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Surgical Trainees are
trainees under various training programmes accredited by the College of Surgeons of Hong
Kong or the Hong Kong Intercollegiate Board of Surgical Colleges (HKICBSC).
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| (2) |
Each trainee will be
assessed by his/her supervisor every 3 months and monitored by the College of Surgeons of
Hong Kong every six months. The assessment should be endorsed by the Censor-in-Chief of
the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong annually during the continuous training period.
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Overseas training
without prior approval in writing from the Censor-in-Chief of the College of Surgeons of
Hong Kong before the date of registration and commencement of the local training programme
will not be recognized by the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong.
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| (4) |
All Basic Surgical
Trainees registered after August 1996 must obtain the MCS of the College of Surgeons of
Hong Kong before they will be considered for entering the Higher Training programmes
accredited by the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong.
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| (5) |
FRCS obtained after the
year 2000 and MRCS obtained overseas will not be considered equivalent to the MCS of the
College of Surgeons of Hong Kong.
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| (6) |
There will not be any
automatic recognition of overseas qualifications being equivalent to the exit
qualifications for the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong. All candidates of the exit
examinations conducted by the College must undergo local training of not less than 12
months at a training centre accredited by the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong or
supervised by a trainer, who must be approved by the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong in
that specialty.
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| (7) |
Trainees may apply for
suspension from the continuous training programme for a maximum period of 6 months and
such application must be made beforehand. It is only under exceptional conditions (e.g.
health, family or personal reasons) that the suspension period can be longer than 6
months.
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Any trainees who do not
satisfy the standards set by or under training assessments consecutively twice or
non-consecutively three times will be disqualified from the higher training programmes. A
trainee can appeal to the Appeal Subcommittee of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong
against such disqualification (provided that notice of such appeal is lodged with the
Secretary of the Appeal Subcommittee within 21 days from the date of Notice in writing of
such disqualification to the trainee).
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