Dear Members,

The next Exit Assessment of the College will be held on 18th December 2014 (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 now until 3rd October 2014 (Friday).

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.

Thank you for your kind attention.

College Secretariat

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

Re:    Subspecialty of Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrics (DBP) – Invitation for Enrollment of Training Programme (commencing from 2nd January 2015)

The Developmental-Behavioural Paediatrics (DBP) 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 3 July 2013.

We are now calling for application enrollment of DBP trainees for Year 2015, please kindly find enclosed files of Training Programme,  Application Information and Training 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 2nd January 2015.  The deadline for enrollment of the DBP Training Programme will be on 18th August, 2014, Monday, 5:00 pm.

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

Best regards,

Dr Patrick Ip

Honorary Secretary

DBP Subspecialty Board

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c/o Kitty Ho
College Secretary
Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

Tel: 2871 8769
Fax: 2785 1850
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Dear Associates,

Please be informed that the next MRCPCH Foundation of Practice, Theory & Science Examination will be held in HK on 7th October 2014.  Candidates wishing to sit this examination 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
21 July 2014 – 8 August 2014

Examination Fee
FOP & TAS (both papers)   HK$7,250
FOP only (single paper)      HK$4,500
TAS only (single paper)       HK$4,500

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

Thank you for your attention.

College Secretariat

 To: All Fellows, Members and Associates of the College

We are pleased to announce that the ASM this year will be held on 6th December (Saturday) immediately preceding the College AGM and Annual Dinner.  It will be a full-day meeting consisting of case-based symposia, a free paper session, a session on Office Paediatrics and a "Young Fellows" session.  This will be a unique opportunity for paediatricians to discuss, share and update clinical paediatric knowledge in an interactive way.  Focus will be on cross-disciplinary holistic care of children, scientific updates and presentation of the latest in paediatric research.  Please find attached the poster and details for registration.

Registration by email ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or fax (2785-1850): on or before 12th November 2014

Abstract submission deadline: 6th October 2014 

We invite you to submit your abstracts to the Free Paper Session (both clinical and basic science research are welcome).  In particular, young investigators are encouraged to submit abstracts to make this meeting a success.  You may select "oral presentation" if you do wish to be considered for an oral presentation during the free paper session.

Please email your abstract to Dr. Brian CHUNG ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) using the instructions on the abstract form.   Notification of abstract acceptance and selection for oral presentations will be sent by email in November.  Prizes will be awarded for the best oral and poster presentations.  All selected abstracts will be published in the Hong Kong Journal of Paediatrics (new series).  Due to copyright issues, identical abstracts that have been submitted and presented previously will not be accepted for this meeting.

Please mark the date of this important event in your diary and register early.

Thank you for your support.

With warmest regards.

The Organizing Committee
2014 Annual Scientific Meeting
Hong Kong College of Paediatricians