Local and international health experts share
experiences on training human resources for the healthcare sector at a
conference held today in Hà Nội. — VNS Photo Thanh Hải
Local and
international health experts have shared experiences on training human
resources for the healthcare sector at a conference held today in Hà Nội.
Speaking
at the event, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam asked the health sector to
rapidly increase the number of doctors, pharmacists and health workers to meet
the country’s demand for healthcare and protection.
Đam said
Việt Nam should learn from international experiences relevant to the country’s
current situation.
He also
suggested that the health ministry work closely with the ministries of
education and training and home affairs to develop appropriate mechanism and
policies related to training human resources for the health sector with the aim
to improve training quality and ensuring rights of the medical staff.
“Việt Nam
has faced many shortcomings in training health sector human resources due to
increasing demand of healthcare and treatment, changes in disease models,
ageing population and pollution threats,” health minister Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến
said at the event.
“Việt Nam
has signed several international agreements and commitments. Therefore, the
health sector should reform its human resource training to conform to
international laws and regulations,” she said.
“The
current training models and curriculums of Việt Nam do not conform to
international laws and regulations. The country hasn’t adhered to standards for
medical teachers, while training curriculums have focused more on theory than
on practical lessons,” Tiến added.
The
minister said it was unfair that a medical university graduate who had
completed a six-year study programme was at a similar wage level as graduates
of a four-year study programme in other fields.
Tiến
stressed that the training quality hasn’t met the country’s demand for
healthcare and treatment, although the number of medical universities and
colleges has increased during the past years.
“Việt Nam
wants to learn from the successful models of universities and post-graduate
medical training of other countries. Việt Nam will work with foreign partners
to develop international cooperation programmes on health sector human resource
training as part of efforts to meet the country’s demand for development and
international integration,” she said.
At the
event, participants discussed ways to improve training quality in medical
schools, the organisation of a post-graduate training system, a physician’s
licence and the financial mechanism for medical schools.
They also
heard presentations based on global experiences in health sector professional
training from international guests from the United States, Hong Kong and
Thailand.
According
to the health ministry’s statistics, Việt Nam currently has 24 medical
universities nationwide.
The
number of doctors has increased from 7.2 per 10,000 people in 2010 to 8 per
10,000 people in 2015.
The
number of pharmacists was 2.2 per 10,000 people in 2015 compared with 1.76 per
10,000 in 2010.
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