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Academic Pediatric Surgery Capacity Building in Vietnam Through PASS, a Pediatric Acute Surgical Support Course

Bich-Uyen Nguyen1, Aixuan Holterman2, Mark Holterman2

  • 1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ho Chi Minh University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Frontiers in Surgery
|May 9, 2022
PubMed

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A new training course, Pediatric Acute Surgical Support (PASS), enhances healthcare capacity for neonatal and pediatric surgical emergencies in Vietnam. This initiative aims to improve immediate management of life-threatening conditions and road injuries.

Area of Science:

  • Global Health
  • Surgical Education
  • Emergency Medicine

Background:

  • Neonatal and pediatric surgical emergencies pose significant global health challenges, particularly in low and low-middle income countries.
  • International Pediatric Surgical Aid Collaboration (IPSAC)-Vietnam has partnered with Vietnamese children's hospitals for 12 years to build pediatric surgery capacity.
  • Understanding Vietnam's healthcare, medical training, and emergency systems is crucial for developing targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the background of healthcare and training systems in Vietnam relevant to pediatric surgical emergencies.
  • To introduce the Pediatric Acute Surgical Support (PASS) course, designed to improve immediate management of critical pediatric surgical conditions.
  • To outline the PASS course's approach and its potential for sustainable capacity-building in developing countries.

Main Methods:

  • The study describes the healthcare and emergency systems in Vietnam.
  • It details the development and methodology of the Pediatric Acute Surgical Support (PASS) course.
  • The PASS course utilizes an interprofessional, multidisciplinary, team-training, train-the-trainers, and outcome-based approach.

Main Results:

  • The Pediatric Acute Surgical Support (PASS) course was developed to prepare healthcare personnel for immediate management of neonatal/pediatric surgical emergencies and road injuries.
  • The PASS course is designed as a horizontal outreach initiative.
  • The course emphasizes an interprofessional, multidisciplinary, team-training, train-the-trainers, and outcome-based approach.

Conclusions:

  • The Pediatric Acute Surgical Support (PASS) course serves as a tool for sustainable horizontal capacity-building in developing countries.
  • Champion leaders in teaching hospitals and medical universities can utilize PASS to strengthen training for pediatric surgical emergencies.
  • The initiative advocates for integrating pediatric and pediatric surgical care and adopting a comprehensive approach to emergency care for critically ill children.

Keywords:
Training 3Vietnam 1capacity building 5global healthpediatric emergencies 6pediatric surgical emergencies 2

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