TRIP REPORT

 

To:

MEDRIX

 

From:

Dr. Pham Hoang Hung

Pediatrics Department of Hue Central Hospital.

 

Woodinville, Washington State

June 18, 2001

 

Round trip on EVA Airline From Ho Chi Minh City, (HCMC)

Arrival:  May 24, 2001,

Leave Seattle: June 20,2001.

 

 

I.  Visiting and International Exchange: From May 30-June 8

• Swedish Medical Center
1. ICU, Newborn ward: Pediatric Case presentations.
2. Group discussions.
3. Difficult and interesting case: Achalasia
4. Swedish Library: supplied scientific documents (abstract and full article) specialty endoscopy and H.P infection in children needs for Medical thesis.
• Children's Hospital

1.        ICU, Infection control unit: Case presentation and case report.

2.        Lab visit: to study how to culture and isolate E-coli 0-157.

• Harborview Medical Center

Library

Infectious Disease Case Presentation (3 particularly difficult cases for discussion)

Refugee clinic

1.        Medical supplied system

2.        Medical care: Discussions on:  Client & health care providers experience.

• Group Health Cooperative, Gastroenterology Department:

Endoscopy Procedure:  3 of them lower GI, 4 upper GI

Discussion:

1.        Indication,

2.        Basic methods, and

3.        Sedative drug for preparation,

4.        How to recognize and treat for complications that might occur during and after an endoscopy procedure.

 

II. Attending APIC Conference: From 10-15 June

• More than 1900 participants from around the world.
• Meet the experts: We sit around a table in small group with a recognized expert for face-to-face discussions, question and answer sessions.  I choose the concurrent session, which I felt I needed for expansion of my knowledge and for my practice: 

1. Pediatrics Infection Control Challenges in the Expanding Healthcare Environment,
2. Opening Ceremony:

                                                               i.      Keynote:  Performing at the Theoretical Limit

                                                              ii.      Overview of Socio-technical Systems as Applied to Healthcare flexible

3. Interventional Epidemiology Symposium

                                                               i.      Interventional Epidemiology Principles, Practice and Outcomes

                                                              ii.      Incorporating Customer Satisfaction into your Infection Control Program

                                                            iii.      Applying Health Services Research to the Prevention of Nosocomial Infections

                                                            iv.      Using Interventional Strategies to Reduce Surgical land Device-related Infections

                                                             v.      Panel discussion and Q&A

4. The Ten Commandment of Bio-terrorism Casualty Management
5. E-coli O157:H7- Why Is It Invasive or Entero-pathogenic When Other E. coli are Not?
6. Herpes Virus Infections
7. Scabies:  A Mite with Might
8. Next Influenza Pandemic
9. TB in Healthcare
10. How Clean Should We Be?
11. New Approaches for Han-Hygiene Promotion
12. Professional and Personal Actions:  Our Impact on Our Community
13. Safe Injection Practices

 

III. Cultural Exchange:

·         Open House and Welcome Sponsored by MEDRIX

·         Mount Rainier, my first time in snow!

·         The Lake Washington Ship Canal (Fish ladder) and Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

·         West Seattle View and dinner at Salty's

·         Typical American lunch at "Big Ed's"

·         Snoqualmie Falls

·         Dinner at several MEDRIX board members homes

·         Dinner at Friends and former MEDRIX travel members homes

·         Dinner at new friends home

·         Typical American Birthday Party

·         Mexican food at Ixtapa's

·         Space Needle

·         Sammamish Lake, boat ride (I drove the boat!).

·         Ferry ride to Winslow

·         Family outing for Fathers Day to Camano Island + Crab fishing and boating

·         Seattle Baseball Stadium

·         Spent time with a Vietnamese-American Family

 

IV. Suggestions for future:

·         MEDRIX needs have annual scholarship for Vietnamese colleagues who would have a good contribution to develop the relationship between MEDRIX and Hue Central Hospital.

·         If possible: For helping and encouraging my research in Vietnam in future:

I hope MEDRIX board will try to supply me with my own personal computer (whatever possible, does not need to be new).

 

I would like to say goodbye to all members of MEDRIX one more thank again for your help during my trip in Seattle.  I hope to see all of you in Vietnam and again in Seattle.

 

Sincerely,

Dr. Pham Hoang Hung

 

 

To view pictures of Dr. Hung's reception while in Seattle, please click here