ࡱ> npmg CbjbjVV 4Tr<r<;$$$XHHHHH777$<77777HH[[[76HH[7[[[H06y)m[(0X[`[[h77[77777[777X7777777777777 : Proposal for Developing a Model CT Surgery Residency Program in Vietnam Background Vietnam, a vibrant country of 86 million people in Southeast Asia, has made significant strides in the political and economic sectors, but slower progress in the education and healthcare sectors since reunification under a socialistic government in 1975. GDP growth averaged 4.7% in 2007-2008 (1). The population living below $2.00/day is 52.2% (1, 2). Health care spending is less than five percent of GDP and remains socialized with progressive attempts to provide health insurance programs and privatize. 80% of healthcare spending remains out of pocket. Life expectancy is 72 years for males and 76 years for females (1, 2). The under five mortality rate was 150 per 1,000 live births in 2005 (1,2). The Health Development Index (HDI) for Vietnam is 0.725 (ranked 116 of 182 countries (3). The ranking is based on life expectancy; adult literacy; primary, secondary, tertiary gross school enrolment; and GDP per capita (Low is <0.499; Medium 0.500-0.799; and High 0.800-899). In Vietnam the curative system of pyramidal or ascending healthcare includes the communal, district, provincial, and national major city medical center levels with efficiency and progressive flow through the system dependent on geographical location, bureaucracy, and complexity of illness. Communication and transportation remain major issues. This is especially true for trauma, critical, and complex medical conditions. The development and growth of cardiac surgery has accelerated since 1992 with the opening of the Carpentier Heart Institute in Ho Chi Min City (formerly Saigon). At present there are 21 centers performing cardiac surgery in Vietnam (7 in Hanoi; 9 in Ho Chi Min City; 1 in Haiphong; 1 in Hue; 2 in DaNang, and 1 in Rach Gia city in the delta Kien Gian province). Yet only 10 centers perform >100 cases/year. Over 100 cardiac surgeons (senior, junior, assistants) perform over 8,000 procedures annually in Vietnam. Yet the estimated prevalence of patients needing adult or pediatric cardiac surgery or intervention is 50-80,000, with an added annual incidence of >5,000. In Vietnam, the basic educational system for the cardiac surgeon includes 12 years of primary or elementary school, followed by the 6 year university bachelor of medicine degree. There is an additional alternative academic pathway of 4-6 years to obtain the Masters and Doctor of Medicine degree. There is no centrally coordinated or monitored clinical residency system (Graduate Medical Education- GME). For those who qualify for medical school the tuition is negligible, thus minimizing financial debt. There are only 3 established structured cardiac surgery in house cardiac surgery training programs in Vietnam. Viet Duc University hospital in Hanoi has a 3-5 year program that combines general and cardiothoracic surgery. Cho Ray general hospital in HCM city has a 3 year cardiac surgery training program. The HCM city Heart Institute, started in 1992, has the oldest and most organized program for training the entire cardiac care team, including the cardiac surgeon. At present, their initial rigid system of selection of cardiac surgery residents includes a written and oral examination for the graduating medical student. This is followed by a 3-6 month observational period wherein the resident is evaluated. If selected, the aspiring resident receives 3.5 years of additional formal training. Following this period, an additional 3-5 years is spent as a junior staff member, before selection to senior staff, or recommendation as senior surgeon to another institution (4). Currently, most of the present practicing cardiac surgeons have spent varying periods of time at the Carpentier institute. In addition, some have received 1-2 years of formal non-accredited training abroad, or 1-3 month observational training abroad. Presently there is no consensus amongst those interviewed re. the immediate or future needs of cardiac surgeons in Vietnam. In Vietnam, More than 80% of the caseloads are valve (primarily rheumatic mitral), and congenital heart operations (especially ASD, VSD, Tetralogy, PDA, PS). Pulmonary hypertension in both groups is a significant risk factor. This is a reflection of delayed presentation, incomplete evaluation, or late referral. Rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remain prevalent, yet slowly decreasing in incidence in younger children, secondary to an aggressive government prevention program. Yet, there remains > 5,000 patients requiring surgical treatment of RHD. The incidence and prevalence of congenital heart disease is growing secondary to increased objective (2D ECHO) recognition, especially in neonates. In most of the cardiac centers the average surgical caseloads include >50% congenital heart disease. Neonatal congenital cardiac operations (<1month) or weight <5 kg are increasing, yet done in only a few centers. There is current debate re. the number and location of neonatal cardiac surgery centers. Coronary artery disease, which is steadily increasing, is treated primarily with angioplasty/stenting. Interestingly, each stent costs around $1,000 US. The average out of pocket cost for heart surgery in is $1,500-$4,500 for congenital heart disease and $2,000- $5,000 for valve surgery (the average prosthetic mechanical valve costs about $1,000). A short term government program has allowed free open heart surgery for children less than 6 years of age with congenital heart disease. Yet this program is inconsistent. Not every child is covered, since there is varying differences in coverage in many districts and provinces. Cardiac surgeons are employed by the central or local government with a monthly salary ranging from $200 to $400. Salaries are supplemented by performing other operations or working in private initiatives. The majority of centers are government or public, with only three private centers. Historically, a number of individual surgeons, non-government organizations (NGOs), and international centers have been engaged with projects in Vietnam over the past 21 years (Appendix E). Vina Capital Foundation, East meets West, Atlantic Philanthropy, and Childrens Heart Link have been actively involved. Prof. Alain Carpentier from Hospital Broussee in Paris, France made the greatest impact on cardiac surgery in Vietnam with the start of the Heart Institute in Ho Chi Min City in 1989. The center was established and Vietnamese cardiac care teams were trained in Paris. Surgery with combined French and Vietnamese teams started in 1992. Presently over 1,200 cases are now performed annually, with the present chief of cardiac surgery, Dr. Nguyen Van Phan, developing an international reputation, with his aggressive approach and gratifying results with complex rheumatic valve repair. Viet Duc hospital in Hanoi, the major surgical training center in north Vietnam, restarted open cardiac surgery in 1994. Presently, >800 open heart operations are performed there annually. Prof. Dang Han De, the recently retired chief of cardiac surgery at Viet Duc Hospital, has done a monumental job in keeping cardiac surgery alive during the lean years from 1968 to 1994. Dr. Le Ngoc Thanh, his recent successor, continues this work, implementing, in a practical and phased way, operations for neonatal congenital heart disease, both in terms of decreasing age, weight and complexity. Cho Ray general hospital in HCM city has made significant contributions in both the growth of annual operations (>1,000), and the training of cardiac surgeons. The concept of supporting satellite centers at the provincial level e.g. Kien Gian hospital in Rach Gia city is a model for future study and duplication. The growth of cardiac care services parallels the growth of the economy. The present and future challenges facing cardiac surgery in Vietnam include: -increasing governmental funding for cardiac services to allow increased access and availability -improved referral system for critical and complex cases, especially with regards to communication and transportation (there is no medical air transport system) -continued improvements in infrastructure, updated equipment and resources -improved procurement system from distributors of needed disposables (especially cannulas, perfusion packs, and oxygenators) -specialized drugs, especially PGE1, amiodarone, and milrinone are expensive, but needed -availability of sophisticated or more advanced surgical techniques -phased development and increase in neonatal cardiac surgery at selected centers - increasing and retaining well trained healthcare personal -assessment of immediate and future cardiac care personnel needs, especially cardiac surgeons, intensivists, perfusionists, nurses, cardiology, and anesthesia -development of neonatal cardiac surgery; the establishment of both clinical and basic research/development initiatives; -the slow emergence and development of private practice initiatives. and/or joint cooperation, to allow reasonable salary structures for doctors, nurses, and allied healthcare staff. This would significantly decrease foreign and domestic migration or poaching, as well as changing careers Central to the growth of CT surgery in Vietnam is the development of an attractive, progressive, organized, and sustainable education and training program for current and future CT surgeons. Introduction In the USA, all Graduate Medical Education (GME) is financed by the federal government through the Medicare program. In 2004, Direct- GME funding was 2.7 billion dollars, and Indirect- GME funding 5.8 billion dollars. Medicare controls the total number of resident positions in accredited residency programs. This has become a debated area since the number of residency positions exceeds the annual number of medical school graduates. Given the need of doctors in primary care, as well as selected specialty areas, the shortfall has been filled by foreign medical graduates. In the USA, the non-profit independent Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), established in 1981, controls and coordinates the 8,355 ACGME residency programs, covering 126 specialties and subspecialties, and 106,245 residents. Each specialty board, like the American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS), coordinates the criteria, selection, residency programs, and certification processes. Historically, the German triangle or pyramid surgical training system was brought to the USA by Dr William Halsted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland in 1889. This system produced a number of gifted surgeons who became chiefs at many academic centers, but failed to satisfy the need of more qualified surgeons to meet the rising demand. It was basically a modification of the master/apprentice philosophy. In 1931 Dr Edward Churchill redesigned the system to a more horizontal system that increased the overall number of qualified and capable surgeons. The model was based on the creation of a group of masters with a institutional team approach to education and teaching. This system persists to the present day. The triangular or pyramid system is doomed to failure, since there are only a limited number of vacancies in the hospitals, with the best candidates competing for the few positions in the larger centers. In addition, attractive candidates will be dissuaded from pursuing a long and arduous career in favor of more lucrative and promising careers in other areas. To use the airline example, as Vietnam airlines increases its flights and routes, buying more Boeing and Airbus planes, they urgently need more trained pilots. This mandates quantity and quality in a shorter time period. Foreign pilots are a short term measure. Native Vietnamese pilots are needed. CT surgery is growing in Vietnam, given the increase in centers, and more patients with public funding, insurance, or ability to self pay for services. This mandates an increase in qualified Vietnamese CT surgeons. Vietnam has well trained and capable mentors and teachers. Convincing them to change their philosophy of training is a major challenge. A paradigm shift to accelerate the experience and responsibility of the aspiring Vietnamese CT surgery residents will help alleviate the problem. If this doesnt occur, then fewer candidates will pursue a career that is low in salary, long in training, and not professionally satisfying. In interviewing a number of Vietnamese medical students and residents, the three major wants or needs included: the opportunity to do what they were trained to do; to secure a job with a reasonable salary/benefits; and personal time for family and personal interests. Residency is an essential dimension of the transformation of the medical student to the independent practitioner along the continuum of medical education. It is physically, emotionally, and intellectually demanding, and requires longitudinally-concentrated effort on the part of the resident. The specialty education of physicians to practice independently is experiential, and necessarily occurs within the context of the health care delivery system. Developing the skills, knowledge, and attitudes leading to proficiency in all the domains of clinical competency requires the resident physician to assume personal responsibility for the care of individual patients. For the resident, the essential learning activity is interaction with patients under the guidance and supervision of faculty members who give value, context, and meaning to those interactions. As residents gain experience and demonstrate growth in their ability to care for patients, they assume roles that permit them to exercise those skills with greater independence. This conceptgraded and progressive responsibilityis one of the core tenets of American graduate medical education. Supervision in the setting of graduate medical education has the goals of assuring the provision of safe and effective care to the individual patient; assuring each residents development of the skills, knowledge, and attitudes required to enter the unsupervised practice of medicine; and establishing a foundation for continued professional growth Proposal: Establish a Model 5 year Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency program in Vietnam Outline: Introduction Formation Correspondence/Letters Goals/Business Plan Outline of program Approval; Initiation (Viet Duc, E Hospital, Hanoi Childrens) Application/Selection Process Program requirements: Caseload; Operative Log Rotations/Call schedules/Vacations Evaluations Resident/Rotations Certification requirements Conferences Core Lecture/M & M/VP Clinical Core lectures- one academic year cycle with lectures prepared/given by resident Monthly morbidity/mortality conference alternating between cardiac and general thoracic Visiting professor every 3-4 months Weekly preoperative case discussions to include indications, contraindications, timing of procedure, knowledge of operative technique, and early/late complications of operation Certification: Clinical competency-approval of program committee Operative minimum requirements Successful completion of 3 part examination process Program Coordinator: A. 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