Overview
Higher Physician Training (HPT) in Advanced Internal Medicine overseen by a specialty board of the Hong Kong College of Physicians, with training at accredited hospital centres, interim and exit assessments, and a dissertation. Trainees attend the AMSC; next interim and exit assessments in December 2026 (application deadline 14 September 2026).
The programme
- Training type
- Specialist training programme
- Learning format
- Not yet verified
- Duration
- Not stated on the official page
- Start
- Not stated on the official page
- Positions
- Not stated on the official page
- Accreditation
- Hong Kong College of Physicians / Hong Kong Academy of Medicine; training at HKCP-accredited hospital centres
- Department
- Not yet verified
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Pass the Joint HKCPIE/MRCP(UK) examination, complete at least 36 months of Basic Physician Training at accredited centres, and be a member of the HKCP.
- Language
- Not yet verified
- International applicants
- Not stated on the official page
- Visa support
- Not stated on the official page
- Visa sponsorship
- Not yet verified
- Licence requirement
- Registration with the Medical Council of Hong Kong
How to apply
- Deadline
- Not stated on the official page
- Application method
- Submit the HPT Trainee Registry to the College, complete self-learning tools, interim and exit assessments and a dissertation (see HPT Requirements & Training Checklist).
- Documents
- Not yet verified
- Contact
- Not yet verified
Funding
- Funding
- Not stated on the official page (training posts are hospital appointments)
- Tuition / fees
- Not yet verified
Official sources
Similar programmes
AUS · General internal medicineBasic Training in Adult Internal MedicineRoyal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
ARE · General internal medicineBurjeel Medical City Internal Medicine Residency ProgramBurjeel Medical CityARE · General internal medicineBurjeel Royal Hospital Internal Medicine Residency ProgramBurjeel Royal HospitalARE · General internal medicineCleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Internal Medicine Residency ProgramCleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
USA · General internal medicineCornell–Hunter Health Equity Research FellowshipWeill Cornell Medicine (Division of General Internal Medicine) / Hunter College
FRA · General internal medicineDFMS / DFMSA — Internal Medicine and Clinical ImmunologyNational DFMS/DFMSA network — coordinated by Université de StrasbourgMore at Hong Kong College of Physicians (HKCP)
HKG · Pulmonary & critical careHKCP Higher Physician Training in Critical Care MedicineHong Kong College of Physicians (HKCP)HKG · EndocrinologyHKCP Higher Physician Training in Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismHong Kong College of Physicians (HKCP)HKG · Geriatric medicineHKCP Higher Physician Training in Geriatric MedicineHong Kong College of Physicians (HKCP)HKG · Infectious diseasesHKCP Higher Physician Training in Infectious DiseaseHong Kong College of Physicians (HKCP)HKG · Palliative medicineHKCP Higher Physician Training in Palliative MedicineHong Kong College of Physicians (HKCP)HKG · Pulmonary & critical careHKCP Higher Physician Training in Respiratory MedicineHong Kong College of Physicians (HKCP)