Undergraduate Medical Education Reform in Viet Nam for a Primary Health Care Workforce

• Main Authors: David B. Duong (Author), Tuan A. Nguyen (Author), Kristen Goodell (Author), Nora Y. Osman (Author), Tam M. Nguyen (Author), Van-Anh T. Pham (Author), Loan T. Vu (Author), Hong-Anh T. Vu (Author), Lisa A. Cosimi (Author), Todd Pollack (Author), Barbara Gottlieb (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Ubiquity Press, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Strong primary health care (PHC) systems require a robust PHC workforce. Traditionally, medical education takes place in academic medical centres that favour subspecialty care rather than PHC settings. This may undervalue primary care as a career and contribute to a shortage of PHC workers. However,...