Village Township Doctor Training

We are currently in the process of coordinating a village doctor training in Nov 2010 for doctors in Yi Xian County. We hope to be training 50 village township doctors and provide them the opportunity to continue their medical education using medical professors from University’s here in Shenyang. Below is a report on the success of our previous training session.

In September of  2008, ninety four doctors from the  township  level from Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Liaoning Province were trained.

Those who participated in the training were the  Zhalantun Red Cross and Linxi Health Bureau, Inner Mongolia; Jiamusi Red Cross and Tangyuan Red Cross, Heilongjiang Province; Chaoyang Health Bureau, Liaoning Province; CMU Village Doctor Training Center; No. 4 Hospital Affiliated to Chinese Medical University.

The goals and objectives of the training were:
1. Update the doctors’ medical knowledge and clinical skills.
2. Become a part of SHIC’s professional medical personnel pool.
3. Take part in SHIC’s short –term clinics.  This affords them further opportunities to be mentored by medical professionals from the US and other countries in medicine and in ethics.
4.  Envision and empower doctors to reach their own communities and beyond.

Enlistment:

This year was a special year for the director of Shic Village Township Doctor Training Program.  As an Olympic year, the government was very strict regarding large-scale meetings.  It took nearly four months to gather trainees.  After some difficulty we planned to contact other provinces. Zhalantun became my first choice because we had cooperated with them on other projects. Zhalantun Red Cross was very interested and promised me they could find at least 20 trainees.  The Jiamusi Red Cross became our choice of locations.  Altogether, there were 122 trainees.   A miracle indeed!

Welcome TO Shenyang!
On the morning of Sep. 3rd, I got a phone call at 6:00 A.M and eight trainees from Lin Xi, Heilongjiang Province had arrived by train. They had not given me any notification of their arrival time so I was caught off guard.  That made for the start of a busy day. Mark Wang and I went back and forth from the hospital to the train station many times. Since they came from different places, we chose a group leaders from each team  and formed 5 groups.

The training time was limited to only seven days.  Classes were arranged into two groups;  theory and practical. The main topic of this training was about cardiological diseases. Our teaching doctors were professors affiliated with the Chinese Medical University, and classes were arranged very tightly with eight teaching hours each day. Discussions were initiated regarding difficult diseases that trainees lacked confidence to treat.  By the end of the training everyone had become very good friends.
Although the training time was limited, we decided to arrange practical and clinical classes for trainees. After all, trainees need practical experience. The trainees had opportunity to see advanced equipment and facilities, and to get some hands on experience with the equipment.

Time was found for all of our SHIC staff and trainees to visit the World Expo outside  Shenyang. This was a blessing for all.  
 VCD copies of the teaching materials were made and photos for each trainee.  An exam was given at the end of the course, and each  given a Training Certificate stamped by CMU and awarded by Paula, CEO of SHIC.    Also awarded to them were continuing medical education certificates.

Paula prepared a very beautiful notebook for each trainee and all the teaching professors. All notebooks were with Paula’s best wishes and encouragement for them. It was such a precious blessing, as the notebooks had beautiful sayings from ancient manuscripts written on the pages.

This seven-day training event was very successful. The doctor’s knowledge was renewed and updated. Clinical skills were updated and their eyes opened! They also learned about how to pass love on to their patients and everyone around them!

We want to say thank you to all of our wonderful partners, and the doctors with a hunger to learn and a heart to appreciate.  Also, thanks to the Township Doctor Training Center of Chinese Medical University; CMU, whom worked as a bridge between us, the doctors. Tshe No. 4 Hospital who help support this program and took the clinical practice very seriously, regardless of the teaching time.  The doctors wished the training had lasted longer!   We want to give our special appreciation to CMU Village Doctor Training Center who attached a lot of importance to the training and selected each teacher carefully.  As a result the teaching was excellent.

This truly was a team effort, without such good partners, we could never have achieved such great success! Nearly, all of the SHIC staff members participated in the training.

Often these doctors continue to cooperate with SHIC in future projects.