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Information on medical school admissions in many universities using literature as a combination of subjects. Recently, Duy Tan University has provided information on this issue.

Accordingly, in addition to keeping the traditional combination of Math, Chemistry, Biology (B00) in the medical training program under the Health Sciences block, Duy Tan University has added Literature in a combination of admission subjects (A16): (Math; Natural Sciences (KHTN) including Physics, Chemistry, Biology; Literature).

How to properly incorporate linguistics into medical school admissions? Figure 1 — Literature is believed to help develop writing skills - which is crucial in communicating information coherently in reports, scientific research and medical lectures. Illustrative photo.

The school's leaders said that the aim is to train comprehensive medical students, meeting both technical and humanistic requirements necessary for medical training in Vietnam.

In the admission combination with Literature, there is still a Natural Science exam that includes 3 subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Biology), so it ensures the core knowledge requirements and foundation in the traditional admission of the medical industry, in addition to organizing it in accordance with the graduation exam in the innovative general education program that is being implemented.

Currently, Duy Tan University always ensures that each admission group includes Biology to standardize professional knowledge for a student studying Health Sciences, meeting the necessary and sufficient conditions to study and become a General Practitioner.

For medical training at Duy Tan University, Literature is selected as one of the admission groups for General Practitioner with the aim of selecting candidates with humanistic qualities and communication skills or reading comprehension in many forms, in addition to ensuring that those candidates have fully satisfied the knowledge requirements in Natural Sciences (specifically Physics, Chemistry, Biology).

The school's leaders believe that students who study Literature have many advantages in interactive thinking in communication, in addition to the ability to read, understand and analyze academic documents quickly to absorb new medical knowledge.

Not to mention that Literature helps develop writing skills - which is very important in communicating information coherently in reports, scientific research and medical lectures.

In addition, the advantage of those who are good at Literature is having a deep insight into culture, ethics and humanistic values of Medicine. This is a necessary condition for each student after graduation to become a General Practitioner who possesses all 3 elements: Heart - Talent - Virtue.

In addition, Duy Tan University also focuses on training to improve students' English proficiency so that after graduation, or even while studying at the school, students have enough capacity to access international medical documents and participate in scientific research activities in the field of medicine.

Meanwhile, Professor Nguyen Anh Tri, National Assembly Delegate of Hanoi , former Director of the Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, affirmed that medical training is an important issue, so any change in the enrollment plan must go through a research process and impact assessment.

When including Literature in the admissions exam, it must be evaluated by scientists, especially medical scientists. Then, there needs to be a legal document, not each school recruiting differently, each year changing the way," said Professor Nguyen Anh Tri.

Looking back at the medical training process, Professor Nguyen Anh Tri said that the important subjects used as the basis for medical admission are Mathematics, Chemistry, and Biology. If there is a need for innovation in the entrance examination, it must be based on scientific grounds.

Expressing his opinion on this issue, Professor Nguyen Thanh Liem, former Director of the National Children's Hospital, supported the inclusion of Literature in the admission criteria.

The reason he gave was that doctors treat patients not only by performing procedures, surgeries, and prescribing prescriptions, but also by their heart and personality.

"Someone said Literature is the Person, so Literature is an important factor in forming the personality and heart of a doctor.

Literary works provide doctors with a comprehensive view of human beings, of their complex emotional and psychological states. This helps doctors develop humanistic thinking, enhances their ability to understand and empathize with patients, and enables doctors to treat patients individually.

Scientific knowledge can still be acquired if learned late, but the process of forming personality and soul is a process that starts from a young age" - this person shared his opinion.

According to Professor Nguyen Thanh Liem, being good at literature helps doctors have good communication skills with patients to better understand illnesses and avoid unfortunate conflicts.

Being good at literature helps doctors express their ideas clearly and concisely when writing reports. “I have read many Master’s and Doctoral theses that were written with many grammatical and expression errors.

In international medical student entrance exams, in addition to the theoretical part, the interview part is very important. In this part, the questioner does not limit himself to scientific knowledge but requires candidates to have a very broad understanding of many issues, especially social issues, and skills to handle situations.

Generations of Vietnamese doctors trained under the French were not only good at their profession but also great personalities" - he emphasized.

From the perspective of all parties, it can be seen that if medical students are good at both natural sciences and literature, it would be perfect. Such admissions orient medical students to study more comprehensively than in high school.

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