Japan helps Vietnam build continuous training management system for nurses

A training course on building capacity-based continuous training management system for nurses was opened in Hanoi on March 13 as part of a joint programme between the Vietnam Nurses’ Association (VNA) and Japan’s Itabashi Medical System (IMS).
Japan helps Vietnam build continuous training management system for nurses ảnh 1A training course on building capacity-based continuous training management system for nurses opens in Hanoi on March 13. (Photo: suckhoedoisong.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – A training course on buildingcapacity-based continuous training management system for nurses was opened inHanoi on March 13 as part of a joint programme between the Vietnam Nurses’Association (VNA) and Japan’s Itabashi Medical System (IMS).

Attending the course are 18 health workers in charge ofmanaging nursing staff at centrally- and provincially-run hospitals selected todevelop a system for continuous training system for nurses on a trial basis.

During the seven-day course, experts from the VNA and IMSwill give their opinions on each hospital’s plan for nurses’ continuous training.

IMS Vice President Kitagami Yoko said based on each hospital’sfunctions and patient database, the course provides guidelines for the traineesto establish a training programme and goals suitable for nurses’ differentcapacity levels.

IMS operates 139 hospitals and medical facilities thatprovide high-quality healthcare services and technical support for thedevelopment of such training management system./.
VNA

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