Vietnam, Germany cooperate in training medical manpower

Germany’s Braunschweig Hospital will provide training for medical students of the Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine in Ho Chi Minh City under a cooperation agreement signed by the two sides on April 4.
Vietnam, Germany cooperate in training medical manpower ảnh 1At the event (Photo: VNA)
 
HCMCity (VNA) – Germany’s Braunschweig Hospital will provide training formedical students of the Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine in Ho ChiMinh City under a cooperation agreement signed by the two sides on April 4.

FromNovember 2018, the Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine will sendthe first 32 students from the Vietnam-Germany Faculty of Medicine to Germanyto pursue a training course named “practice year” in line with the JohannesGutenberg Mainz University’s standards and regulations on training doctors.

The 1,600-bed Braunschweig Hospital is an establishment specialising in training.It is capable of meeting all requirements related to facility, technique, equipment,and personnel for training.

Assoc. Prof, PhD. Ngo Minh Xuan, Director of the Pham NgocThach University of Medicine, said the Vietnam-Germany Faculty of Medicinewas established in 2013 and the hospital has cooperated with the JohannesGutenberg Mainz University to organise a general doctor training programme forsix years and three months, in line with European standards.

As many as 120 students from the faculty are pursuing the programme. In theirtwo last semesters, students will join a practice-oriented training course in ageneral hospital in Germany.

Atthe signing ceremony, Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s CommitteeNgyuyen Thi Thu appreciated the close cooperation between the Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine and the JohannesGutenberg Mainz University in training high-quality medical human resources forthe city.

She expressed her belief that by the end of 2019, European-standard generaldoctors graduated from the first training course, will contribute to improvingthe quality of disease diagnosis and treatment in the city.-VNA
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