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Volume 30 (2)
Volume 30, Issue 2, Spring 2010
J Contin Educ Health Prof 2010; 30(2)
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Continuing Medical Education in Vietnam: New Legislation and New Roles for Medical Schools
Ton Van der Velden, Hung Nguyen Van, Huy Nguyen Vu Quoc, Huu Ngo Van, Robert B. Baron
A b s t r a c t
Driven by health care reform and the advent of the private sector in the late 1980s, and by commitments made to
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnam is faced with a need to increase the regulation and
training of its health care professionals. Previously, a diploma from an accredited health professional school was
sufficient to practice for a lifetime. Legislation has recently been passed that will institute a licensing system, will
require continuing medical education (CME) to maintain the license, and will probably place a large burden on the
health professional schools and training institutes to provide CME. Supported by international nongovernmental
organizations and foreign universities, the medical universities in Vietnam are responding and are preparing for
their new and expanded role.
Lessons for Practice
- Vietnam is instituting a licensing system for
health professionals.
- Continuing medical education (CME) will be
required to maintain licensure.
- The medical universities in Vietnam are responding
to prepare for their new and expanded
role as providers of high quality
CME..
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