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Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University

Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University

Medical school in Thailand

The Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University (Thai: คณะแพทยศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์) is the sixth oldest medical school in Thailand located in Hat Yai District, Songkhla Province and is the fourth oldest faculty of Prince of Songkla University, opening in 1972 by royal decree.[1]

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History

Due to a lack of medical and healthcare personnel in Thailand, as well as various healthcare issues in Southern Thailand, the council of Prince of Songkla University requested for the construction of a Faculty of Medicine on 11 September 1968. The project was approved on 17 August 1971 and construction began at the Hat Yai campus of the university. The first cohort of medical students was accepted in June 1973, consisting of 35 students. Teaching was done in the Faculty of Science for the preclinical years and Hatyai Hospital and Songkhla Hospital during the clinical years.[2]

On 26 August 1976, King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit laid the foundation for the construction of the faculty's main teaching hospital. Ten years later on 18 September 1986, the King and Princess Sirindhorn opened the hospital and named it 'Songklanagarind' Hospital. Songklanagarind Hospital has become the main teaching hospital since then.

Departments

  • Department of Anesthesiology
  • Department of Biomedical Science
  • Department of Community Medicine
  • Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Department of Internal Medicine
  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Department of Ophthalmology
  • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physical Medicine
  • Department of Otolaryngology
  • Department of Pathology
  • Department of Pediatrics
  • Department of Physical Therapy
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • Department of Radiology
  • Department of Surgery
  • Department of Epidemiology[3]

Education

The following table displays the programs taught at the Faculty of Medicine at Prince of Songkla University.

Undergraduate Programs
  • Doctor of Medicine (MD)
  • BSc. Medical Science
  • BSc. Biomedical Science
  • BSc. Physical Therapy
  • BSc. Radiological Technology
 Graduate Programs
  • MSc. Epidemiology
  • MSc. Biomedical Science
  • MSc. Biomedical Engineering
  • MSc. Occupational Medicine
  • Higher Graduate Diploma Certificate in Clinical Medical Science
 Doctorate Programs
  • Ph.D. Epidemiology
  • Ph.D. Biomedical Science
  • Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering

Main Teaching Hospitals

Affiliated Teaching Hospitals

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "PSU Medicine".
  2. [2]
    "PSU Medicine History". Archived from the original on 2007-06-16. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  3. [3]
    "Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University".
  4. [4]
    "หลักสูตรแพทยศาสตรบัณฑิต หลักสูตรปรับปรุง พ.ศ. 2558 คณะแพทยศาสตร์มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์ วิทยาเขตหาดใหญ่" (PDF).[permanent dead link]

Article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Thai Wikipedia.
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