Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital is the medical examination and treatment facility and practical training facility of the school - Photo: TRAN HUYNH
Many experts support the policy but believe that there should be regulations on conditions for opening majors and close supervision of the quality of human resource training in these two specific fields.
That consensus also comes from deep concerns about the situation of easy opening of majors, fake lecturers, substandard training... which has lasted for many years and has become a real risk to society.
Medical training facilities in many developed countries must meet extremely strict criteria: the practice hospital must be a university hospital or a high-level hospital; medical lecturers must regularly participate in medical examination and treatment; simulation facilities, laboratories, and competency assessment systems must all be standardized.
Meanwhile, in Vietnam, many universities open medical majors based on the general criteria of the Ministry of Education and Training applied to many other fields. This "uniform criteria" model creates a big loophole.
The situation of virtual lecturers is one of the most pressing issues. By simply signing a symbolic contract or "enrolling", many people from abroad are still counted as part of the permanent staff so that the school is qualified to open a major.
Even the opening of the medical profession was done in the style of "recruiting hospital doctors to make up the number". This is a way that deviates completely from international standards.
As a result, many training facilities "meet the standards on paper", but lack a real foundation: no school hospital, lack of simulation centers, lack of full-time lecturers, limited scientific research...
The demand for medical personnel is great, but we cannot use the excuse of "lack of doctors" to open up massively. We cannot lower training standards because of "increasing quotas to meet human resource needs".
A medical program that wants to meet the minimum standards must have a standard school hospital; a team of clinical instructors who actually work at the school; simulation facilities, labs, and practice systems that meet accreditation standards; and a training program that is closely linked to professional competency standards. Without these requirements, it is impossible to train true doctors.
An expert with more than 20 years of law training in Ho Chi Minh City also frankly said that if the conditions for opening majors are strictly controlled, ensuring permanent lecturers, scientific research and program accreditation are in accordance with regulations, there will be many schools that do not meet the standards. Therefore, the assessment, opening and maintenance of majors must have more independent and strict standards.
Serious supervision and closure of substandard industries are necessary steps to build a quality, internationally integrated medical system.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/khong-the-tiep-tuc-de-dai-trong-dao-tao-bac-si-luat-su-20251129100452032.htm
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