EMPOWERING VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

MEDAL is dedicated to supporting healthcare professionals in their goals to achieve proficiency in the English language, build excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and enhance their medical expertise on a global scale. By bridging linguistic and cultural barriers in healthcare, we help medical professionals provide exceptional patient care to English-speaking communities. Our team is committed to empowering doctors worldwide to reach their full potential, collaborate internationally, and make a lasting impact on the field of medicine!

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ABOUT MEDAL

We empower volunteers to make a difference in the lives of international medical students and doctors by facilitating language assistance and cultural exchange programs. Our goal is to enhance the quality of healthcare worldwide and promote cross-cultural understanding.

Founded in 2023, Medical Education and Learning (MEDAL) is a new organization on campus! Currently, we teach physicians and medical students at Hanoi Medical University who want to improve their English proficiency in medical English! The school is responsible for bringing in enthusiastic students while MEDAL provides competent and dedicated Teaching Assistants.

We have one course that will run during this school year. We will have weekly Zoom meetings with Hanoi Medical University Students, where our presenters teach about a specific specialty before our TAs break off into smaller groups.

In these smaller groups, our TAs are expected to facilitate activities such as listening comprehension exercises, helping students take a medical history in English, correcting grammar and pronunciation mistakes, giving guidance on what is and what is not perceived as appropriate culturally, and practicing scenarios and reports. Attendance to each 2-hour Zoom session will convert to 3 hours in service hours and will be cataloged by our administrative staff throughout the quarter. TAs cannot miss more than 3 out of the 10 courses that we run.

Don’t worry if this task seems daunting! New members will be trained at one of the training sessions to integrate them into the program. Information for each week’s presentation and activities will also be provided. Dedicated learners willing to make the time commitment will be effective Teaching Assistants making improvements in the international world of medicine!