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IMPACT | A Collaboration to Support Global Health
£14,000
SCHOLARSHIP TO COVER HAMC GRADUATE TRAINEES’ COURSE FEES
2
YEARS SPENT STUDYING AT WESTMINSTER DURING THE PROJECT
2022
THE FIRST TRAINEES WILL ENROL THIS SEPTEMBER
A COLLABORATION TO SUPPORT GLOBAL HEATH
Working in collaboration with Real Capital London, Westminster is supporting international efforts to improve patient care in the face of a global health crisis.
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ietnam has a serious shortage of qualified professionals working in healthcare. This is perhaps why, despite continuous improvements in facilities and services in the country, the Vietnamese spend $2bn a year travelling abroad for medical treatment. To combat this scarcity of human resource in the sector, a state-of-theart healthcare eco-system is being developed in Ho Chi Minh City. A project to develop the Hong Anh Medical Campus (HAMC) has been launched by Real Capital London – a family investment company headquartered in London, that focuses on financial assets, infrastructure, healthcare and education. HAMC is a healthcare ecosystem that comprises a medical training and research centre, a rehabilitation centre, nursing homes, a world-class hospital, and a network of GP clinics and pharmacies to be established in Vietnam to serve the Vietnamese. All facilities are being
developed under British standards, and the training of professionals is no exception. This is where Westminster comes in. Working in collaboration with Real Capital London, we have launched a scholarship programme that provides funding for Vietnamese medical professionals to study in London. The training programme is based on a ‘learn, earn and return’ model. Once recruited, graduate trainees will be trained partly in Vietnam then further trained at Westminster (learn) and experience working in UK healthcare facilities where they will be paid (earn), then travel back to Vietnam to work at the HAMC’s eco-system or other healthcare facilities (return). “Across the globe, so few health and social care workers, including doctors, dentists, nurses and allied health professionals are given an opportunity to learn the skills to research and evaluate the systems they work in,” says Professor Brendon Noble, Head of the School of Life Sciences at Westminster. “We are
delighted to be partnering with HAMC to train students to do exactly this. To be able to improve systems and to become healthcare leaders of the future.” Commencing in September, trainees will study on the MSc Integrative Health and Wellbeing (Professional Practice) course. They will learn to evaluate global health and social care systems, and to use research and evidence to identify best practice and routes to improvement. “We appreciate the effort that Westminster has put in to design this excellent MSc programme for our Vietnamese healthcare trainees,” says Mrs Juliette Waterhouse, Managing Director of Real Capital London. “We believe this partnership will create a strong platform for the trainees to obtain the necessary knowledge and qualifications for their professional and personal development.” Our international collaboration with HAMC will support the growth of health professionals in Vietnam, and will ultimately contribute to improved health and well-being in communities across the globe.
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