College Newsletter - April 2019

To:  All Fellows, Members and Associates of the College,

Attached please find the new College Newsletter for your attention.

College Newsletter, April 2019

Best Regards,

College Secretary

Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

To: All PIID Subspecialty Trainees, Fellows and Members of Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

The PIID Subspecialty is now calling for Application for Exit Assessment, which will be held on 22^nd June 2019 (Saturday), A.M. (exact time to be advised).

PIID Subspecialty Trainees who are eligible and would like to sit for the Exit Assessment please submit the application form, Summary of Training and Record Sheet of PIID Exit Assessment to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 27^th April 2019 (Saturday).

The application form can be downloaded from the College website:

www.paediatrician.org.hk → Subspecialties → PIID →Announcements

Dr Kwan YW, Mike

Chairman

Subspecialty of Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases (PIID)

Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

Dear Associates

Please be informed that the next MRCPCH Applied Knowledge in Practice (AKP) Examination will be held on 9 May 2019. Candidates wishing to sit the above exam in HK must apply both online using the RCPCH website ( https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/user ) AND submit paper applications to our College. Please study carefully the details of application as outlined in the attached circular.

Application period
20 February 2019 (Wed) – 6 March 2019 (Wed)

Examination Fee
HK$8,800

Payment should be made payable to Hong Kong College of Paediatricians.

Attached please find an Application Form C for your use.

Remarks:
1. All theory exams have been moved to computer-based testing since January 2015. Please refer to the RCPCH website for more CBT information:

https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/theory-exams-mrcpch-dch-how-apply

2. Sample examination questions are available on the RCPCH website for candidates viewing. Candidates sitting for CBT exams are strongly advised to study these sample questions at this link

( https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/theory-exam-sample-papers )

3. Candidates can sit the MRCPCH theory exams in any order, and can take the Applied Knowledge in Practice Exam as their first MRCPCH theory exam.

4. Those candidates who have never taken an exam with the RCPCH and/or do not have an RCPCH number are advised to first register for an exam account with the RCPCH well before the application period. You are not able to apply for any examinations online until your registration for an exam account is accepted.

Thank you for your kind attention.

College Secretariat

Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

Invitation from the Committee for Subspecialty Boards (CSB)