What is 專科醫生 in English? Specialist (the Medical Council's Specialist Register)
The English for 「專科醫生」 is specialist; the Medical Council of Hong Kong's 「專科醫生名冊」 is the Specialist Register in English, and a doctor must be on this register to hold himself or herself out as a specialist.
How is 專科醫生 written in English?
Where the Chinese text of the Code has 「專科醫生」, the English text has specialist; the title 「某專科的專科醫生」 is written in the English text as specialist in a specialty (Medical Council Code of Professional Conduct, paragraph 7.1, October 2022).
The Medical Council website writes 「專科醫生名冊」 as Specialist Register and 「普通科醫生名冊」 as General Register.
How do I know whether a doctor is a specialist?
A doctor must be on the Specialist Register to hold himself or herself out as a specialist, and can use only the title of the specialty in which he or she is registered (Medical Council Code of Professional Conduct, section 7, October 2022).
For how to check, see How to check a doctor's registration and specialty; for the Chinese and English names of each specialty, see Chinese–English table of medical specialties, and for qualification abbreviations, see What is FHKAM?.
For the English for public hospital specialist outpatient clinics, see 專科門診 in English.
Frequently asked questions
What is 專科醫生 in English?
The English text of the Medical Council's Code writes it as specialist, and the title as specialist in a specialty.
What is the Specialist Register?
It is the Medical Council of Hong Kong's 「專科醫生名冊」; a doctor must be on this register to hold himself or herself out as a specialist.