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An overview of the ceremony |
Vietnamese participants included Major General, Prof., Dr. Nguyen Truong Giang, Director of the Department of Military Medicine; Senior Colonels Phan Dinh Mung and Bui Duc Thanh, Deputy Directors of Military Hospital 175.
The U.S. delegation was led by Rear Admiral Kevin J. Brown, Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy.
Over six weeks, Military Hospital 175 worked with a team of U.S. Navy medical experts to conduct training and exchange experience in emergency ultrasound, the assessment and management of trauma patients, trauma emergency care training, and the development of Viet Nam’s trauma care system.
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Members of the Vietnamese delegation |
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Members of the U.S. delegation |
The program featured two-way professional exchanges combining theoretical instruction, practical training, clinical case discussions, and experience sharing. It aimed to enhance professional capabilities, standardize procedures, and promote joint scientific research between the two sides.
Both sides noted that the first exchange program had obtained tangible results. These included the completion of training in Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (E-FAST) and Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS), as well as the successful delivery of the International Trauma Life Support (ITLS) course, which all U.S. trainees completed. The program helped promote the exchange of practical experience, facilitate knowledge sharing, and strengthen two-way professional cooperation between Viet Nam and the U.S. in trauma emergency care, bedside ultrasound, and anesthesiology and critical care.
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Certificates of completion of the program and ITLS certificates presented to U.S. trainees |
In terms of system development, the participants gained valuable experience in organizing trauma care systems and trauma teams, developing procedures for receiving and managing trauma patients, and establishing trauma databases. These experiences will help guide the standardization and improvement of the trauma emergency care system at Military Hospital 175.
At the ceremony, both sides proposed maintaining and further developing the Viet Nam-U.S. Medical Professional Exchange Program in a practical, focused manner that meets their respective training needs and builds on each side’s professional strengths. Priorities include strengthening clinical practice, discussing clinical cases, and facilitating direct exchanges of experience.
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Representatives of the U.S. Navy medical officers present gifts to members of the Vietnamese delegation. |
Building on the preliminary assessment of this training program, the two sides will continue refining and standardizing the curriculum while working with U.S. experts to develop appropriate, systematic evaluation methods that can be applied to future exchanges.
Senior Colonel Phan Dinh Mung, Deputy Director of Military Hospital 175, emphasized that the outcomes of the first medical professional exchange program had laid a solid foundation for long-term, sustainable cooperation, increasingly in-depth professional collaboration, and more diverse and effective training and scientific research between Viet Nam and the U.S.
The hospital will continue to enhance its professional and foreign-language capabilities to ensure that its medical personnel are well equipped to proactively seize international cooperation opportunities and effectively apply knowledge and experience gained through professional exchanges to standardizing clinical procedures and improving patient services.
Translated by Quynh Oanh