Hanoi-Vietnam: Skills acquired for graduates of college-level traditional medicine

Skills acquired for graduates of college-level traditional medicine in Vietnam - Illustrative Image

Under the Regulation on Minimum Knowledge Volume and Competency Requirements for Graduates at Intermediate and College-level Traditional Medicine, issued together with Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, the minimum skills acquired for graduates of college-level traditional medicine in Vietnam are as follows:

- Communicate effectively with patients, their families, the community, colleagues in the healthcare team, and in scientific activities;

- Proficiently use specialized terminologies of traditional medicine in communication with colleagues; critique and employ alternative solutions;

- Develop plans for counseling, primary healthcare, and community health education;

- Confidently and comprehensively perform disease examination methods, propose appropriate treatment approaches, and prepare traditional medical records;

- Skillfully conduct acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, moxibustion, and cupping techniques in treating some common diseases;

- Perform the techniques of preparing common medicinal herbs;

- Master basic health preservation exercises, select and guide specific exercises to individual patients for disease prevention and treatment;

- Expertly perform massage and acupressure techniques for disease prevention and treatment;

- Accurately prescribe and modify medications for treating particular common diseases;

- Collect, evaluate, store, and selectively use information sources for self-study and professional development purposes;

- Effectively convey information, ideas, and solutions to colleagues, and instruct interns on specialized knowledge and skills;

- Utilize basic information technology as prescribed; exploit, handle, and apply IT in professional work within the field;

- Use basic foreign language proficiency, achieving level 2/6 in the Vietnam Language Proficiency Framework; apply the foreign language skills in the professional work within the field.

More details may be found in Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH effective from February 10, 2019.

Le Vy

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