2022 Palliative Care Training for Nurses (5th Class)
MEET-Project Palliative Care team are so happy to report that the first Palliative Care Training for Nurses took place in Ca Mau General hospital from 12 to 20 April 2022. More classes for Ca Mau province are planned with the next class scheduled for June 7-15.
In this class for nurses of Ca Mau General hospital, we had the honor to have Dr. Dang (Dang Huy Quoc THINH), Vice Director of HCMC Oncology Hospital cum Chairman of Vietnam Palliative Care Society. He delivered his opening speech and conducted the topic "History of Palliative and the direction strategy to develop Palliative in Vietnam" thru Zoom. He also emphasized that Palliative Care is not only for cancer patients but for all other chronic diseases that all healthcare professionals should improve knowledge and skills in their specialty.
From Camau General Hospital, Dr. To (To Minh NGHI), Vice Director attended and shared many on-going activities of Palliative Care at the medical center and at home as well as providing activities in most of the district hospitals in Ca Mau province which he built up the program for doctors from 2011. If Ca Mau will help from MEET to train the nurses in district hospitals, this will be a great support to provide knowledge and skills for the nurses in that far area to be more confident in work and from that, patients there will receive more benefit in care, especially Palliative.
Two classes of Palliative Care for Nurses of Can Tho Oncology Hospital are also planned; one will be from 9 May to 17 May and the next one will be from 23 to 31 May 2022. The Nursing Faculty of CTUMP will also send lecturers to join the class in Cantho Oncology Hospital in May 2022.
There are some other discussions to come up with MOU with Ho Chi Minh City Oncology hospital and Vietnam Palliative Care Society, and the training plan for Nurses in Hanoi Oncology hospital (Aug-Sep 2022). Some hospitals in provinces in Mekong like Tien Giang, Ben Tre are also on training schedule with one or two classes.
If there is not enough time this year (2022), the training schedule may be pushed out to 2023 together with other provinces like Da Nang, Kien Giang, An Giang and Dong Thap.
View pictures from the 1st class of Palliative Care for Nurses (12-20 Apr 2022) held in Ca Mau General hospital.
