Oct 2021 Newsletter

College Newsletter October 2021

To all Fellows, Members and Associates,

Re: College Newsletter – October 2021 issue

Please find the latest College Newsletter, October 2021 issue for your information.

Thank you for your attention.

Best regards                                                            

Lily Lin

College Secretary

Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

Tel : 2871-8752

Fax : 2785-1850

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Dear Members,

The next Exit Assessment of the College will be held on 16 December 2021 (Thursday). Attached please find an announcement, application form, FORM A and FORM B for your information. Members wishing to sit this Exit Assessment can send your completed applications to the College from 1 September 2021 (Wednesday) onwards until 29 September 2021 (Wednesday).

Please be reminded to include FORM A (Record of Higher Training in Paediatrics) and FORM B (Checklist for Dissertations) in your submission. Both hard and soft copies of your dissertations should also be submitted.

1.For all trainees who started their basic paediatric training on or after 1 July 2009, a proof of completion of a formal Child Protection Course within their 6-year Paediatric Training Programme should be submitted along with the application.

2.Dissertations submitted for this Exit Assessment will be considered for the 2022 Best Dissertation Prize awarded by the College. Case reports will not be considered for the Prize.

Thank you for your kind attention.

College Secretariat

Dear Associates

Attached please find a circular detailing the application procedures for the above exam. Application period starts from 12 August 2021 (Thursday) to 26 August 2021 (Thursday). Relevant application forms and documents can be downloaded from the College website.

* Please note that a candidate declaration form will need to be completed and submitted with Application Form D.

Examination Fee HK$16,600

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

Please note that
1. Applicants who have not been chosen in the low-drawing for the May-June 2021 MRCPCH Clinical Exam will be given priority to sit the exam.
2. Candidates have a period of 7 years to complete the Clinical Examination from the date he/she passed all of the theory examinations. There is no limit to the number of attempts.  If candidates are not able to pass the Clinical Examination within the seven years, he/she has to re-sit the Applied Knowledge in Practice Examination in order to take the Clinical Examination again.

Thank you for your kind attention.

College Secretariat

College Newsletter August 2021

 To all Fellows, Members and Associates,

Re: College Newsletter – August 2021 issue

Please find the latest College Newsletter, August 2021 issue for your information.

Thank you for your attention.

Best regards                                                            

College Secretariat

HK College of Paediatricians