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

Attached please find the new College Newsletter for your attention.

College Newsletter, June 2018

Best regards
College Secretary
Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

Dear Associates/Members/Fellows of the Hong Kong College of Paediatricians,

Re: Subspecialty of Genetics & Genomics (Paediatrics) [GGP] – Invitation for enrollment of Training Programme (commencing from 1st July 2018)

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 2018, 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 1st July 2018. The deadline for enrollment of the GGP Training Programme will be on 28th May, 2018 Monday, 5:00 pm. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.

Best regards,

Dr Brian Chung
Honorary Secretary
GGP Subspecialty Board

Re: College Forum - Proposal on renaming of the Subspecialty of Paediatric Immunology & Infectious Diseases (PIID)

To ALL Fellows, Members and Associates of the Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

The Subspecialty of Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases (PIID) has recently submitted a proposal to the Committee for Subspecialty Boards (CSB) and College Council to apply for re-naming of the subspecialty to Paediatric Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases (PIAID).  The proposal of the application of re-naming from the PIID Subspecialty and supporting document of ‘Curriculum for Paediatric Training, Paediatric Allergy, Immunology and Infectious Diseases from Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)” have been uploaded to College website:  www.paediatrician.org.hk for your reference.

We believe the process of renaming may be of interest to all Fellows of the College.  The renaming of a subspecialty is considered a major change which may substantially affect the development of the subspecialty, as well as impact on the image of the College and our Fellows. The CSB and the Council have therefore decided to call for an Open Forum for all concerned colleagues to discuss and hopefully arrive at a consensus about the way forward.

Details of the Forum are as follows:

Date:         26 May 2018 (Saturday)

Time:        2:30 pm

Venue:    (Changed to) James Kung Meeting Room, 2/F, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.

Agenda:   Attached

Please note that the College so far takes a neutral stand and is open to any solution arrived at by consensus of our colleagues involved in the renaming.  To have full transparency of the accreditation process, the College would welcome any interested Fellows, Members and Associates to attend the Forum and share your views.

To facilitate our preparation, please inform the College Secretariat by return email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / fax: 2785 1850 / reply slip  attached if you wish to attend the Forum.

Dr CW Chan

Director of Subspecialty Boards

Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

Re: Subspecialty of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine (PRM) - Invitation for Enrollment of Training Programme (Commencing from 3 July 2018)

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

The Paediatric Respiratory Medicine (PRM) 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 May 2016.

The PRM Subspecialty Board now invites application from trainees for enrolment in the Training Programme. Please kindly find enclosed files of Training Programme information together with Training Application Form for your attention. Information is also available at the College website: www.paediatrician.org.hk

Please be reminded that the start of training programme will commence any time after 3 July 2018. The deadline for enrollment of the PRM Training Programme will be on 15 May 2018. Applicants will be invited for an interview after the deadline of enrollment.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned.

Best regards,

Dr Yat-cheung, Alfred Tam
Chairman
Paediatric Respiratory Medicine Subspecialty Board 

Cc Dr Shu-yan, David Lam
Hon Secretary, PRM Subspecialty Board

c/o Cherry Kwok

College Secretary

Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

Tel: 2871 8842

Fax: 2785 1850

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