Tighten training of doctors and law graduates

The government will tighten the conditions for opening majors in specific fields such as medicine and law. Facilities that do not meet the criteria for teaching staff, professional capacity and practice facilities will not be allowed to train in these two fields. This information was given at the National Assembly discussion session last weekend and received public attention.

University of Medicine and Pharmacy rewards valedictorians of training majors in the 2024-2025 school year. Photo: TL

In the context of universities and colleges opening majors massively in recent years, the trade-off of quality for quantity has caused consequences. Incompetent doctors and lawyers are a potential danger to society. This policy demonstrates the courage and determination of state management agencies in reviving university education , putting social interests first, because both medicine and law are professions that require high precision, responsibility and professional ethics.

The quality of output is a non-negotiable factor. It is difficult to accept a doctor graduating from a school that lacks laboratories, lacks practice beds, or lecturers who only read textbooks without clinical experience.

Similarly, a lawyer or judge lacking solid background knowledge and litigation and consulting skills will distort justice and affect the legitimate rights of individuals and organizations.

The tightening of criteria, especially the criteria for permanent lecturers with practical experience and qualified practice facilities, will screen and retain training facilities that are truly capable of investing and committing to quality. Moreover, this policy helps prevent some units from taking advantage of the high demand for learning to open majors for profit without investing adequately in training quality.

Although the policy is correct, the implementation process will inevitably face major difficulties that need to be recognized. First and foremost is the issue of lecturer resources. In reality, highly qualified lecturers with many years of experience in the medical and legal fields are scarce and expensive resources. Requiring a high proportion of permanent lecturers will put pressure on schools, especially newly established non-public schools, which are already having difficulty competing to attract talent with large hospitals or leading law firms.

Next is the difficulty of standard practice facilities. Building a university hospital, a moot court, or a modern medical laboratory requires huge capital investment and a long time, a financial burden that many schools cannot meet immediately. In addition, there is a risk of applying criteria rigidly, inflexibly between regions or types of schools, causing unfairness in assessment.

Therefore, to implement this policy, the Government needs to have practical support solutions, along with the determination to maintain core quality. If we do, the end result will be a generation of good doctors, a team of dedicated and competent lawyers. That is a solid foundation for building a healthy society and a fair justice system.

Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/xa-hoi/202512/siet-dao-tao-bac-si-cu-nhan-luat-56f445e/