• A minimum of 5 years of clinical experience in the relevant area of specialisation;
• A postgraduate master’s degree awarded by a university recognised by HKCOP or a postgraduate diploma awarded by a university recognized by HKCOP together with other postgraduate specialized training corresponding to the Level 6 of the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework (e.g. Advanced Specialty Programme of the Institute of Advanced Allied Health Studies of Hospital Authority);
• No less than 500 hours of clinical teaching experience (which may include training / coaching of junior physiotherapists#, delivery of training courses to physiotherapy colleagues and preferably with 10% of total hours in student supervision, or equivalent);
• Demonstrate competence in effective and professional communication in the area of specialisation in both oral and written format by way of the following:
  • Oral presentation of a paper at a conference on at least one occasion; and
  • Publication of at least one manuscript in a peer-reviewed journal as the first, second, corresponding or last author. For those candidates with a master’s degree and a completed dissertation but without manuscript publication, an assignment to demonstrate their writing skills will be required for acceptance by the Examination Panel.
• Passing a viva voce Examination on clinical cases by a panel of examiners nominated by the HKCOP.

#For applicants with a supervisory role on junior physiotherapists in their normal duties, a maximum of 20% of their working hours can be counted as “training / coaching of junior physiotherapists”.