AVANT A+2 class in Austria – Train the Core Trainers

Doctors and therapists from Cho Ray Hospital, 115 People’s Hospital, and Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Rehabilitation and Professional Diseases participated in AVANT A+2 class from October 23 to November 13, 2017.

Doctors and therapists from Cho Ray Hospital, 115 People’s Hospital, and Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Rehabilitation and Professional Diseases participated in AVANT A+2 class from October 23 to November 13, 2017.

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 latest rehabilitation techniques by Dr. Andreas Winkler – President of the Austrian Society of Clinical Research in neurorehabilitation, Prof. Bernhard Iglseder, and skilled therapists from the two hospitals. Dr. Winkler and Prof. Iglseder are co-authors of a book on Exercises for Neuro-rehabilitation, 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+2 class:

Second Degree Specialist, Dr. Nguyễn Đăng Khoa – Director of Rehabilitation Department, Cho Ray Hospital

Second Degree Specialist, Dr. Bùi Châu Tuệ - Neurology Department, Cho Ray Hospital

Trương Thị Minh Hiền – Therapist, Rehabilitation Department, Cho Ray Hospital

Huỳnh Nhứt Hữu – Therapist, Rehabilitation Department, Cho Ray Hospital

Dr. Đào Thị Thanh Nhã, MD – Department of Cerebral Vessel Pathology, 115 People’s Hospital

Dr. Đinh Quang Thanh – Director of Rehabilitation Department, Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Rehabilitation and Professional Diseases

Lê Thị Hà Quyên, BM – Vice Director of Rehabilitation Department, Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Rehabilitation and Professional Diseases

Some photos of the class: