Hong Kong Chapter ACCS
9-10/F SinoCheer Plaza, 23, Jordan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel : 21916251 Fax : 23909731 E-mail
mbh02@mbh.com.hk
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Date : 15th Jan 2007
Dear Colleaque,
Re. : Fellowship Examination of ACCS
Time flies, the 2- year grace period for exemption of registrar training offered by ACCS will end after the next Fellowship examination in the Coming 29th April 2007.
The past two years period was very successful for the development of ACCS in Hong Kong and after holding four Fellowship examinations in Hong Kong, there are now twelve experienced Hong Kong doctors admitted as Fellows in Faculty of Medicine of the ACCS. This number approximates that of New Zealand now. I believe after April this year we will outnumber New Zealand.
The commitment to bring forward training and accreditation in Cosmetic Medicine for Hong Kong doctors in the past two years has been witnessed by all of us and this commitment will continue.
In the past two years there were introductory, basic and intermediate live-demo and hands-on workshops covering topics such as Botox, Fillers, IPL, Lasers, Liposuction, and an examination was carried out on laser basics and application. 36 doctors attended, 8 doctors passed, and were awarded the Laser Certificate.
There will be an advanced Workshop with live demonstrations on 27, 28, and 29th April 2007 (details to be announced later). Doctors attended the four workshops would be awarded Certificate of Completion in Cosmetic Medicine and Fellows of the ACCS who attended the four workshops would be awarded the Diploma of Cosmetic Medicine. Doctors who are not Fellows of the ACCS can be awarded a Diploma of the Cosmetic Medicine if they handed in a clinical research paper or review article and passed a written examination, but need not hand in log books on required procedures as the Fellows do.
Doctors are now invited to apply for admission to Medical Fellowship by passing the coming Fellowship examination in April 2007. Before the grace period ends, doctors are still exempted from the stringent registrar training requirement, and only need to show their relevant experience in Cosmetic Medical Procedures by submitting log books on Botox, Fillers, Laser, IPL, Chemical Peeling, Dermatological Procedures such as cryosurgery, electrocautery or radiofrequency treatments, Sclerotherapy and other related procedures. Basically, a doctor would be considered eligible if he or she does 100 cases of Botox treatments, 100 cases of Laser or IPL treatment, and 100 cases of Fillers and other cosmetic procedures. Special consideration would be given to candidates with proof of relevant trainings.
Interested doctors should fill out the application form and file in the necessary documents together with their detailed CV and log books, a cheque of Aussie $ 3300.00 ( $ 3000 First year Fellowship Fee and Examination Fee + GST), payabe to “Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery” and send to ACCS Administrator, Level 6, Suite 3, Macquarie House, 169, Macqaurie Street, Parramatta, NSW 2150, Australia. In case one fails the examination, and not admitted as Fellow, one can re-sit the examination without paying further, or ask for a refund of the total but minus an administration fee of Aussie $ 550.00. All the Candidates should share the payment for the sponsorship of the examiners including the Business Class Airfare and Hotel Accommodations and other necessary expenses for inviting these foreign examiners to come to Hong Kong. Fortunately there will only be one examiner for the April Examination, and it is estimated there would be a good number of candidates, therefore the share would be small. There is no need to fly to Australia to take the examination there.
Doctors are invited to visit the College Website
www.accs.org.au. and download the application form themselves or contact the administrator directly if they wish. Please note that this last recruitment would be counted within the grace period, so that you will be offered the same exemption even if you would like to become Fellows later than April, i.e. to sit an examination later, but you have to finish your application this time except that you can submit you log book in a later date before an examination.
The ACCS would like to announce that there would be a grace period for Surgical Fellows for a period of two years from April 2007 onwards. Doctors with strong surgical background (three years of surgical training or equivalent, for example an equivalent period of Obstetric or Gynaecological, or Ophthalmological or ENT training) can apply to become Surgical Fellows of ACCS with the title of FACCS. These doctors would need to submit a log-book of the required number of a procedure or procedure mix (Eligibility to be decided by the ACCS Council) and attend a viva voce examination to be held simultaneously during the Medical Fellowship examination on 29th April 2007 in Hong Kong.
The Deadline of application would be around the first week of April 2007.
Please note that at the moment the FFMACCS and FACCS are not quotable qualifications in Hong Kong in contrast to that in Australia and other Countries. The ACCS is presently negotiating with the AMC (Australian Medical Council) for official recognition.
The Hong Kong Chapter of ACCS was established in August 2006, and I am the Secretary and would be coordinating the coming workshop and examination. The Hong Kong Chapter will help you in answering any of your queries, assist you in obtaining the Course Curriculum, Reading Materials, filling in Log books etc. So don’t hesitate to contact me, Dr. TO Chun Fung, and my assistant, Mr. Steven YU, at 21916251 or email to
mbh02@mbh.com.hk
Thank you for your attention.
Yours Sincerely,
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Dr. TO Chun Fung
Secretary, and Official Spokes-person,
Hong Kong Chapter,
Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery
Supplementary Announcement :
The Hong Kong Chapter of ACCS offers training for young Surgeons on Surgical Cosmetic Procedures, such as Blepharoplasty, Breast Augmentation, etc. Interested please contact Dr. TO Chun Fung, or Mr. Steven YU, at 21916251 or email to
mbh02@mbh.com.hk.
Thank you
