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- Title
Viet Nam's first qualified speech therapists.
- Authors
McAllister, Lindy; Woodward, Sue; Atherton, Marie; Nguyen Thi Ngoc Dung; Potvin, Claude; Huynh Bich Thao; Le Thi Thanh Xuan; Le Khanh Dien
- Abstract
Viet Nam's first qualified speech therapists graduated on 21 September 2012. Eighteen graduate health professionals (nurses, physiotherapists and medical practitioners) completed a two-year speech therapy course made possible by a partnership between Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, the Ear Nose and Throat Hospital of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Australian Volunteers International and Trinh Foundation Australia. These 18 pioneering graduates have now returned to their hospitals and disability services in HCMC and Hue to establish speech therapy services. This paper describes the roles of the major partners in this significant international development activity, overviews the course content, structure and challenges, changes for the second intake of students in the course, and highlights future developments in speech therapy in Viet Nam.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; VIETNAM; VOLUNTEERS; CURRICULUM planning; INTERNATIONAL relations; NURSES; PHYSICAL therapists; PHYSICIANS; REHABILITATION; SPEECH therapists; SPEECH therapy education; GRADUATES
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 2013, Vol 15, Issue 2, p75
- ISSN
2200-0259
- Publication type
Article