Dear Fellows and Members of the Hong Kong College of Paediatricians,
The Subspecialty of Genetics & Genomics (Paediatrics) [GGP] is now recognised as a Paediatric Subspecialty in the Hong Kong College of Paediatricians, it has been registered in the Specialist Register in The Medical Council of Hong Kong since 1 November 2017. We are now calling for application enrollment of GGP trainees for Year 2023, please kindly find enclosed files of Training Programme and Application Form for your attention. Information is also available at the College website: www.paediatrician.org.hk
Please be reminded that the training programme will commence from 1 July 2023. The deadline for enrollment of the GGP Training Programme will be on 30 April 2023, 5:00 pm. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.
Dr Luk Ho Ming
Honorary Secretary
GGP Subspecialty Board
Dear Members,
The next Exit Assessment of the College will be held on 15 June 2023 (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 24 March 2023 (Friday) onwards until 25 April 2023 (Tuesday).
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.For all trainees who started their higher paeditric training on or after 1st July 2020, a proof of completion of a formal Paediatric Palliative Care Course within their 6-year Paediatric Training Programme should be submitted along with the application.
3.Dissertations submitted for this Exit Assessment will be considered for the 2023 Best Dissertation Prize awarded by the College. Case reports will not be considered for the Prize.
Thank you for your kind attention.
College Secretariat
CME Online (Mar 2023)
Dear Colleagues,
I am sending you the e-blast notification of Category A CME activities of the month of March.
The College Secretariat would like to remind all fellows, members and associates to keep your contact information up to date. This will ensure that the CME credits can be traced back to you.
According to the requirement of the CME guidelines of 2023 – 2025, attendees are required to record their attendance once at an event that last for one hour. For CME events longer than one hour, attendees have to record their attendance twice, once at the beginning and once at the end, to gain the full CME points.
Individual CME event organizers may set out additional criteria for granting CME credits (e.g. minimum duration attended, post-meeting quiz or evaluation form). You are required to fulfill these criteria to gain the credit.
Please ensure that you provide your FULL NAME and your FELLOWSHIP NUMBER for the attendance recording. I regret that the College is unable to verify your attendance if the personal information returned by the CME organizers is incomplete.
(Please click here for the latest CME guidelines.)
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Date and Time |
Programme Topic |
Organizer |
Link |
Enquiry |
Remarks |
CME pts |
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1/3/2023 (Wed) 6-7 pm
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Mpox
Speaker: Dr. Chen Hong |
The Hong Kong Society For Paediatric Immunology Allergy And Infectious Diseases
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Please click here |
Dr. Agnes Leung Tel: 3505 2859 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Meeting ID: 948 4955 8813 Passcode: 854068 |
1 |
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1/3/2023 (Wed) 2-3pm |
All you want to know about COVID-19 Oral Drugs
Speaker: Dr. Teresa Wang |
The Society of Physicians of Hong Kong |
Please click here |
Ms Barbara Lam Tel: 35638773 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Please register according to the instructions |
1 |
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1/3/2023 (Wed) 2-3pm |
Update on the Management of Osteoarthritis
Speakers: Dr. Leung Hon Bong, Adrian |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register 2 days before the lecture. |
1
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2/3/2023 (Thu) 7:30-9pm |
From Pre-Heart Failure to Heart Failure: Early Diagnosis and Treatment
Speakers: Prof. Andrew Coats, Dr BEE Yong Mong |
Hong Kong Society of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Reproduction Limited (HKSEMR), Hong Kong Heart Failure Society (HKHFS) |
Please click here |
Ms Barbara Lam Tel: 35638773 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Please register before 2 March 2023, 6:30pm |
1
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4/3/2023 (Sat) 2-4pm |
Achieving The Best Outcomes Under COVID-19 Endemicity (Hybrid)
Speakers: Prof. David L HEYMANN, MD, Dr. Tsang Kay Yan, Dr. Tso Raymond, Dr. Ada Lin |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register according to the instructions |
2
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8/3/2023 (Wed)
1-2pm |
A boy with acute hemiparesis after trivial head injury
Speaker: Dr. Hau Siew Yun, Sarah
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CMC/PMH/TMH Paediatric Neurology Cluster |
Please click here |
Dr. Eric Yau Tel: 2990 1111 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Meeting ID: 936 954 17272 Passcode: 288185 |
1 |
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8/3/2023 (Wed) 2-3
pm |
Management of DM and Microalbuminuria
Speaker: Dr. Wong Wai Sheung |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register 2 days before the lecture. |
1 |
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9/3/2023 (Thu) 2-3
pm |
Management of Dyslipidemia in 2023: What Should We Know?
Speaker: Dr. Chan Wai Kwong, Andy |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register 2 days before the lecture. |
1
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10/3/2023 (Fri) 2-3
pm |
HCC Surveillance and Use of PIVKA II as a New HCC Biomarker
Speaker: Dr. Chan Lik Yuen |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register 2 days before the lecture. |
1
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11-12/3/2023 (Sat&Sun) Sat: 5-7:30
pm Sun: 8:15-5
pm
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2023 HKPADS Paediatric Dermatology Symposium (Physical)
Speakers: Various |
Hong Kong Paediatric and Adolescent Dermatology Society |
The Ballroom, Level 7, Cordis, Hong Kong
Please click here |
Symposium Secretariat Tel: 2559 9973 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Please register before 5 March 2023 |
Day 1: 2 pts Day 2: 6 pts |
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13/3/2023 (Mon) 2-3
pm
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Update & Management in Severe Mental Illness
Speaker: Dr. Lam Chun |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register 2 days before the lecture. |
1 |
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14/3/2023 (Tue) 2-3 pm |
Updates in Management of Allergic Rhinitis
Speaker: Dr. Yau Kay Chung |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register 2 days before the lecture. |
1
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15/3/2023 (Wed) 2-3 pm |
Management of Hip Pain – More than Osteoarthritis
Speaker: Dr. Cheng Hang Cheong |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register 2 days before the lecture. |
1
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16/3/2023 (Thu) 6-7 pm |
Joint Effort in Managing Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis (TINU) Speakers: Dr Alice Chan Dr Mary Ho |
The Hong Kong Society For Paediatric Rheumatology |
Please click here |
Dr. Alice Chan Tel: 5569 9299 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Please register according to the instructions |
1
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17/3/2023 (Fri) 2-3 pm |
Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Benign Breast Conditions and Breast Cancer
Speaker: Dr. Mark Hor Kee, Bonita |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register 2 days before the lecture. |
1
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23/3/2023 (Thu) 7-8:30pm |
Cardiac Imaging Symposium (Physical)
Speakers: Dr Jonan Lee Dr Dora Wong |
Hong Kong Society of Paediatric Cardiology |
Maggie Ballroom, 2/F, Eaton Hotel
Please click here |
Medcom Limited Tel: 25783833 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Please register before 9 March 2023 |
1
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24/2/2023 (Fri) 2-3 pm
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Common Mental Health Problems in Community
Speaker: Dr. Lam Chun |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register 2 days before the lecture. |
1 |
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24/3/2023 (Fri) 2-3 pm
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Understanding Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) & Providing Counseling to Their Families
Speakers: Dr. HUNG Chi Hong |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register 2 days before the lecture. |
1 |
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25/3/2023 (Sat) 2:30-4:30pm
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2023 Paediatric Update No. 1 Paediatric : Surprises - Gems from unexpected cases
Speakers: Dr Vivian Law, Dr Jasmine Chow, Dr Ivan Leung, Dr Grace Tong |
Hong Kong College of Paediatricians |
Please click here |
Ms. Stephanie Lai Tel: 2871 8842 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
1. Please download the TEAMS app on your mobile phone or your computer here. 2. Attendees are required to capture your attendance twice using the iCMECPD app. You have to capture the QR codes at the beginning and at the end to obtain 2 CME points. 3. Please download the iCMECPD app here before the meeting.
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28/3/2023 (Tue) 1:30-3:05 pm
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-Asthma Management, -Childhood Asthma (Physical)
Speakers: Dr. Au Lik Hang, Dr. Chow Chun Kwan, John |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Deluxe Cuisine 百滙軒 (Tai Wo MTR) (302, Tai Wo Mall, 12, Tai Wo Road, Tai Po)
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register 2 days before the lecture. |
1 |
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30/3/2023 (Thu) 2-3 pm
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Enlarged Lymph Nodes – A Practical Approach and the Red Flags
Speaker: Dr. Lo Wai Yan, Kitty |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register 2 days before the lecture. |
1
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31/3/2023 (Fri) 2-3 pm
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Tailor-Made Treatment For The Management Of Male LUTS
Speakers: Dr. Ho Lap Yin |
Hong Kong Medical Association |
Please click here |
HKMA Secretariat
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Please register 2 days before the lecture. |
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Dear Associates
MRCPCH Applied Knowledge in Practice (previously Part II) Examination, 17 May (Wednesday)
Please be informed that the next MRCPCH Applied Knowledge in Practice (AKP) Exam will be held in HK on 17 May 2023. Candidates wishing to sit the above exam in HK please 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
6 March 2023 (Mon) - 20 March 2023 (MON)
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.
Options for sitting this exam
- At your own home or workplace with online invigilation (pls refer to online invigilation quick guide attached)
Note: Please note that there will NOT be any test centre option for this diet of exam. If you encounter difficulty in taking the exam in online invigilation format, please consider taking the same exam in Sep 2023 which the test centre option is expected to open at that time.
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 are allowed to 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 any time before the application period (preferably 10 working days before the application period opens). You do not need to wait until a specific examination opens to apply for an RCPCH online account. You are not able to apply for any exams online until your registration for an exam account is accepted.
5. For details of online application procedures, please refer to the Guidance Notes for HK candidates attached.
Thank you for your kind attention.
College Secretariat
Hong Kong College of Paediatricians
To all Fellows, Members and Associates
College Newsletter – February 2023 issue
Please find the latest College Newsletter - February 2023 issue for your information.
Thank you for your attention.
Regards
College Secretariat
Hong Kong College of Paediatricians
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