Lu Chongmao, director of the Hong Kong Medical Health Director, stated for the first time that it will actively consider the suggestion of establishing the third medical college, and in the future, it will continue to support the two medical colleges to increase the number of student places and the source of students.
According to Ming Pao reports, Lu Chongmao Sunday (August 18) attended the speech at the Chinese Physician Day Celebration Conference, saying that Hong Kong's medical development was thousands of miles a day.Training places.
Lu Chongmao said that the two medical schools in Hong Kong recruited a total of 250 students from 2008/09, increased to 470 in 2016/17, and have increased to 590 in recent years. The government will continue in the future.Support the two medical colleges to enhance their teaching capabilities, including increasing student places and the source of students, and will actively consider the suggestions of establishing the third medical school.
Many universities in Hong Kong show that they intend to open the third medical school in Hong Kong. The University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong also strive to increase medical science.In an interview with the Grand Press, Lu Paimao listed the factors that the government needs to consider.
Lu Chongmao said that whether the government allows the opening of the third medical school to consider the following: the first is the public, and the second is how to balance the old and new medical schools, such as whether there will be competition for students. ThirdIt is whether the course can reach the level of Hong Kong's medical specialty, and whether medical students can reach the standards set by the Hong Kong Medical Council.
