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Most developing countries lack
resources for health and medical
training, and both professional
human resources and associated
technologies are also relatively
insufficient. To further strengthen
medical cooperation with our
allies and meet the UN Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs), the
TaiwanICDF has collaborated with
a number of Taiwanese medical
institutions and universities since
2005 to provide training to healthcare
personnel of partner and friendly
countries, in an effort to help raise
their professional capacity, increase
opportunities for technical exchange
and facilitate experience sharing,
and thereby promote the quality of
healthcare in these countries.
Partner and friendly countries
submit a list of recommended
candidates for this program based
on their needs for health workers
and the TaiwanICDF selects qualified
candidates to participate. According
to individual participants' training
needs, the TaiwanICDF then assigns
them to suitable medical institutions
or universities for one to three months
of practical training. By the end of
2015, a total of 332 participants have
completed healthcare personnel
training.
Project Related Staff Receive
Training inTaiwan
In recent years, the TaiwanICDF
has actively promoted public
health projects. To continue linking
resources and expand assistance
synergy, since 2012, we have made
it a priority to hold training programs
in Taiwan for cooperating partner
countries’ staff involved in specific
public healthcare projects, so that
t h e y c a n s e r v e a s
contact windows for
future cooperation or as
seed instructors after
returning home
.
Training programs
consist of specialized
training in Taiwan and
participation in specific
projects, and the goal is
to integrate theory into
practice.
In 2015, for example,
participants who came to
Taiwan to receive medical training for
specific projects made up 50 percent
(16 out of 32) of all participants
trained during the year. Among
these was Ilivia Tinaimakubuna
Kurinabili from the Fiji Mental Health
Care System Enhancement Project,
who said that despite working in
nursing for many years, she was
still quite unfamiliar with psychiatric
nursing. Training in Taiwan gave her
confidence in providing patients the
relevant care they needed and she
was looking forward to applying what
she had learned to help promote the
project in Fiji.
The Healthcare Personnel Training
Program has now entered its 11th
year. As international cooperation
and development move toward the
Sustainable Development Goals,
the TaiwanICDF will continue to link
the needs of our partner countries
with our own regional development
plans, to bring in other countries in
the region to participate in relevant
healthcare personnel training in
Taiwan, in hopes of expanding the
benefits of training.
332
Number of healthcare
trainees over ten years
Healthcare Personnel Training Program
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