Dear Trainees of Subspecialty in Paediatric Immunology & Infectious Diseases (PIID),

The PIID Subspecialty is now calling for Application for Exit Assessment which will be held on 1^st October 2020 (Thursday).  The PIID Subspecialty Trainees who are eligible and would like to sit for the Exit Assessment please submit the application form and the required documents to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 4^th August 2020 (Tuesday).

Please kindly find enclosed the Application Form, Summary of Training Record (Appendix I) and Record Sheet (Appendix II) of the captioned Exit Assessment for your attention.  The form and two documents can also be downloaded from the College website: www.paediatrician.org.hk → Subspecialties → PIID →Announcement

Dr Joshua Wong

Honorary Secretary

Subspecialty Board of Paediatric Immunology & Infectious Diseases (PIID)

To:  All Fellow, Members and Associates of the Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

Please read this IMPORTANT announcement about the application for accreditation of the proposed Subspecialty of Paediatric Haematology & Oncology (PHO).

As you are no doubt aware, our College is responsible for ensuring the standards and progress of paediatric subspecialty development in Hong Kong.  In order to ensure that we maintain the highest standards possible for any subspecialty accredited by our College, we strictly follow all pre-requisite criteria set by the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine and our College.  The relevant application procedures are available on our College’s website (http://www.paediatrician.org.hk) under the section on “Subspecialties”. So far, six paediatric subspecialty groups have applied for accreditation and have become accredited subspecialties under our College, i.e., Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases (PIID), Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrics (DBP), Paediatric Neurology (PN), Paediatric Respiratory Medicine (PRM), Genetics & Genomics Paediatrics (GGP) and Paediatric Endocrinology (PE).

We now announce that our College has received an application for accreditation of the proposed Subspecialty of Paediatric Haematology & Oncology (PHO). In order to facilitate open consultation on the accreditation of PHO as a paediatric subspecialty, our College has uploaded the application documents (i.e., application forms, proposed training programme, and supporting letters from external referees) to our College website for your information and review. Please follow the link below to access the section on the proposed Subspecialty of Paediatric Haematology & Oncology (PHO):

http://www.paediatrician.org.hk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=277&Itemid=130

A full set of the documents is also kept at the College Secretariat at Room 801, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building and interested Fellows can request to examine them during office hours from Monday to Friday.

As part of the open consultation process, ALL Fellows, Members and Associates are encouraged to send us any comments on this application.  This is an important step in the future development of paediatric services and may substantially affect current paediatric practice and services in both private and public sectors throughout Hong Kong.

Please send in your comments on this application on or before 21st August 2020 (Friday). Our College will determine whether to proceed with the formal accreditation process based on the initial evaluation by the Committee for Subspecialty Boards and any comments from this open consultation process.

Dr Simon Lam

Honorary Secretary

Committee for Subspecialty Boards

Date: 29 May 2020

To all Fellows, Members and Associates

College Newsletter - June 2020 issue

Please find the latest College Newsletter, June 2020 Issue, for your information.

Thanks for your attention.

Best regards

College Secretariat

HK College of Paediatricians

Dear Fellows and Members of the Hong Kong College of Paediatricians,

The Paediatric Neurology (PN) is now recognized 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 September 2013. We are now calling for application enrollment of PN trainees for Year 2020. Please kindly find enclosed files of Training Programme Information and Application Form for your kind attention. Information is also available at the College website: www.paediatrician.org.hk

Please be reminded that the training programme will commence from 2nd July 2020. The deadline for enrollment of the PN Training Programme will be on 29 May 2020 (Friday), 5:00 pm. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.

Best regards,

Dr Eva Fung
Honorary Secretary
PN Subspecialty Board
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