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The Occupational Therapy Conference 2023 will be held on July 17^th, 2023 in HCM City with the participation of the President of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) andOT experts from Australia, India and Vietnam. The conferenceaims to provide a platform for Occupational Therapists and interested health professionals to exchange knowledge and experience, improve their expertise and expand their network. At the conference, the OT Network in Vietnam will be officially introduced to the public for the first time.

This Conference is organized as part of the “Development of Occupational Therapy Education in Vietnam” project implemented by MCNV under the ADMIRE project sponsored by USAID via Humanity and Inclusion (HI). MCNV is honored to collaborate with the University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh  City to organize this special event. ,

-Time: July 17, 2023.

– Venue: UMP Grand Auditorium, No.217 Hong Bang Strt, Dist.5

-Language: English & Vietnamese

*In -person and virtual participation available.

Register via QR code on the poster or via link: https://forms.gle/WK1gTi9w6RMiGRxo7

Registration deadline: July 6^th, 2023

For more details, please refer to the attached poster and agenda.

*Conference agenda

We look forward to receiving you at the event!

MCNV is a Dutch-based NGO, with an international network working in the fields of health development, social inclusion, livelihood development in responding to climate change, and value chain. Currently, MCNV has run 12 projects in 17 provinces of Vietnam. During the last 20 years, support for people with disabilities (PWD) has become a main program with high priority of MCNV in Vietnam. MCNV is going to implement the USAID-funded Inclusion 1 Project, which focuses on rehabilitation services and medical care for PWD in Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, and Quang Nam provinces. 

We are looking for two positions for the Project as follows:
– Program Officer: 1
– Field staff in Quang Nam: 1

For more details of the tasks for this position please refer to the Job Announcement attached.

If you are interested in this job opportunity, please email your application letter and CV to nhung.vuhong@mcnv.vn and mcnv@mcnv.vn, quoting the position title in the email’s subject line.

The application deadline is 17:00, June 29th, 2023.

On 25&26 May 2023, the Technical Advisory Board of the pilot model of Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation (Rehab) made a field visit to 3 out of 9 hospitals supported by Inclusion 1 project in 03 provinces of Quang Tri, Thua Thien – Hue and Quang Nam.

The three hospitals visited by the Technical Advisory Board were Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Quang Tri Traditional Medicine and Rehab Hospital and Quang Tri General Hospital.

The Multidisciplinary team (MDT) in rehab is a team of professionals that includes representatives of different disciplines (e.g; physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, nursing, etc). All team members coordinate to work toward a common goal of providing holistic care for patients/clients.

In Vietnam, MDT remains a new rehab approach, which is mostly available in central-level hospitals in big cities.

As an implementing partner of the Inclusion 1 Project, MCNV has established a Technical Advisory Board (TAB) to support 09 participating health facilities in three provinces of Quang Tri, Thua Thien – Hue and Quang Nam to improve capacity in providing MDT rehab services. The TAB comprises of experts from the country’s leading hospitals and medical universities with specialization in rehabilitation.

The supports have been provided in the format of case discussion via Telehealth platform and field visit.

During the visit, the TAB performed several tasks include: conducting examination on complicated cases; discussing on the next step of intervention for these cases by each disciplinary, the coordination of MDT in implementing intervention, review MDT services record.

Assoc.Prof.Dr.Luong Tuan Khanh (central), Director of the Rehabilitation Center, Bach Mai Hospital gives guidance to a rehab doctor of Quang Tri Traditional Medicine and Rehab Hospital.

Instructing on Occupational Therapy intervention in Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital.

Member of the Technical Advisory Board, Dr.Le Khanh Dien, Vice President of the Asia Pacific Society of Speech, Language and Hearing, conducts assessment on a stroke patient in Quang Tri Traditional Medicine and Rehab Hospital.

Meeting between Technical Advisory Board and MDT members of Quang Tri Traditional Medicine and Rehab Hospital.

Meeting between Technical Advisory Board and MDT members of Quang Tri General Hospital.

Meeting between Technical Advisory Board and MDT members of Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital.

Background

INCLUSION aims to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities, regardless of cause, in provinces heavily sprayed with Agent Orange (Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam, Binh Dinh, Dong Nai, Binh Phuoc, Tay Ninh, and Kon Tum), by expanding and improving rehabilitation and social services, enhancing policy implementation, and building service provider capacity of national and local government disabilities agencies as well as community disabilities organizations.

What are we doing?

Based on our competency and experience, MCNV mostly contributes to Inclusion in the area of capacity building for rehabilitation staff working in these aforementioned province’s hospitals and health centers. 

The capacity building is provided in the format of short term and medium-term training (6 – 9 months), continuing medical education course and virtual coaching in PT, OT, ST and basic rehab techniques.
The courses are conducted in coordination with several medical universities in Vietnam and also overseas (Australia, India etc).

MCNV has been playing a significant role in filling the gap of manpowers in new rehab specialization in Vietnam like OT and ST via supporting the establishment of OT and ST Bachelor & Master curriculum.
However, the Bachelor and Master level requires several years to complete, meanwhile there is a serious shortage of rehab staff in the aforementioned provinces. Therefore short-term and medium-term training, continuing medical education and virtual coaching are what MCNV focuses on, to address the scarcity as soon as possible.

In addition to capacity building – which are being implemented in all the three Inclusion projects, MCNV also contributes to the Inclusion 1 (in Quang Tri, Hue, Quang Nam) via developing rehab services for PwDs via providing home-based care, designing rehab packages and orthopedic instruments.
What we have achieved so far?

• 17 physicians completed 6-month course in Basic rehabilitation
• 89 health providers completed three 9-month courses in OT, PT, ST
• 202 PwDs receive rehabilitation services, benefiting 79% of which in terms of function improvement

During the last 20 years, support for people with disabilities (PWD) has become a main program with high priority of MCNV in Vietnam. MCNV is going to implement for the USAID-funded Inclusion 1 Project, which focuses on rehabilitation services and medical care for PWD in Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, and Quang Nam provinces. MCNV is now seeking a Project Officer for this project.

This position is responsible for the implementation of the Health and Social component within the Disability Program of the Representative Office MCNV in Hanoi.  This Program Officer will work in the field of supporting People with Disabilities access to medical rehabilitation services and building capacity of service providers to contribute effectively to better inclusion and improve the quality of life of PWD in Vietnam. The Program Officer will be requested to report directly to the Deputy Program Manager and finally to the Country Director of MCNV in Vietnam.

Location: Ha Noi City. Domestic travel is requested (about 50% of working time) to the provinces in the Central areas of Vietnam.

Duration: 15 months, renewal possible.

Application deadline: 17:00, May 29th, 2023.

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