VAMED EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Learning is your success in healthcare.

What do we offer?

VAMED applies a variety of training approaches, both on site at the client and abroad at hospitals/clinics of VAMED or VAMED partners.

In-class Training

VAMED’s in-class training courses enhance the skills of healthcare professionals at all levels, including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, managers, technicians, and non-clinical staff.

Online Programs

VAMED e-learning training programs provide healthcare professionals the opportunity to learn about specific topics at their own pace, anytime, anywhere.

Observerships

Observerships are programs that allow healthcare professionals to observe the most up-to-date procedures and learn specific skills relevant for their daily work.

Mentorships

Mentorships involve experts from VAMED or its partner hospitals/clinics observing healthcare professionals in their daily work and providing feedback to enhance their knowledge and skills.

Our approach

Technology & Innovation

VAMED believes it is important to use innovative tools and concepts, as well as state-of-the-art technology, where possible. Therefore, VAMED uses technology such as simulation equipment (mannequins and software) and e-learning to complement more traditional in-class training. Simulation training allows training participants to practice using new skills, processes and decision-making as if in real-life clinical scenarios. VAMED’s e-learning platform is state-of-the-art, providing training participants interactive and comprehensive training programs that they can do anytime, anywhere – even on their smartphones.

Sustainability

It is essential for countries around the world to be able to produce a well-trained workforce for their healthcare systems that can offer their populations high-quality healthcare services and also cope with current and future healthcare challenges. To assist countries in this endeavor, VAMED offers train-the-trainer programs alongside its clinical, technical and management training programs. For each training project, the client selects a cohort of healthcare professionals to take part in a train-the-trainer program after they have participated in the main VAMED training program in a clinical, technical or management area. These trainees then take on the role as trainers for future staff of their healthcare facility, ensuring a sustainable training framework. VAMED also, where possible, works with local institutions to integrate its education and training programs in the country’s education or training system. Lastly, through its online training programs, VAMED is able to train an even greater number of healthcare professionals using a state-of-the-art learning platform. This allows for training that is both efficient, cost-effective and environment-friendly.

Multiple Methodologies

VAMED education and training programs can cover any clinical, technical or managerial area in healthcare and for any professional group. They also apply a multi-methodological approach, incorporating the following methods and channels: e-learning, in-class training, mentorships, observerships and simulation training.

Think globally, act locally

VAMED EDUCATION AND TRAINING

VAMED delivers its education and training programs at a quality that adheres to international standards but is also based on local needs. VAMED carries out an on-the-ground assessment to determine the gaps and needs of the healthcare professionals being trained. This assessment includes pre-testing of the training participants before the development of the training program starts, discussions with relevant stakeholders, and a review of existing SOPs, protocols, etc.

For projects involving curriculum development for education and training programs, the country’s current education and training programs are reviewed and recommendations for adaptations are given. This will ensure that all training and tools are tailored to the needs of the participants, their healthcare facility, and their country’s healthcare system.

Why Training?

Education and Training Benefits

Providing continuing professional development (CPD) leads to better staff retention and increased staff satisfaction, as well as less emigration of healthcare professionals from the target country in search of training opportunities and adding qualifications. This results in reduced costs in the recruitment and on-boarding of new staff for hospitals. For public health authorities (e.g MoHs), more qualified healthcare workforce remains in the country.

We accompany the VAMED life cycle!

According to the World Health Organization, the world needs more than 18 million additional skilled healthcare professionals by 2030, especially given the acute shortages in Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa. To fill this large gap in qualified healthcare professionals, VAMED began offering education and training programs in 2014 in international target markets. Since then, we have carried out such programs in Bangladesh, China, Gabon, Kenya, Libya, Malaysia and Mongolia. VAMED’s strength in this field lies in its expertise and hands-on experience of over 40 years, covering the entire lifecycle of healthcare facilities, as well as its international partner network. Comprised of top academics, practitioners and executives in all healthcare fields, this network ensures that the knowledge and skills each program participant gains enables them to deliver high-quality health services and thus save lives.

High quality practice-oriented education and training programs

VAMED is able to offer high-quality, practice-oriented education and training programs not only through using experts from VAMED healthcare facilities, including from VAMED Mediterra und the VAMED rehabilitation facilities network, but also through experts from its international partner network. This network is composed of academics, practitioners and executives who are leaders in their fields and come from top accredited healthcare institutions and universities throughout the world.