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VinUniversity Annual Report AY 20-21

College of Health Science (cont.)

4 General Surgery
Residents

10 Internal 5 Pediatrics
Medicine Residents

Graduate Medical Education (GME)
Program

3 Residency programs offered for the first time in Vietnam by a activities, and a longitudinal preceptorship at Vinmec Times City
newly established private higher education institution in affiliation International Hospital. At the conclusion of this course, the residents
with a not-for-profit private healthcare system completed the first Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
administered at the VinUniversity Simulation Center.
Academic Highlights:
• VinUniversity Graduate Medical Education (GME) program had a Professional Exposure:
ground-breaking academic year 2020-2021. The inaugural GME • In March, the residents began full-time clinical rotations at Vinmec
recruitment cycle included the administration of the International Times City International Hospital. They continued their rapid
Foundations of Medicine (IFOM) exam to all 3 residency programs development through daily involvement in patient care under the
— the first internationally-benchmarked exam to be translated, supervision of the affiliate clinical faculty and the GME program
validated, and administered in Vietnamese. The successful directors and associate program directors.
organization of IFOM — which is developed by the US National
Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), the same founder of USMLE Clinical faculty development has progressed significantly, with the GME
steps that certified medical students and residents in the U.S. — team delivering additional sessions of the Master Clinical Educator
shows the commitment to world-class quality from VinUniversity Academy (MCEA) Part 1 curriculum, which will be followed by the
to our talented students. newly developed curriculum of MCEA Part 2. Agreements have been
• The recruitment cycle concluded in early September with an made with key partner public hospitals, National Children’s Hospital
outstanding cohort of residents hailing from all over Vietnam, and Military Hospital 108. Implementation plans will be finalized in the
including ten residents in Internal Medicine, five residents in summer of 2021.
Pediatrics, and four residents in General Surgery.
HEALTH
• In the first semester, the residents completed the Penn-developed Read more about our GME: here: https://vinuni.edu.vn/post-graduate/
Core Clinical Skills course. This novel, concentrated resident
preparation curriculum includes lectures, workshops, simulation