Vinh Phuc sends 60 doctors, physicians, nurses to help southern localities fight COVID-19 – Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)Thai Binh (VNA) – The was
held in both online and in-person formats at the Thai Binh University of
Medicine and Pharmacy in the northern province of Thai Binh on December 18-19,
with the theme “Health Professionals Education and Standards at the Time of
Change”.
The conference was jointly held by the People’s Committee of
Thai Binh province, , the World
Health Organization (WHO), the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID), the Health Advancement in Vietnam (HAIVN), the British Embassy in
Vietnam, medical and pharmaceutical universities, domestic and foreign agencies
and organisations.
In his opening remarks, Vice President of the National
Medical Council and head of the Health Ministry’s Department of Science
Technology and Training Pham Van Tac said that in order to meet the increasing
demand for health, the quality of education at medical training institutions
should be paid special attention, especially in the transition period in
science and technology, and information technology amidst the complicated
development of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The conference creates a wonderful
opportunity for medicine and pharmacy universities, colleges in to
share and stimulate discussion on curriculum innovation, which improve the
education quality and meet the social expectation, he affirmed.
/Vietnam Mission Director Ann Marie Yastishock said
that the agency is ready to share experience and solutions with Vietnam’s
Ministry of Health and Universities of Medicine and Pharmacy in modernising
medical training programmes in the country. She expressed her hope that this medical
education conference would provide an opportunity to connect value networks
with researchers and educators in the medical field in Vietnam and in many
other countries, thus contributing to building and developing medical training
in general.
During the two-day event, participants discussed urgent
issues in current medical education such as the role of medical universities in
preparing for the national licensing exam, autonomy of universities, accreditation
of training programmes, difficulties and solutions in competency-based education,
challenges and solutions for residency education, dental, pharmacy and nursing
education programme reform and innovations and applications of digital transformation
in medical education./.
Source: VietnamPlus
