Hong Kong expands scheme for non-locally trained doctors to include more mainland Chinese medical schools, overseas programmes
- Health Bureau adds six new medical schools to scheme, including Tsinghua University and Duke University
- Additional four-year programmes at Cambridge and Oxford universities also included in expanded list
More mainland Chinese medical schools and programmes from overseas universities have been recognised by a special scheme for non-locally trained doctors under which graduates can practise in Hong Kong without taking a licensing exam.
The Health Bureau on Wednesday announced the latest batch of qualifications endorsed by authorities, including six new medical schools, taking the total to 80.
The three mainland medical schools added were Tsinghua University, Sun Yat-sen University and Zhejiang University, taking the number of institutions over the border recognised by the scheme to six.
The other three were Duke University and the University of Colorado in the United States, and the University of Western Australia.
The list also now recognises additional medical qualifications from universities added in the previous three rounds, such as four-year programmes at Cambridge and Oxford universities.
The Hospital Authority welcomed the government’s decision, saying they would health officials would continue to travel overseas as part of efforts to recruit more doctors to work in Hong Kong.
