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Today, 30 years after Korean nurses boarded a plane to learn about new techniquesand advances in medicine, the nurses of the National University of Singapore Hospital in Singapore,a hub of Asian medicine, are going back home after completing their training in our hospital.Korea has now become an exporter of advanced medicine. It is proof that the world recognizesthe quality of Koreas nursing care as well as the excellence of its medical practices.The nurse training involved hands-on programs such as systemic care managementand emergency response, focusing on nursing practices in the field of organ transplant.GERLY TINA GONZALES / Nurse of the National University of SingaporeWe are very amazed about the process - how the nurses, the medical team work as a team,work as a family. They are very courteous people, they're very polite. Even though there isa language barrier, we cannot understand so much, they are very helpful to go about our trainingsuccessfully.TENG MING PEI, VALERIE / Nurse of the National University of Singapore HospitalHere, they are doing liver transplant every day and it's really an eye opening for me to learnall the process and preceptors here are very, very nice.The Organ Transplant Center received invitations from many overseas hospitals including thosein France, Germany, and the U.S.A. Last year alone, about 100 medical professionals took trainingcourses at the center to learn about the latest medical technology.This greatly contributed to the enhancement of the global brand image of Asan Medical Centerand made our medical technology known to the world.The organ transplant team consists of one senior nurse and 20 nurses.They performed 326 liver transplants and 215 kidney transplants in 2008.In particular, the nurses of the liver transplant team are multi-functioning nurses who can engagein the entire process of organ transplantation. They have performed off-site surgeries to supportliver transplants conducted at other university hospitals in Korea and provided practical nursingeducation.The training for Singaporean nurses serves as an opportunity to prove the skills of our nursesand raise the stature of Korean nurses in international medical circles.[AMC International News 04-2009]