The Alliance
The VinGroup-Penn Alliance extends Penn's global reach into Southeast Asia by establishing medical and nursing programs at VinUniversity and improving graduate medical education within Vietnam’s public & private hospital systems.
Beginning In 2018, Penn allied with the VinGroup, Vietnam's largest private corporation, to enhance healthcare delivery and medical training in Vietnam. Penn Medicine and Penn Nursing are supporting curricula, assessments, accreditation, organizational structures, programmatic frameworks, and leadership strategies at Vietnam’s first private not-for-profit medical school.
Primary Goals
Improve health care outcomes in Vietnam.
- Through the establishment of high quality undergraduate & graduate medical and nursing education programs at VinUni.
- Through rigorous continuous quality improvement VinUni’s programs are evaluated and prepared for US, Vietnamese, and International accreditations.
- As a committed stakeholder in Vietnamese medical education, Penn has advised Vietnam’s ministries of Health and Education to strengthen healthcare education, systems, and delivery.
Co-create high-quality medical training programs
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Penn is developing & advising undergraduate & graduate program curricula, program-specific assessments, accreditation, programmatic frameworks, organizational structures, and executive leadership strategies at Vietnam's first private non-profit College of Health Sciences, VinUniversity.
Establish research and rotation opportunities for Penn students and residents in Vietnam
- The alliance has opened trainees opportunities at Penn & VinUni for undergraduate research, away rotations, clinical observerships, and bi-directional faculty exchange.
- The Alliance has an evolving focus on supporting VinUni’s clinical research capacities in the coming years.