Professional Theme in the Medical Doctor Program at VinUniversity

August 8, 2022

Apart from academic knowledge and skills, students of the Medical Doctor program (the College of Health Sciences) are prepared to have a professional attitude and working style right from the first year of university. Professionalism is also one of the 3 important themes in the Medical Doctor program at VinUniversity.

“The moment you wear the white coat in the “White Coat Ceremony”, you are bearing more responsibilities on your shoulders. It also marks the very first lesson you learn on professionalism in medicine.”

Watch the video below to hear Assoc. Prof, Dr. Zarrin S. Siddiqui, Director of the Medical Doctor Program, shares about this special theme!

MD program was designed in alignment with Competency-based education, around 3 main themes as CPR, with:

C: Clinician: Clinical practice

P: Professional: Professionalism in medicine

R: Researcher: Scientific research

The competency of the training program meets the competency standards of Medical Doctors as required by the Ministry of Health, and is aligned with competency standards according to ACGME- I. A list of standards and criteria is mapped into throughout all the courses of the program to ensure that students will achieve the standards after finishing the training program.