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MINISTRY
OF HEALTH
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SOCIALIST
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 19/2006/QD-BYT
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Hanoi, July 4,
2006
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DECISION
INTRODUCING
REGULATIONS ON RESIDENT DOCTOR TRAINING
MINISTER OF HEALTH
Pursuant to the Law on Education dated June 14,
2005;
Pursuant to the Government's Decree No.
49/2003/ND-CP dated May 15, 2003, defining the functions, tasks, powers and
organizational structure of the Ministry of Health;
After considering the requests of the Director
of the Science and Education Department, and the Director of the Department of
Organization and Personnel,
HEREBY DECIDES
Article 1. “Regulations on resident doctor training” are enclosed
herewith.
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Article 3. The Chief of Office, Directors of such Departments as
Science and Training Department, Organization and Personnel Department,
Planning – Finance Department of the Ministry of Health, Presidents of
Universities of Medicine and Pharmacy, Deans of Pharmacy Faculties of
universities, and Heads of resident doctor training establishments, shall be
responsible for implementing this Decision.
PP. MINISTER
DEPUTY MINISTER
Le Ngoc Trong
REGULATIONS
ON
RESIDENT DOCTOR TRAINING
(Annexed to the Decision No. 19/2006/QD-BYT dated July 4, 2006 of the
Minister of Health)
Chapter 1:
TRAINING OBJECTIVES,
ENROLLEES AND FORMS
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Resident doctor training (hereinafter referred to as
residency training) will become a particular form of postgraduate training in
the healthcare sector which is aimed at training specialists to possess firm
fundamental knowledge, expert knowledge in the healthcare system, good practice
skills, and to be able to actively and masterfully resolve basic medical issues
arising within the scope of their training specialties.
Residency training will become one of forms of
training of excellent experts and young talents in the healthcare sector which
is applied in clinical, near-clinical and preventive medicine specialties.
Article 2. Enrollees
1. Residency training shall be designed only
for doctors who have just graduated from the formal medical education programs
provided by medical universities, medical and pharmacy universities or other
training establishments operating within the territory of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam, wish to take residency training programs, voluntarily
apply for entrance tests and are allowed to take only one test after graduation
from higher education programs.
2. Foreigners who wish to take residency training
programs must fully meet requirements set out in Article 3 hereof and must be
recommended by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.
Article 3. Enrolment
requirements
1. Enrollees meeting the following requirements
shall be qualified for entrance tests for residency training programs:
a) Hold bachelor’s degrees in majors corresponding
to residency training specialties which are ranked good at minimum.
b) During the period of their study of higher
education programs, they were not subject to a discipline in a form of warning
or more serious one or an academic suspension (except for health-related
reasons).
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d) They are required to be healthy enough to serve
in the healthcare sector for a long term as provided in the Joint Circular No.
10/TT-LB dated August 18, 1989 promulgated by the Ministry of Health,
universities, professional education schools and enterprises, and the
instructional Official Dispatch No. 2445/TS dated May 20, 1990 of the Ministry
of Education and Training.
2. Certain residency training specialties having
special health requirements shall be decided by training establishments.
3. If enrollees holding bachelor's degrees at the
excellent level meet all requirements referred to b), c) and d) of clause 1 and
clause 2 of Article 3, they shall be granted exemptions from entrance tests for
residency training programs.
Article 4. Application
requirements
1. Application form for tests for admission to
residency training programs which must clearly specify the major to be trained
in, the foreign language to be tested and commitments to complying with
assigned duties after graduation from the residency training.
2. Transcripts showing scores during higher
education years and the course graduation score.
3. Notarized duplicate copy of the bachelor’s
degree. Upon admission to the residency training program, its original copy
must be presented.
4. Curriculum vitae endorsed by the higher education
establishment where the enrollee has studied.
5. Other paper submitted upon the request of the
training establishment where the enrollee wishes to study.
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Residency training shall have only one form which
is formal and full-time, last for 3 years and require trainees to take up
permanent residence at hospitals or other medical internship facilities
conforming to specific requirements of each specialty to learn and work
regularly (except classes held under the training establishment’s regulations).
Chapter 2:
TRAINING ORGANIZATION
AND PROGRAMS
Article 6. Training
establishments
1. Residency training establishments must be
medical universities, universities of medicine and pharmacy, medical and
pharmacy institutes or other higher education establishments, all of which must
obtain licenses to provide medical training programs (hereinafter referred to
as higher education establishment), and may be combined with other hospitals,
research institutes or other medical internship facilities which are assigned
duties by the Ministry of Health.
2. Standards of a residency training establishment:
a) Design the curriculum approved by the Ministry
of Health.
b) Develop the staff of lecturers who are professors,
associate professors, doctors and level II accredited physicians. The minimum
required number of lecturers must be 03 lecturers for each training specialty
and visiting lecturers may make up one-third or less in the staff of lecturers.
Each resident trainee must be kept under the direct
supervision of a lecturer who meets the above-stated standards. Each lecturer
shall be in charge of no more than 3 trainees at the same time.
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d) Provide all facilities necessary for teaching
activities, such as laboratories, teaching aids and libraries where academic
journals, syllabus and textbooks are available for use.
Article 7. Entrance tests
1. Entrance tests shall be conformable to
regulations adopted by the Ministry of Education and Training, and the Ministry
of Health.
2. The higher education establishment licensed to
provide residency training programs shall have the intake of trainees in each
specialty, develop the test plan, decide on test subjects, report to the
Ministry of Health, and then make them known to the public at least 3 months
prior to the test date.
3. The entrance test shall be held on an annual
basis.
Article 8. Test subjects
1. Basic science;
2. General science;
3. Level-B foreign language: Examinees may choose
one of the following foreign languages: English, German, Russian, French or
Chinese;
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5. The Test Board's Chair shall decide questions of
each test subject and report to the Ministry of Health.
Article 9. Enrolment councils
Councils of enrolment of trainees qualified for
residency training programs shall be established under the decisions of
Presidents of higher education establishments licensed to provide residency
training programs.
Article 10. Admission
requirements
1. Scores of all test subjects must be at least 5.
In particular, the score of the specialty subject must be 7 or above (based on
the grade scale of 10 and rounded to the nearest 0.5).
2. The score of the foreign language may be used as
a tiebreaker criterion in case there are at least two examinees having tie
scores and shall not be aggregated with total score.
3. Total score of 3 test subjects (exclusive of the
foreign language score) shall be arranged in a descending order and classified
by specialties as a basis for admission of examinees according to the
predetermined intake.
4. If the number of examinees is less than the
defined intake, admission of more examinees shall not be allowed.
Article 11. Recognition of
examinees admitted to residency training programs
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Article 12. Residency training
curriculum
The framework curriculum shall be composed of 150
units of study of which at least 50% is intended for the internship classes,
specifically including:
1. General subjects (philosophy, foreign language,
computer science, teaching methodology and scientific research methodology
account for about 15% of total unit of study).
2. Basic and complementary subjects must account
for approximately 14%.
3. Specialty subjects must account for at least
50%.
4. Thesis must account for 18%.
Article 13. Evaluation of
subjects/modules
1. The aggregate score of both theoretical and
empirical subjects shall be determined on the basis of the percentage of each
knowledge volume.
2. The theoretical score of a specialty subject
shall be separated from the empirical score of that subject.
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4. Trainee with 1/3 or less of credits which are
failed may be allowed to resit a test; if he/she has less than 1/3 of credits
which are failed or any credit which is failed after resit, he/she must be
subject to expulsion.
Article 14. Thesis
1. Thesis instructor shall be considered and
decided by the Head of the training establishment.
2. Trainee must write a graduation thesis with at least
15,000 words (about 50 pages, exclusive of charts, diagrams, drawings and list
of references).
Article 15. Graduation exams
1. Graduation exam requirements: Trainee shall be
allowed to take graduation exams if he/she has successfully completed the training
curriculum specified in Article 12, has attained scores of completion of
subjects/modules specified in Article 13 and has not been disciplined during
his/her study period.
2. Each graduation exam shall be divided into the
oral thesis defence, specialty subject test and foreign language test, all of
which are regulated as follows:
a) Oral thesis defence: The thesis shall be
presented to the thesis grading committee within the duration of 20 minutes.
b) Specialty subject test: Both theoretical and
empirical knowledge shall be tested. The score of each shall be calculated
separately.
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All graduation exam scores must be at least 7
(based on the grade scale of 10).
3. Graduation exam council:
a) The council shall be composed of 5 members and
established under the President of the higher education establishment providing
residency training programs.
b) The council’s chair shall be authorized to
establish the thesis grading committee, the specialty subject marking panel and
the foreign language subject marking board.
c) The thesis grading committee shall be composed
of 5 members, including 2 oral judges and at least 2 members who are not
belonging to the training establishment which runs that committee.
Article 16. Graduation
recognition
1. The list of trainees qualified for graduation
from residency training programs must be submitted to the Ministry of Health
for its approval and grant of its recognition decision.
2. Graduate from a residency training program shall
be awarded the Resident Physician diploma and the Level-I Specialist diploma,
and shall be recommended to the Ministry of Education and Training for
conferral of the Master Degree in Medicine.
3. Presidents of higher education establishments
licensed to provide residency training programs must sign their names on
graduation diplomas.
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TRAINEE’S DUTIES AND
INTERESTS
Article 17. Trainee’s duties
1. Trainee must strictly comply with rules and
regulations on residency training and other statutes of higher education
establishments and medical internship facilities.
2. Trainee must complete the study plan and take
the graduation exam by the prescribed deadline. The trainee who gives sound
reasons may be entitled to an academic intermission one time and may retain
his/her study results for one year.
3. Trainee must reside at an medical institute,
hospital or other medical internship facility in order to study and work,
except class attendance regulated by his/her training establishment.
4. Get involved in providing internship
instructions for higher education students if he/she is assigned to do so.
5. After graduation, trainee must submit to the
Ministry of Health’s secondment as prescribed in Article 87 in the Law on
Education.
Article 18. Student’s
interests
1. Trainee shall be entitled to enter libraries,
have access to scientific materials and use laboratories to serve the needs of
his/her study, research and thesis writing.
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3. Trainee gaining the excellent graduation results
shall be entitled to express his/her occupational desire and may be granted an
exemption from taking the level-II specialization test in accordance with
his/her wish.
Chapter 4:
LECTURER’S DUTIES AND
INTERESTS
Article 19. Duties
1. Lecturer shall be responsible for taking part in
formulation of the training plan, design of curriculum and teaching materials
according to his/her assigned tasks.
2. Instruct, oversee and support trainees to ensure
they study according to the training plan and assure the training quality.
Article 20. Interests
The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of
Education and Training shall adopt regulations on corresponding interests of
postgraduate lecturers who gain level-I, level-II specialization, residency
diplomas, master degrees or doctoral degrees in medicine.
Chapter 5:
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Article 21. Responsibilities
of higher education establishments
1. Higher education establishments meeting
residency training requirements prescribed in Article 6 hereof shall be
responsible for registering specialty identification codes according to
regulations on opening of new training disciplines. Within 45 days from the
date of receipt of all required documents, the Ministry of Health shall conduct
the assessment of specialties in question and grant its decision to assign
training tasks.
2. Higher education establishments that are tasked
with providing residency training programs shall be responsible for managing
the entire training process under their statutes.
3. Higher education establishments shall be
responsible for cooperating with medical institutes, hospitals and other
medical internship facilities in performing training activities and assuring
trainees of available internship.
Article 22. Responsibilities
of medical institutes, hospitals and other medical internship facilities
1. Medical institutes, hospitals and other medical
internship facilities involved in residency training which are recommended by
higher education establishments and recognized by the Ministry of Health shall
be responsible for collaborating with higher education establishments in
jointly providing residency training programs in order to ensure assigned tasks
will be performed according to plans.
2. Medical institutes, hospitals and other medical
internship facilities may act as bodies cooperating with higher education
establishments in giving trainees medical education upon request.
Article 23. Training budget
1. Higher education establishments providing
residency training programs shall be entitled to manage and use training
expenditures and other revenues in accordance with regulations in force.
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Chapter 6:
IMPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 24. Implementary
provision
1. The Ministry of Health shall undertake the
uniform state management of the residency training, the supervision of
enrolment procedures, training processes and the assessment of training
courses.
2. Higher education establishments must, based on
these Regulations, adopt specific rules and regulations which must not be in
breach of these Regulations and must obtain approval from the Ministry of
Health before implementation.