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The Hong Kong
College of Community Medicine was incorporated in October 1991 with the
following objectives:
- to enhance and improve
the quality of health care in Hong Kong
;
- to promote a high standard
of professional ethics and conduct among practitioners in community
medicine;
- to provide medical professional
training, continuing medical education in community medicine;
and
- to act as an advisory body
in community medicine.
Membership of the College are
Fellows, Honorary Fellows, Associate Fellows, Affiliate Fellows, Associate
Members and Affiliate Members.
With its establishment for
a decade, the College has been striving for the mission of promoting the
health of the population of Hong Kong through :-
- advocating the principles
and practice of community medicine;
- organizing specialist education
and training;
- promoting research in the
discipline;
- contributing expertise to
the setting of health policies; and
- providing expert advice
to the public in disease prevention and health promotion.
Recently, the College has established three subspecialties,
- Administrative Medicine
- Occupational Medicine
- Public Health Medicine
Firm links have also been established
with international specialist organizations including the UK
Faculty of Public Health, the Australasian
Faculty of Occupational Medicine and the Royal
Australasian College of Medical Administrators. Conjoint examinations
are held with some of these international organizations. Through such collaborations,
the standard of professional training and examinations in the respective
subspecialties is maintained and is in keeping with international developments.
The College confers subspecialty fellowship on trainees who have passed
all the examinations prescribed for that subspecialty. Many of the Collegeˇ¦s
fellows occupy key positions in the Hong Kong health care system.
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