Bachelor of Medical Science and Technology (MST)
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
BACHELOR IN MEDICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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1. PROGRAM MISSION [Back]
The impressive development of modern science and technology is creating incisive change in our society. Vietnamese medical with properly invested modern equipment is gradually catching up to international level. However, for the modern medical equipment can operate properly, we need to have a group of high lever trained technician and engineer with high responsibility and influence in English. According to recently research, to 2020 in Vietnam, the well trained technical staffs needed is about 65000, but education programs in medical technology graduate approximately 1000 students per year (in 2015). Moreover, in traditional medical schools medical technology program is combined with nursing and the training is running at the technician levels.In reality, at the local hospital, the rate of technical staff in charge of the medical equipment is very low: only6% are engineers,35% are technicians or technical workers, and 59% are part-time officers. Therefore human resource demand in this area is extremely urgent, should be particularly concerned.
2. PROGRAM CURRICULUM [Back]
The Medical Science and Technology program will last 3 academic years with 180 ECTS and divide in two different section: “Clinical laboratory technologies” and “Medical instrumental technologies”.
| Year | Semester | Subject | ECTS | Codes | |||
| 1st |
1st |
Calculus 1 | 3 | MATH1.4 | |||
| General Chemistry 1 | 3 | CHEM1.1 | |||||
| Cellular Biology | 3 | BIO1.1 | |||||
| Electromagnetism | 3 | PHYS1.2 | |||||
| Introduction to Informatics 1 | 4 | ICT1.2 | |||||
| Mechanics and Thermodynamics | 4 | PHYS1.1 | |||||
| Linear Algebra | 3 | MATH1.1 | |||||
| 2nd |
Calculus 2 | 3 | MATH1.5 | ||||
| Optics and Quantum Mechanics | 2 | PHYS1.4 | |||||
| Organic Chemistry | 3 | CHEM1.2 | |||||
| Biochemistry | 3 | BIO1.2 | |||||
| Introduction to informatics 2 | 4 | ICT1.4 | |||||
| General Chemistry 2 | 3 | CHEM1.5 | |||||
| Practical Physic | 2 | PHYS1.5 | |||||
| Practical Chemistry | 2 | CHEM1.6 | |||||
| Genetics | 2 | BIO1.4 | |||||
| 2nd |
3rd | Management Science | 2 | MSTB2.01 | |||
| French | 8 | MSTB2.02 | |||||
| Human Anatomy | 4 | MSTB2.03 | |||||
| Introduction to Image Processing | 3 | MSTB2.04 | |||||
| Basic and Advanced Molecular Biology (+BP02) | 4 | MSTB2.05 | |||||
| Basic Pathology | 3 | MSTB2.06 | |||||
| Principle & Practical in Clinical Biochem-Microbiological Diagnostics | 3 | MSTB2.07 | |||||
| Introduction to Medical Physics | 3 | MSTB2.08 | |||||
| 4th | Principle & Practical of Clinical Image Diagnostics | 3 | MSTB2.09 | ||||
| Introduction to Medical Electronics and Instrumentation | 3 | MSTB2.10 | |||||
| Human Genetics | 2 | MSTB2.11 | |||||
| Medical Radiation Physics and Safety | 2 | MSTB2.12 | |||||
| Introduction to Medical Ethics | 2 | MSTB2.13 | |||||
| Human Physiology and Pathology | 3 | MSTB2.14 | |||||
| Bio-statistics (+BP02) | 3 | MSTB2.15 | |||||
| Immunology | 3 | MSTB2.16 | |||||
| Advance Pathology (Optional) | 3 | MSTB2.17 | |||||
| Introduction of Image Pathology (Optional) | 3 | MSTB2.18 | |||||
| Diagnostic Laboratory Methods in Microbiology (Optional) | 3 | MSTB2.19 | |||||
| Omics and Computational Biology (Optional) | 3 | MSTB2.20 | |||||
| Introduction to Medical Instruments (Optional) | 3 | MSTB2.21 | |||||
| Advanced Image Processing (Optional) | 3 | MSTB2.22 | |||||
| Toxicology ( Optional ) | 3 | MSTB2.23 | |||||
| Sonography Principles and Instruments (Optional) | 3 | MSTB2.24 | |||||
| 3rd |
5th |
Group Project | 3 | MSTB3.01 | |||
| French | 7 | MSTB3.02 | |||||
| Scientific Writing | 2 | MSTB3.03 | |||||
| Clinical Laboratory Technologies | Medical Instrumental Technologies | ||||||
| Molecular Markers for Diagnostics (3 ECTS) | MSTB3.11 | Medical Image Processing and Analysis (3 ECTS) | MSTB3.21 | ||||
| Cancer Biology and Diagnostics (5ECTS) | MSTB3.12 | Evidence-Based Image Analysis (3 ECTS) | MSTB3.22 | ||||
| Parasitology & Mycology (5ECTS) | MSTB3.13 | Computed Tomography Imaging (7 ECTS) (Alternative)* | MSTB3.23 | ||||
| Hematology (4 ECTS) | MSTB3.14 | X-ray Imaging (7 ECTS) (Alternative)* | MSTB3.24 | ||||
| Virology (3 ECTS) | MSTB3.15 | Ultrasound Imaging (7 ECTS) (Alternative)* | MSTB3.25 | ||||
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging ( 7 ECTS) ( Alternative)* |
MSTB3.26 | ||||||
| 6th |
Lab Administration & Quality Management | 4 ECTS | MSTB3.04 | ||||
| Clinical Laboratory Techniques | 5 ECTS | MSTB3.05 | |||||
| Quality assurance in healthy care | 5 ECTS | MSTB3.06 | |||||
| Trends in Modern Medical Technologies (Radio Knife, Robotic Surging, Cold Plasma…) | 2 ECTS | MSTB3.07 | |||||
| Internship (Clinical) | 12 ECTS | MSTB3.08 | |||||
| 7th | Continue Internship for Employ-ability | 1 to 6 months | |||||
3. PROGRAM OUTCOMES [Back]
The MST students after graduated have opportunity to become engineer or technical staff at hospital, Medical laboratory technologist, consultants at Medical technology and equipment companies or scientific officers at any NGO’s (non-governmental organizations) and/or Governmental organizations in medical field. Moreover, this bachelor’s degree will entitle you to enrol the “Master and Doctorate in Medical Science and Technology” at USTH or the other equivalent educational institutions.
4.CAREER OPPORTUNITIES [Back]
Follow the LMD system will last 3 academic years, 180 ECTS.
- Fist year: General knowledge in Math, Physic, Chemistry, Informatics and Biology
- Second year: Fundamental knowledge about Medical Science and Technology
- Last year: special knowledge about Medical Science and Technology, divide in two different section: “Clinical laboratory technologies” and “Medical instrumental technologies”.
5. CONTACT INFORMATION [Back]
Dr. Bui Duc Trung - Coordinator of Medical Science and Technology
Email: bui-duc.trung@usth.edu.vn
