Twenty-five senior officials left on Friday to participate in a 14-day healthcare management training in Korea, reports UNB. They will participate in the course as a part of a project ‘Establishment of National Institute of Advanced Practice Nurses in Bangladesh’ supported by Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) with a budget of US$ 13.75 million. Kim Bok-Hee, the Resident Representative of Koica Bangladesh office, welcomed the participants at the pre-departure orientation at its office and expressed her hope that all the participants will be equipped to use what they learned to promote the best nursing education system in Bangladesh.
The participants are comprised of doctors, nurses, instructors and senior managerial-level officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Directorate of Nursing Services (DNS), Economic Relation Division (ERD), Planning Commission, IMED, BSMMU, Nursing Colleges and Dhaka Medical College.
The training aims to share the current nursing education and practice, health care system and policy of Korea that will help the participants provide new standardised performance based education under the Koica-supported ‘National Institute of Nursing in Bangladesh’.
-With The News Today input
