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The Association of Licentiates of Medical Council of Hong Kong (ALMCHK) is an independent, non-profit, professional medical organisation [1] established in 1995 representing the licentiate doctors in Hong Kong (LMCHK doctors). [2] It is the first of its kind designated for all non-local graduated licentiate doctors in Hong Kong. [3]
The Hong Kong Medical Licensing Examination (HKMLE) is a required assessment for doctors that graduated from medical schools outside of Hong Kong and forms part of the pathway to medical licensure in Hong Kong. [1] The HKMLE is stipulated by the Medical Registration Ordinance. [2] The HKMLE is held twice per year.
A trainee has to undergo one year of pre-registration internship and four to six years of supervised specialist training and pass in the exit examination or assessment held by Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, which is a statutory body tasked to organise, monitor, assess and accredit all medical and dental specialist trainings in Hong Kong to ...
Under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance (Chapter 138), the Department of Health's Drug Office is responsible for drug registration in Hong Kong. All drugs sold in Hong Kong are required to be registered with a number, which consists of the prefix 'HK' followed by five digits (e.g. HK-05628).
Hong Kong has about 1.9 doctors per 1000 people, which is the same ratio as in Taiwan. [10] Of the over 14,600 doctors in Hong Kong, about 60% work in private practice and the remaining 40% work in the public service. [11] The majority of doctors in Hong Kong, graduated from one of the 2 local medical schools.
All nursing programmes in Hong Kong have to be approved by the Nursing Council of Hong Kong. Registered nurses must undergo at least 3 years of training, either via theoretical and practical training at a nursing school based in hospitals, or via a pre-registration nursing programme at a university or college; whereas, enrolled nurses must take a programme of at least 2 years in duration. [5]
Orthopaedic teams from the University of Hong Kong’s Department of Surgery (the forerunners of today’s Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the University of Hong Kong’s Medical Centre) working at the hospital pioneered the operation, most notably the "Hodgson/Yau" surgical team of Dr (later Professor) A. R. Hodgson and Dr ...
Precious Blood Hospital offers specialist outpatient and inpatient services in General medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology. The hospital also runs a General Outpatient clinic and various health check and vaccination programs. The hospital is a member of Hong Kong Private Hospitals Association.