Mission and Vision

We aim to foster medical education and improve health care for the 85 million people living in Vietnam by:

• Supporting a bilateral exchange of medical students and health professionals between Australia and Vietnam;
• Assisting to develop an understanding of the methods of teaching doctors and nurses in Vietnam by the 'Train the Trainer' program;
• Facilitating the development of knowledge of the Vietnamese doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers to improve health care delivery to their people;
• Developing a strong network of Australian medical, nursing and allied health staff who will provide on-going assistance and training of Vietnamese colleagues;
• Providing practical assistance with preventative, diagnostic and management problems in hospitals in Vietnam;
• Increasing medical research skills in Vietnam with the aim of using research to improve care

• We facilitate education and 'Train-the-Trainer' programs in Vietnamese hospitals and universities
• We provide long distance education to Vietnamese doctors with our telemedicine program
• We facilitate delegations travelling to Vietnam to teach clinical skills and knowledge within various specialities in a number of hospitals in Vietnam

We offer scholarships and fellowships to:

• young health professionals from Vietnam to come to Australia for advanced training
• medical and nursing students from Sydney University to learn in Vietnam
• bring Vietnamese medical students to Australia to broaden their hospital experience
• students in the Masters of International Public Health from the University of Sydney to complete their project in Vietnam
• support medical research training

Some of the 2007 AusAID/Học Mãi Fellows with Professors Robinson and Jeffery and staff from the Học Mãi Foundation