Project Name：Healthcare Personnel Training Program

Project status：Completed projects

Cooperating Country：Kingdom of Eswatini, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Belize, Paraguay

Project Description：

Providing 2 to 3 month on job training to medical personnel from partner countries.

Project No：HAD01-2010-022

Region：World Wide

Implementation Start Date：2012-01-01

Implementation End Date：2014-12-31

Source of Funding：TaiwanICDF and training institutions (both responsible for lecturer and accommodation expenses during the training period; however, training institutions’ expenses are not included in the project “approval amount.”)

Project Objectives：In order to develop professional medical human resources and improve the quality of medical services for partner countries, the TaiwanICDF conducts the “Healthcare Personnel Training Program” to share Taiwan’s abundant clinical knowledge, experience and cutting-edge medical practices.

Implementation Arrangement：

Trainees will be distributed to the allied hospitals and institutions to get clinical or on-site training, exchange professional skills and experience culture differences.

Current Progress：To the end of December 2014, the following activities have been completed:

The implementation of this training project has involved coordination and planning with partner countries and affiliated hospitals. In 2014 to date, 37 trainees completed the training program. During June 1 to 12, 2014, TaiwanICDF also conducted post-training evaluation among Fiji trainees who attended the TaiwanICDF’s Healthcare Personnel Training Program from 2006 to 2013.

Project Performance：Since year 2012 to date, 104 trainees from 21 countries participanted the program and trained by 22 allied hospitals and institutions, Trainees strengthened their professional skills, learnt about the comparative advantages of the Taiwanese medical system, and picked up best practices through hands-on participation in its intensive, day-to-day operations.

Cooperating Stakeholders：Cathay General Hospital / Chi Mei Medical Center / Chung Shan Medical University Hospital / Far Eastern Memorial Hospital / Fooyin University / Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital / Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital / Mackay Memorial Hospital / National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences / PingTung Christian Hospital / Puli Christian Hospital / Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital / Taichung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare / Taichung Veterans General Hospital / Taipei Medical University / Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital / Taipei Tzu Chi General Hospital