Far Eastern Memorial Hospital has a long-standing partnership with the Taiwan ICDF, working deeply in Belize for many years to provide medical support and strengthen the local public health and healthcare systems. To continuously advance the " Strengthening of Metabolic Chronic Disease Prevention and Control System in Belize," Experts form FEMH traveled to Belize from June 27 to July 4 to execute an on-site training course and evaluation mission. Through professional courses, on-site evaluations, and policy exchanges, the mission aimed to enhance the capacity of Belizean medical staff in metabolic chronic disease care and further deepen medical cooperation between Taiwan and Belize.

      In addition to courting the Ministry of Health and Wellness of Belize, the delegation engaged in exchanges with the information technology department and the telemedicine project team. They conducted in-depth discussions on topics such as clinical decision support systems, clinical data exchange platforms, and pilot telemedicine projects, sharing Taiwan's experience in advancing smart healthcare and jointly deliberating on future directions for cooperation.

      As for  the on-site training, FEMH consultants co-lectured with Belizean seed instructors who completed their training in Taiwan earlier this year. They conducted four training sessions across the Northern, Central, and Southern regions, cultivating over 80 medical and health education professionals, including physicians, nurses, and health educators. This successfully demonstrated the collaborative model of "training seed instructors for sustainable local inheritance." The course combined theory and practice; Director Chiang Chu-ying shared the developmental experience of Taiwan's Shared Care Network for Diabetes, introducing cross-professional team collaboration, case management, and chronic disease care models to provide an important reference for Belize's future establishment of an integrated care system. Furthermore, Health Educator Hung Ling-yu shared how to utilize AI to assist in creating health education materials. By leveraging AI to rapidly organize medical information, design content tailored to different disease themes, and adjust text and image presentations based on patient needs, the efficiency and quality of material production were substantially enhanced. The courses also featured hands-on sessions, guiding participants to experience AI tools in clinical health education scenarios. This helped frontline medical staff reduce the burden of creating educational materials, allowing them to dedicate more time to patient care and health promotion—an approach highly acclaimed by all attendees.

        Beyond the training courses, the FEMH team held a symposium with the four seed instructors trained this year to understand their achievements in pushing educational training and clinical applications upon returning home. The team collected data on the demands and challenges faced during practical execution, which will serve as vital baselines for subsequent course planning and project refinement. Concurrently, discussions were held regarding the next phase of the cooperation project to evaluate the feasibility of introducing smart healthcare and digital health tools, aiming to fortify the efficacy of metabolic chronic disease prevention through technological applications and upgrade the quality of medical services in rural areas.