Department of Medical Ethics and Medical Psychology

English Title: Department of Ethics & Medical Psychology (EPM) 

Address: Room 414, Building A7, Hanoi Medical University, No. 1 Ton That Tung Street, Dong Da District, Hanoi.

Mission: The Department of Ethics and Medical Psychology teaches the subjects of Medical Ethics and Psychology, State and Law, Law and Medical Inspection, Legal Systems and Medical Ethics in Hospital Work, Psychology of Healthcare Management, Public Health Ethics, Medical Ethics in Public Health, and Social Psychology for undergraduate and postgraduate students at Hanoi Medical University and the Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Notably, the Department of Ethics and Medical Psychology is responsible for the Bachelor of Psychology training program. With a team of experienced lecturers, who have received fundamental training from prestigious universities both domestically and internationally, the department also offers short-term courses on communication skills and social work in hospitals, as well as psychology in leadership and management.

1. General introduction:

• Introduction

Department of Ethics & Medical Psychology was established in 2010. Currently, the Department has been 08 lecturers (1 Asso. Prof, 1 Dr and 4 masters).

• Primary functions and tasks:
• Training, supervising final thesis and developing the training curriculum, teaching materials, textbooks of undergraduate and graduate students of the Institute and University in the fields of Medical Ethics, Psychology, State and Law.
• Creating, organizing and teaching short-term courses and retraining courses related to Psychology Counselling, Social Worker in hospital, Law Counselling and Health Communication skills
• The main research topics of the department in the Medical Psychosocial field, Medical Ethics and Health Policy
• Gradually developing law counselling and Psychology Counselling in medical practice.
• Department achievements in the last 5 years:
• Published 4 textbooks and dozens of articles published in foreign magazines and national magazines.
• Took lead and participated in Grassroots’ level projects, state level projects, clinical trials
• Prize:

+ Department: Excellent Labor Collective

+ Individuals: 01 Certificate of Merit at Ministerial level, 03 Certificate of Merit from the MoH.

-      Research direction:

• The Department will continue to focus on developing applied research topics, as well as international and domestic cooperative projects to promote the holistic nature of research.

2. List of Department Board of Directors

• Predecessor:

Assoc. Dr Nguyen Duc Hinh: Head of Department (2010-2020)

• Incumbent:
• Dr. Tran Thi Thanh Huong: Head of Department (since 2020);

Graduated general doctor in 1996 at HMU; PhD in Public Health, specialized on psychosocial medicine in 2006 at Karolinska Institute, Sweden. Experiences in project management; research and international collaboration. Research interested in epidemiology & risk factors of NCD; psychology intervention for cancer patients.

Email: huongtranthanh@hmu.edu.vn;

• Dr. Tran Tho Nhi: Deputy Head of Department (since 2020)

Email: tranthonhi@hmu.edu.vn

3. List of notable international publications

• Tran Thanh Huong., et al (2019). Health-Related Quality of Life Among Vietnamese Breast Cancer Women Cancer Control Volume 26: 1-8.
• Tran Quoc Bao, Tran Thi Thanh Huong, et al. (2018). The validity of spot urine estimated sodium excretion among adult Vietnamese. VJPM; 28 (3):56-63
• Tran Quoc Bao, Tran Thi Thanh Huong, et al. (2020). Risk factors for non-communicable diseases among adults in Vietnam. Findings form the Vietnam STEPs survey 2015. J. Glob Health Sc. Jun; 2(1) :e7.
• Tho Nhi T., et al. (2019). Intimate Partner Violence among Pregnant Women and Postpartum Depression in Vietnam: A Longitudinal Study. BioMed Research International, 2019, 1–9.