Vietnam: Introduction to Traditional Medicine, Level 4 of VQF

On December 28, 2018, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs of Vietnam issued Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH on the minimum knowledge volume and required competencies for graduates from intermediate (Level 4 of VQF) and college (Level 5 of VQF) levels in health and social service sectors.

General  Introduction  to  the  Traditional  Medicine  Profession  at  the  Intermediate  Level,  Circular  54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH

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According to the regulation on the minimum knowledge volume and required competencies for graduates from intermediate and college levels in Traditional Medicine issued together with Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, the general introduction to Traditional Medicine, Level 4 of VQF in Vietnam is as follows:

Traditional Medicine, Level 4 of VQF is a training profession based on the foundation of philosophy and medical knowledge accumulated from the experiences of many generations of Eastern physicians, passed down and developed by renowned domestic physicians to this day, meeting the requirements of level 4 in the Vietnamese National Qualifications Framework.

Traditional medicine diagnoses illness using methods such as: visual inspection (observing the patient and their environment), auditory examination (listening to the sounds from the patient's body and their complaints), interrogation (asking the patient and their family about relevant issues), palpation (examining using hands and instruments) to determine the disease state. In terms of treatment, traditional medicine uses methods such as acupuncture; oral or topical medications, and even massage.

The acupuncture method is based on a meridian system detailed with hundreds of acupoints on the body. The acupoints and meridians are linked to internal organs, treating disorders within those organs by intervening in the corresponding acupoints and additional acupoints if necessary. Remarkably, this system of acupoints and meridians cannot be described using Western medical methods of anatomy or physiology, even though in contemporary times acupuncture is used as an anesthesia method (anesthesia) in some surgeries (combining Eastern and Western medicine).

Herbal medicine includes herbs exploited and processed according to Chinese texts. Native medicine consists of herbs discovered by physicians on Vietnam's territory. The prominent physicians deemed the patriarchs of Vietnam's traditional medicine are Le Huu Trac and Tue Tinh.

Practitioners being graduates of Traditional Medicine, Level 4 of VQF in Vietnam are equipped with basic traditional medical knowledge to form the ability to use these methods to perform examinations and diagnose some common diseases for patients and support and execute the orders of traditional medicine doctors in treatment at traditional medicine hospitals, traditional medicine departments of general hospitals, clinics, health stations, traditional medicine associations, private traditional medicine clinics using methods such as native and herbal medicines, acupuncture, massage - acupressure, and health preservation. Additionally, they can participate in the preparation and trading of medicinal herbs at establishments engaged in the production and trade of medicinal herbs and finished traditional medicine products.

The minimum knowledge volume is 1,650 hours (equivalent to 60 credits).

Detailed document is available at Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTTBXH effective February 10, 2019.

Le Vy

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