University of Hong Kong medical school to revamp training programme for its students
They will for the first time receive private sector training and be given experience of treating rare diseases not seen in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s most prominent medical school will revamp its training programme for medical students to give them more comprehensive training not only in public wards, but also for the first time in a new private teaching hospital and a related facility in Shenzhen.
Under the reform, understaffed public hospitals will no longer be the only training grounds for most young practitioners.
Experts from University College London have been commissioned to advise on the new teaching model for HKU, which is similar to that of the British university and Harvard University in the US.
“This is the only direction for local medical training to go,” said Leung, who has headed the 130-year-old medical school since 2013.