AVANT A+6 class in Austria – Train the Core Trainers (14/10/2019 - 31/10/2019)

Doctors and therapists from the Stroke Center of 103 Military Hospital, the Neurology and Neurosurgery Department of Viet Duc Hospital, the Neurology Department of HCM City Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital, the Neuro-rehabilitation Department of 115 People's Hospital participated in AVANT A+6 class from October 14 to October 31, 2019.

As part of the AVANT Program collaborative between Vietnam and Austria, Vietnamese doctors and therapists are sponsored to receive in-depth training and up-to-date knowledge on neurorehabilitation for stroke patients in leading rehabilitation centers in Austria. The three-week training took place in Bad Pirawarth Hospital and Christian Doppler Hospital in Salzburg.

Vietnamese doctors and therapists will be trained on the latest rehabilitation techniques by Dr. Andreas Winkler – President of the Austrian Society of Clinical Research in Neuro-rehabilitation, Prof. Bernhard Iglseder, and skilled therapists from the two hospitals. Dr. Winkler and Prof. Iglseder are co-authors of a book on Exercises for neurorehabilitation, intended to assist stroke patients in regaining independence. The book is distributed as free material for all doctors and caregivers as part of the AVANT Program.

Upon the completion of the training in Austria, these doctors and therapists will become trainers in the AVANT Program, and help spread the standardized and systematic knowledge on neuro-rehabilitation after stroke in nationwide classes for healthcare professionals and caregivers in Vietnam.

List of doctors and therapists of A+6 class:

Associate Prof. Phạm Đình Đài - Director of the Stroke Center, 103 Military Hospital 

Dr. Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, MD - Head of the Neurology Department, Việt Đức Hospital

Dr. Trần Đạt, MD - Neurosurgery Department, Việt Đức Hospital

Nguyễn Thị Hằng, BM - Therapist, Neurosurgery Department, Việt Đức Hospital

Dr. Lê Văn Tuấn, MD - Head of the Neurology Department, HCM City Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital 

Nguyễn Anh Khoa, BM - Therapist, Neuro-rehabilitation Department, 115 People's Hospital

Some photos of the class: