Principles of converting the duration of continuous training of medical officers in Vietnam

Forms of continuous training and principles of converting the duration of continuous training of medical officers are guided in Article 6 of Circular No. 22/2013/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam as follows:

- Participating in domestic and overseas science seminars, conferences, or discussions in health sector and being certified by unit presiding over organization, basing on program of seminars, conferences, or discussions: Duration of participating in training calculated for the presiding or presenting person will be 8 periods of learning maximally, and for the participants, it will be 4 periods of learning maximally, for each seminar/conference/discussion.

- Performing science researches; guiding dissertation, thesis; writing the science articles which are announced in accordance with regulations: The persons guiding thesis, presiding over/acting as secretary for themes at state level or ministerial level will be calculated 12 periods of learning maximally; persons guiding dissertation, or presiding over/acting as secretary for themes at grassroots will be calculated 8 periods of learning maximally (calculated from time of protecting successfully dissertation or when the themes are passed after examining and receiving).

- Composing the professional curriculum will be calculated 08 periods maximally for 1 curriculum, depending on consideration of heads of units (calculated at time of publication); medical officers, who are not lecturers of educational facilities, are calculated under the actual teaching duration when participating in teaching related to their professional operations.

Circular No. 22/2013/TT-BYT also stipulates participating in training, practicing courses, transferring techniques, re-training courses of professional operations for a short term domestically or abroad under form of concentrated or e-learning, and being granted certificates: Duration of participating in continuous training is calculated under reality of the training program.

This form of continuous training must have program and documents for training which are appraised and approved by the competent authorities according to Article 8 of Circular No. 22/2013/TT-BYT.

View more details at Circular No. 22/2013/TT-BYT of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam, effective from October 01, 2013.

Thu Ba

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