After five years training they will be eligible to sit the final examination which covers clinical anaesthesia, physics and intensive care. As a specialist they will then be able to become a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. Fellows may undertake further training for special accreditation in intensive care or pain management. The majority of hospitals in Hong Kong are government run and funded through a body called the hospital authority that was established in 1991. There are also private hospitals.
Doctors work full-time in either the public or private sector with no crossover.
There are two University medical schools. The University of Hong Kong, which is affiliated to Queen Mary Hospital, is the oldest institution and is currently celebrating its 110th anniversary. The Chinese University of Hong Kong is affiliated to the Prince of Wales Hospital. Together they train around 300 doctors per year. Anaesthesiology is part of the undergraduate curriculum and both have departments of anaesthesia within the medical faculty where teaching, research and clinical work are performed.