and asked: "When the committee considers a basket of factors, will the teaching language override other factors? If it does, it may affect the original intention of the amendment. .”
Li Xiayin emphasized that the scope of review is not limited to courses taught in English, but the courses on the list happen to be taught in English. She also pointed out that other factors such as the length of study of the courses will still be considered during the review.
Li Xiayin: The epidemic has slowed down the approval process and hopes to catch up with the progress of 100 approvals within the year
Since the launch of the plan, the authorities have announced a total of 75 overseas college courses with recognized medical qualifications. The election committee, Guan Haoming, asked the authorities to speed up the approval of course accreditation qualifications and increase the number of doctors.
Li Xiayin pointed out that the epidemic has slowed down the process of submitting materials by universities, and the progress of the approval depends on the progress of the materials provided by the universities. Therefore, the progress of the approval of overseas recognized medical qualifications is slow. The relevant committees will step up follow-up and expect to complete the approval of about 100 within this year. College courses.
Li Xiayin also revealed that 14 non-locally trained doctors have received special registration applications to practice in Hong Kong, of which 12 have been approved and the rest are in the process of approval.
Overseas doctors｜The third batch of approved medical qualifications list released Two more mainland universities on the list Members approved the list of overseas doctors approved qualifications rejected non-English colleges The government said that the list will be submitted again within this yearOverseas doctors｜The second batch of approved medical qualifications list released Fudan Becomes the first mainland university to be on the list The Hospital Authority has set up a one-to-one consultation website to recruit overseas doctors The first batch of overseas doctors will come to Hong Kong as soon as early next year｜The list of recognized medical qualifications is released 27 prestigious universities Oxford and Cambridge are on the list
